Transport and Logistics Network
George Barrett was given a six-month points disqualification after being slapped with three notional penalty points for breaching a temporary 50mph speed restriction on the M27.
This occurred when he was driving his Mercedes on the eastbound lane of th…
A driver’s motives for travelling five miles the wrong way down a motorway before a fatal head-on crash “will never be known”, a coroner has concluded.
Aidan Walsh had taken cocaine and smoked cannabis before inexplicably carrying out a three-point tur…
The incident was on the northbound carriageway at around 11am.
Two lanes were closed off on the motorway after a crash involving a car transporter and a van.
It was between J18, for Holmes Chapel and Middlewich, and J19, for Knutsford and Northwich.
A …
Wiltshire Council has confirmed the awarding of the contract to begin work on the proposed M4 junction 17 improvement scheme to MJ Church following a procurement process.
If approved, the scheme will add traffic signals to all approaches to the roundab…
Technology giant Microsoft[1] is poised to receive approval to construct a data centre on the site of a former power station.
Employment[2] opportunities could be generated if the firm secures permission for the redevelopment of the Skelton Grange site…
A huge amount of illegal waste has been dumped alongside a road in South Gloucestershire[1]. The rubbish was being left along the lower section of the Old Gloucester Road, near where it crosses the M4, and is reportedly clearly visible from the motorwa…
Once Tridems were a novelty, now, less so as more operators want maximum weight on a rigid are finding they offer the payload of a conventional 8×4 twin steer and the manoeuvrability of a six-wheeler.
Tridems are eight-wheelers capable of a 32-tonne GV…
The Knowles Logistics Mercedes-Benz Actros fleet has been expanded with the addition of five new 6×2 tractor units, strengthening the operator’s long-distance trunking capability.
The new Mercedes-Benz Actros 2548 LS units join a 385-strong fleet and h…
The Mac’s Truck Rental PPC Group partnership has been strengthened following the delivery of two new high-spec 32-tonne rigid trucks on long-term hire.
The latest additions, a Volvo FH 500 Globetrotter and a Scania P500, represent the sixth and seventh…
The award-winning Chippenham Pit Stop – which is located just off junction 17 of the M4 – offers an independent, family run truck-stop, equipped with a café, convenience store, bar, outdoor gym, showers, and overnight parking.David Hatherell, the truck…