Transport Scotland said it was developing medium term improvements to the Old Military Road (OMR) through the Glen Croe corridor, days after the Rest and Be Thankful was subject to convoy control. It said the […]
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Pall-Ex member Pegasus Express has now joined sister network Fortec in a move it hoped would maximise vehicle deliveries from the Midlands to Scotland. The Scottish transport firm has been a member of Pall-Ex since […]
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As M&H Carriers took delivery of its latest electric van, managing director Fraser MacLean made an impassioned plea this week for other hauliers to start to electrify their fleets to help cut the sectors’ emissions. The Highlands-based firm …
Scotland’s first minister insisted the government is “absolutely committed” to delivering two new ferries for services to island communities, despite them being at least five years late and the building costs soaring. Giving evidence to the publ…
DPD has become the first company to sign up to a new scheme from First Bus offering local Glasgow businesses use of its extensive EV charging infrastructure. DPD drivers will now have access to the Caledonia depot to charge their EVs while in Gl…
The haulage community came together in remembrance of Magnus Slater (pictured), founder of Scottish distribution firm M&H Carriers, at a memorial held in Aberdeen last week. He passed away unexpectedly in July from a sudden heart attack at t…
Staffordshire-based Drac Logistics has purchased Aberdeenshire haulage firm Caledonian Logistics for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition sees Stoke-headquartered Drac Logistics expand its footprint in Scotland, where it operates an office in Fal…
Haulage firms in Scotland helped raise more than £100,000 for charity this week at the inaugural Scottish Transaid Dinner. In total, £105,110.50 was raised at the Bothwell Bridge Hotel near Hamilton, thanks to sponsorship and donations from the …
An announcement by Transport Scotland that it has appointed an engineering firm to design a solution to a dangerous section of the A83 has been sharply criticised by campaigners, who have described it as ‘a nonsense’. The Rest & Be Thankful …
Transport Scotland has announced its intention to appoint Atkins WSP Joint Ventures to a £25m contract that will secure a long term solution to a Highlands road plagued by landslides. The investment is an estimate of the overall contract value f…
Scottish Forestry said a £2.6m deal it signed to move hundreds of thousands of tonnes of timber by sea instead of road would not put HGV drivers out of jobs and would safeguard employment instead. The three-year contract with Associated British …
Palletline’s next-day service to Inverness, launched in May, is achieving an on-time delivery success rate of more than 99%, the network has revealed. The 24-hour service to Scotland’s most northerly city and surrounding areas, delivered by Pall…
Hydrogen expert ULEMCo said the deployment of a dual-fuelled road sweeper in Aberdeen has cut daily diesel displacement rates by almost 50%. The optimised sweeper working for the city council has been saving the annual equivalent of around three…
Logistics, distribution and storage business Bullet Express has opened a new 67,000 sq ft logistics centre at Westway Park in Renfrew, Scotland, in order to meet rising demand from new clients. The new logistics centre will see Bullet Express in…