Articles by Steve Hobson

Interviews

HIAB focuses on customers to deliver more than just hardware

May 22, 2018 Steve Hobson

HIAB, the UK market leader in truck-mounted lift trucks (TMLT), skip and hook loaders and truck-mounted cranes, is opening a network of eight dedicated service centres around the UK to provide a one-stop-shop for the repair and maintenance of this increasingly sophisticated equipment. MT caught up with Rogier van der Linde, MD UK & Ireland at HIAB, at the recent official opening of the first of these centres in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire.

Interviews

Greenergy invests to grow its share of UK road fuels market

May 11, 2018 Steve Hobson

Greenergy is probably the biggest transport fuels supplier you have never heard of. While it has around 35% of the UK market, supplying 17.1bn litres of petrol and diesel last year, it operates no filling stations and its fleet of 150 tankers are usually liveried in either customer brands or that of its own fuel transport operation Flexigrid.

Awards

Motor Transport Awards 2018: Haulier of the Year shortlist

May 3, 2018 Steve Hobson

Four hauliers have been nominated for Haulier of the Year, sponsored by Volvo Trucks, at the 2018 Motor Transport Awards – which takes place at the Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane on 4 July. Congratulations to Miniclipper; Stephen Sanderson Transport; Howard Tenens and Expect Distribution – as they look to follow 2017 winner Wincanton. Haulier of the Year  (sponsored by Volvo Trucks)

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Awards

Book your tables at the Motor Transport Awards now to avoid disappointment

April 3, 2018 Steve Hobson

The 32nd Motor Transport Awards will return to the Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Park Lane on 4 July 2018 to celebrate, recognise and reward excellence in the road freight transport industry. Entries into this year’s Motor Transport Awards are now closed. Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter this year. Tables are selling much faster than previous years, so if you haven’t booked your table yet, get in quick before they sell out. A Motor Transport […]