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Davies Turner has announced plans to expand its existing fleet of 15.65 m trailers, in a move which it says could take 170 inter-branch feeder trips off UK roads each year

October was a bumper month for the truck market – up 32 per cent on last year. And the van market was up 26.3 per cent, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders

Menzies Distribution has created a new logistics division to target business outside its core newspaper delivery operation

The commercial vehicle market showed strong growth in September with truck registrations up almost 30 per cent on last year, while van registrations were up 10.3 per cent, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders

I don’t know about you, but if I had a massive van fleet operating from 214 depots delivering 10.5 million items a week, I would be thinking about ways of selling that service to other people…

The Department for Transport is changing the allocation process for longer semi-trailers to enable operators to make use of the 1,250 allocations that remain unused

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has invested €30 million (£25.6 million) in its new White Fleet (non-combat vehicle fleet) in Germany, to be provided by Ryder as part of a four-year contract

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has welcomed the government’s decision to relax cabotage rules for car transporters at peak vehicle registration periods

Registrations of trucks rose 10.3 per cent in July, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

Evans Transport has invested £2.5 million in fuel efficient vehicles, replacing 35 HGVs over the past 12 months, as part of its on-going fleet replacement programme