A list of 12 driving offences which are generally penalised with penalty points as well as a fine in the UK have been revealed in a bid to raise awareness of road safety – and the potential licence consequences if…
Fast becoming one of the South West region’s premiere trucking events, the Wessex Truck Show was back to offer visitors more fun and frolics recently at the Yeovil Showground in Somerset. Taking place over the weekend of August 12-13, 2017, the…
Our second Trucking Live event to be held at the Oswestry Showground in Shropshire over the weekend of September 23-24 was a roaring success – and we were incredibly impressed with the standard of vehicles that turned up to represent the…
As usual, there was a phenomenal turnout for this year’s Truckfest at the East of England Showground in Peterborough. Over 2500 trucks were on show over the Mayday Bank Holiday weekend. The hard work and dedication shown by you, the…
The Newbury Showground played host to another fine array of commercial vehicles as southern operators took the weekend of May 27-28 off to showcase the best of their fleets. The weather on the Saturday, the day we pitched up, was…
Technology bombards us with data in our business lives. Here, we look at examples of how all this information can be used to best effect. We live in a world of data overload. In the road transport and logistics industry,…
One of Northern Ireland’s premiere oversize-load specialists, Mar-Train has cornered the market in plant-moving and windfarm component transportation Situated deep in the countryside between Belfast and Lisburn is Mar-Train Haulage, Northern Ireland’s outsize load specialist. In 1979, local man Sam…
In the past 35 years, there have been a great deal of changes to heavy trucks and legislation. From tighter emission controls to the rise in engine power outputs, there has been significant developments. However, the most significant of all…
Two of the most popular big cab tractor units go head to head at Pollock ScotransBy Dougie RankinePHOTOGRAPHY STEVE McCANN Are trucks getting too similar? Think back to the 1980s and 1990s when we had so many more truck makers.…