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  Thatchers Cider
Date Added: 26/10/2014
 
 

There seems to be something about cider companies and their vehicle registrations. I stumbled upon this one the other day in Bristol. The photo [ more... ]

 
  Searon agree to be listed
Date Added: 25/10/2014
 
 

Searon Logistics is a specialist Container Haulier based at the Port of Felixstowe. Established in 2008, we have grown steadily and now operate [ more... ]

 
  Gordons Transport
Date Added: 24/10/2014
 
 

Established in 1979, Gordons Transport Ltd began operating with tipper vehicles servicing the agricultural industry. The company soon expanded [ more... ]

 
  Miller Plant
Date Added: 23/10/2014
 
 

We’re exceptionally proud of our reputation, and the heritage on which it’s built.Established in 1968, we originally serviced local [ more... ]

 
  Massey Wilcox 60th anniversary
Date Added: 22/10/2014
 
 


The latest Mercedes-Benz Actros to join the fleet of high-profile West Country haulier Massey Wilcox Transport is a real diamond [ more... ]

 
  B & Q Fleet info now on
Date Added: 21/10/2014
 
 

We are starting to add the fleet details for B & Q in addition to Screwfix and Trade Point who are all part of the same [ more... ]

 
  Bedfords Transport
Date Added: 20/10/2014
 
 

Completely flexible, Bedfords can draw upon its nationwide network in order to ramp up the fleet and minimise empty loads.

The [ more... ]

 
  Ford Freight on the A361
Date Added: 19/10/2014
 
 

Just about every time I travel along the A361 from barnstaple to Tiverton I seem to see this vehicle with alarming regularity it must be a run [ more... ]

 
  RAD6079P keep seeing it
Date Added: 18/10/2014
 
 

For some time now there seems to be a trailer I keep seeing on the M5 mainly, that to my mind defies logic as to who operates the unit and what [ more... ]

 
  Polypipe agree to be listed
Date Added: 17/10/2014
 
 

Really great news in the form of Polypipe giving us their permission to list their vehicles on the site. They have a great fleet of 150 vehicles [ more... ]

 
  River Ridge Recycling
Date Added: 16/10/2014
 
 

RiverRidge Recycling is making fuel savings of two miles and more per gallon from its first Mercedes-Benz Arocs.

The proven [ more... ]

 
  Reed Boardall new Actros
Date Added: 15/10/2014
 
 

1977
Guy Reed and Keith Boardall, long-time colleagues in the food industry, acquired a major stake in Allerton Cold Storage Ltd, based [ more... ]

 
  The Green Group
Date Added: 14/10/2014
 
 

The Green Group is an amalgam of highly developed companies who have been brought together to expand and accentuate the trading ethos of [ more... ]

 
  Friendly wave from a foreigner
Date Added: 13/10/2014
 
 

The A34 near Newbury in Berkshire is a very productive spot for a bit of truck photography and it always amazes me that the drivers from Euro [ more... ]

 
  NFT to be listed on the site
Date Added: 12/10/2014
 
 

Our roots lie in chilled foods transport, where over 30 years ago the company was formed as part of Northern Foods.

NFT was created [ more... ]

 
  Allelys with 4566 steam locomotive
Date Added: 11/10/2014
 
 

Pictured here is Allelys BX06 XZY 8x4 (SSC) tractor unit hauling a class 4500 "Small Prairie" 2-6-2T locomotive which was based at the [ more... ]

 
  OOCL liveried Turners vehicles
Date Added: 10/10/2014
 
 

One of Britain’s biggest privately-owned transport companies, Newmarket-based Turners, has set the first five Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor [ more... ]

 
  Hödlmayr International AG
Date Added: 09/10/2014
 
 

Hödlmayr International AG is an internationally active family business, whose core service is vehicle logistics. The company specialises in [ more... ]

 
  G E Smith
Date Added: 08/10/2014
 
 

G. E. Smith Ltd a brand name in the transport industry a name which denotes quality knowledge and professionalism generating value- knowledge of [ more... ]

 
  Gwynedd Shipping Group
Date Added: 07/10/2014
 
 

Our success is built on our reputation for providing customers with excellent levels of customer service at all times. The photo is courtesy of [ more... ]

 
  McCann Nottingham
Date Added: 06/10/2014
 
 

McCann Ltd are based in Nottingham, with a number of strategically based regional offices which allows for the delivery of a first rate, [ more... ]

 
  R Collard
Date Added: 05/10/2014
 
 

As one of the leading demolition contractors in the southern half of the UK including Reading and Berkshire, we have the resources and expertise [ more... ]

 
  Reilly Concrete Pumping
Date Added: 04/10/2014
 
 

The UK’s largest privately-owned concrete pumping company has taken delivery of what is believed to be the country’s first Euro VI [ more... ]

 
  W Clifford Watts
Date Added: 03/10/2014
 
 

In 1937 when Wyndham Clifford Watts first started the aggregate company, little could he have imagined that 73 years later it would have become [ more... ]

 
  C A Stevens to be listed
Date Added: 02/10/2014
 
 

C A Stevens are from Andover in Hampshire and they have very kindly agreed to be listed on the LS database. I am most grateful to Jim Lennox for [ more... ]

 
  Hopkins Concrete
Date Added: 01/10/2014
 
 

A “remarkable” improvement in fuel efficiency from its first four units, coupled with the achievement of a key payload target, [ more... ]

 
  Knowles Transport
Date Added: 30/09/2014
 
 

Knowles Transport has grown to become a powerhouse in UK logistics since its establishment in 1932.

Providing unparalleled supply [ more... ]

 
  George Jenkins Transport
Date Added: 29/09/2014
 
 

We have been providing the Isle of Wight and the United Kingdom with our transport services for over 40 years. We have a long solid reputation [ more... ]

 
  LV Shipping
Date Added: 28/09/2014
 
 

Since 1921, when the company was founded in The Netherlands, LV Shipping & Transport has grown into a company that offers first class [ more... ]

 
  New Arocs for T J Transport
Date Added: 27/09/2014
 
 

Fareham-based TJ Transport has pitched its first Euro VI Mercedes-Benz tippers into a three-way battle for fleet supremacy.

The two [ more... ]

 
  Tuffnells Parcels
Date Added: 26/09/2014
 
 

Established for almost a century, Tuffnells Parcels Express is an independently owned British company specialising in next day business to [ more... ]

 
  B & Q give go ahead to be listed
Date Added: 25/09/2014
 
 

We will shortly start the enormous task of adding the fleet of B & Q vehicles and I would like to thank the marketing dept at their parent [ more... ]

 
  Europa Worldwide
Date Added: 24/09/2014
 
 

Europa Worldwide Logistics is one of the largest privately owned Transport and Logistics companies in the United Kingdom, delivering [ more... ]

 
  Graham Sweeting to be added
Date Added: 23/09/2014
 
 

Graham Sweeting are from near Weston Super Mare in Somerset and have kindly granted us permission to list their vehicles at the LS searchable [ more... ]

 
  Eddie Webster to be LS listed
Date Added: 22/09/2014
 
 

The Eddie B Webster & sons business was established in 1963 by Eddie B Webster with 1 tipper wagon, hauling aggregate from various local [ more... ]

 
  Burntwood Environmental agree to be listed
Date Added: 21/09/2014
 
 

Based in the Midlands in Burntwood, Staffordshire, Burntwood Group offer services to both the public and companies around the UK.We do road [ more... ]

 
  Pedigree Wholesale fleet requested
Date Added: 20/09/2014
 
 

Pedigree Wholesale is one of the leading distributors of pet and aquatic products into the UK independent retail sector.

Established [ more... ]

 
  Matthews International
Date Added: 19/09/2014
 
 

Matthews International is a company with over 40 years experience in International Transport and Logistics. With our highly skilled staff and [ more... ]

 
  J P Haulage to be listed
Date Added: 17/09/2014
 
 

From individual pallets, to full load multi – temp consignments, JP Haulage can react to most customer requests. Our service operates 24 [ more... ]

 
  Milrec to be LS listed
Date Added: 16/09/2014
 
 

MILREC UK Ltd was incorporated in July 2004 by Ian Fairley from St. Fergus, Peterhead, after working for various waste and haulage companies in [ more... ]

 
  64 reg Stobart at night
Date Added: 15/09/2014
 
 

The new 64 registration plate is now making several appearances on LS listed vehicles including the Stobart group who have several different [ more... ]

 
  Forrest Transport Exeter
Date Added: 14/09/2014
 
 

We belong to the UK Pallets network which combines the strength of over 80 independent logistics and distribution specialists, with a national [ more... ]

 
  The Bitchy Beast
Date Added: 13/09/2014
 
 

You have to take your hat off to a lot of European operators who certainly know how to turn a truck out. I really did like the look of this [ more... ]

 
  Sparks Transport
Date Added: 12/09/2014
 
 

Operational since 1935 SPARKS TRANSPORT remains a family owned and run organization. With the continuous annual growth, SPARKS TRANSPORT is [ more... ]

 
  DF Services Kent
Date Added: 11/09/2014
 
 

DF Services are a transporter company based at Queenborough in Kent and we will shortly be approaching them with a view to being listed on the [ more... ]

 
  New Volvo for Chris Riches
Date Added: 10/09/2014
 
 

Chris Riches from Thetford in Norfolk have very recently bought a brand new Volvo FH 540 6x2 (GXL) tractor unit which looks absolutely stunning, [ more... ]

 
  Horvath Rudolf
Date Added: 09/09/2014
 
 

Horváth family had started a personal undertaking in 1986 in the field of domestic and international transportation. The legal form of [ more... ]

 
  Even the AA need rescuing
Date Added: 08/09/2014
 
 

The AA are used to rescuing stranded motorists so when I received this photo it did bring a wry smile to my face. The photo is courtesy of and [ more... ]

 
  Steve Lyons
Date Added: 07/09/2014
 
 

Steve Lyons are from Somerset and they operate this DAF which used to be operated by a fellow Somerset operator R T Keedwell who are from [ more... ]

 
  Reed Boardall
Date Added: 06/09/2014
 
 

Reed Boardall is one of the largest temperature controlled food distribution businesses in the UK, regularly conveying over 5,300 different [ more... ]

 
  Arocs for TW Services
Date Added: 05/09/2014
 
 

Its distinctive grille has earned TW Services’ new Mercedes-Benz Arocs the nickname ‘Gruffalo’, after the friendly, [ more... ]

 
  Thompson Transport to be listed
Date Added: 04/09/2014
 
 

Alan Thompson and his wife Sheila founded Thompson Transport around 1974 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

With a farming background, [ more... ]

 
  Beverley Transport Services
Date Added: 03/09/2014
 
 

Boat transport by road requires care, diligence and patience. There are plenty of things to go wrong, before, during and after the journey [ more... ]

 
  Taylormade Timber
Date Added: 02/09/2014
 
 

We are passionate about wood. Used responsibly it can improve our environment and help save our planet.

We use wood to manufacture [ more... ]

 
  The Real McKay
Date Added: 01/09/2014
 
 

The Real McKay are from Buckie in Banffshire Scotland and they run a really tidy fleet of trucks on reefer work throughout the UK. The photo is [ more... ]

 
  Fernhaul Transport to be listed
Date Added: 31/08/2014
 
 

Fernhaul Transport are from Broxburn in West Lothian, Scotland and will shortly be listed on the LS searchable online database. I am most [ more... ]

 
  Total Recycling
Date Added: 30/08/2014
 
 

Total Recycling Services had no intention of shopping around for its latest vehicle – instead, the Darlington-based company went straight [ more... ]

 
  Aztek Logistics to be listed
Date Added: 29/08/2014
 
 

Aztek Logistics has been established since April 2003 and from small beginnings has grown into a major player in the warehousing and [ more... ]

 
  Britcom to join the site
Date Added: 28/08/2014
 
 

Celebrating our 30th Anniversary in 2011, Britcom International Limited was founded by our late Chairman, Ray Urwin, as a specialist exporter of [ more... ]

 
  Caledonian Logistics
Date Added: 27/08/2014
 
 

Located in Aberdeen, Scotland, Caledonian Logistics Ltd was founded in February 1999 by Derek Mitchell.

From providing a highly [ more... ]

 
  Stuart Nicol Transport
Date Added: 26/08/2014
 
 

Stuart Nicol Transport Limited is a privately owned, fully independent professional haulage contractor, with head offices in Shotts, Scotland, [ more... ]

 
  Boarhunt Recovery to be added
Date Added: 25/08/2014
 
 

Boarhunt is renowned as one of the most well established and respected rescue and recovery businesses in the south of England. Operating a [ more... ]

 
  Thompsons of York
Date Added: 24/08/2014
 
 

Thompsons of York are an established firm priding ourselves in our personal service. We are one of the largest independent animal feed [ more... ]

 
  ABN new Actros tractor units
Date Added: 23/08/2014
 
 

A combination of low running costs, reduced chassis weight and top-quality back-up made the Mercedes-Benz Actros the perfect ingredient for farm [ more... ]

 
  Go Waste
Date Added: 21/08/2014
 
 

The first Mercedes-Benz Arocs to join the fleet of Birmingham-based Go Waste is already giving its new owners fuel for thought, with economical [ more... ]

 
  Tekno Historic collection
Date Added: 20/08/2014
 
 

Crawford F Parker Scania 4-Series Topline 6 x 2 with 3-axle Fridge Trailer Price: £154.95 including free UK [ more... ]

 
  In Transit to join LS site
Date Added: 19/08/2014
 
 

In Transit are a family owned and run business, established in 1993 by our Managing Director Barrie Smith. We pride ourselves on being committed [ more... ]

 
  West Horsley Dairy
Date Added: 18/08/2014
 
 

Surrey’s West Horsley Dairy has launched what could well be Britain’s most environmentally-friendly refrigerated [ more... ]

 
  N V Transport
Date Added: 17/08/2014
 
 

Chichester-based NV Transport had a fuel efficiency target in mind when it ordered eight Mercedes-Benz Actros from south coast Dealer Pentagon [ more... ]

 
  Conway Bailey
Date Added: 16/08/2014
 
 

Conway Bailey are from Scorrier near Redruth in Cornwall and have a great fleet of vehicles in Vauxhall Cargo Orange colour but with no [ more... ]

 
  Middlebrook new Actros
Date Added: 16/08/2014
 
 

Middlebrook Transport are from Alfreton in Derbyshire and have a very fine looking brand new Mercedes Actros which is pictured here on the M5 in [ more... ]

 
  G & B McCready to be LS listed
Date Added: 15/08/2014
 
 

The Staffordshire haulier G & B McCready will shortly be listed on the LS online searchable database.

Many thanks to Mark Beeston [ more... ]

 
  New MAN for P McKerral
Date Added: 14/08/2014
 
 

P McKerral from Campbeltown in Argyll have a brand new MAN TG-X 26.540 6x2 (XXL) tractor unit which was showcased at the recent Truckfest [ more... ]

 
  Staples Vegetables
Date Added: 13/08/2014
 
 

One of Britain’s biggest vegetable growers has hailed the flying start made by its first Euro VI trucks, 15 Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor [ more... ]

 
  Armstrong Logistics
Date Added: 12/08/2014
 
 

Armstrong Logistics Ltd in association with Aldi Stores Limited has developed consolidated logistics centres in Hinckley, Leicestershire and [ more... ]

 
  Armstrong Transport services to be listed
Date Added: 11/08/2014
 
 

Armstromg Transport Services are from Dromore in Northern Ireland and have very kindly allowed us to list them on the site. Many thanks to Paul [ more... ]

 
  Harrison Solway to be LS listed
Date Added: 10/08/2014
 
 

Harrison Solway Logistics company, East Yorkshire’s premier distribution services and warehouse logistics company are perfectly situated [ more... ]

 
  Culina Ligistics to be listed
Date Added: 09/08/2014
 
 

The culture at Culina is built around delivering the most efficient and sustainable solutions to our customers and the wider industry. Culina [ more... ]

 
  Downton
Date Added: 08/08/2014
 
 

The business has established itself at the forefront of a highly competitive industry by offering clients what they cannot get from other [ more... ]

 
  ARR Craib
Date Added: 07/08/2014
 
 

The company’s origins can be traced back to the 1970s in Aberdeen, when George Craib and Aberdeen Road Runners Ltd operated as independent [ more... ]

 
  Moores Furniture to be added
Date Added: 06/08/2014
 
 

With over 60 years’ experience in furniture manufacturing, Moores Furniture Group has built up a reputation for quality craftsmanship of [ more... ]

 
  W K Edwards to be added
Date Added: 05/08/2014
 
 

WK Edwards Haulage Contractors are a family run business who have provided transport and logistic solutions since the late [ more... ]

 
  Joyce European to be added to the site
Date Added: 04/08/2014
 
 

Joyce European will be added to the online searchable database that is available to members of the site.Many thanks to Paul Harper for securing [ more... ]

 
  Exceed Logistics
Date Added: 03/08/2014
 
 

Exceed Logistics are an award winning haulage and transportation company based in South Killingholme in North East Lincolnshire. The photo is [ more... ]

 
  DAF Rigids for Williams Transport
Date Added: 02/08/2014
 
 

Williams Transport are long term supporters of Lorryspotting and they have very recently taken delivery of two brand new DAF CF65 220 4W rigids [ more... ]

 
  Revis of York
Date Added: 01/08/2014
 
 

Revis of York have been on the site for a number of years now and I managed to take this photo whilst on a lunch stop on the A34 recently. The [ more... ]

 
  J P Bull to be added
Date Added: 31/07/2014
 
 

J P Bull are from Monmouth in Gwent and have kindly granted us permission to list their fleet of approximately 30 vehicles on the site.  [ more... ]

 
  Sawyers Transport
Date Added: 30/07/2014
 
 

Sawyers Transport Ltd is a family owned road haulage company, based in Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland. We provide a premium chilled and frozen [ more... ]

 
  Youll Construction
Date Added: 29/07/2014
 
 

Youll Construction Limited is an asphalt and tarmacadam surfacing company capable of carrying out a wide variety of work from domestic works to [ more... ]

 
  A Field to be added to database
Date Added: 28/07/2014
 
 

A-Field Transport Ltd. have developed an enviable reputation based on the reliability and professionalism of its nationwide transport business. [ more... ]

 
  A V Dawson
Date Added: 27/07/2014
 
 

Multimodal transport logistics provider AV Dawson had made its first investments in Mercedes-Benz trucks following impressive fuel returns from [ more... ]

 
  David Watson Transport
Date Added: 26/07/2014
 
 

With nearing 100 vehicles in our fleet, 120 employees and 5 depots across the country, we are one of the largest Specialist Transport companies [ more... ]

 
  Aspray24 on the wish list
Date Added: 25/07/2014
 
 

I have sent off a formal request for permission to list the fleet of Aspray24 who have a head office at Willenhall in the West Midlands. The [ more... ]

 
  Gregory Distribution acquire M & D Transport
Date Added: 24/07/2014
 
 

Gregory Distribution have acquired the Torrington based haulier M & D Transport who are a specialist chilled and frozen haulgae company. The [ more... ]

 
  BOCM Pauls to be listed
Date Added: 23/07/2014
 
 

BOCM PAULS is the United Kingdom's leading animal feed manufacturer. Recognising changing customer requirements, BOCM PAULS has developed [ more... ]

 
  Bristol Beer Factory
Date Added: 22/07/2014
 
 

The Bristol Beer Factory is now distributing its award-winning ales aboard a new FUSO Canter Eco Hybrid, the world’s first diesel-electric [ more... ]

 
  Jim Jamieson Quarries agree to be listed
Date Added: 21/07/2014
 
 

At James Jamieson Construction, we're proud to provide the building and construction sectors with a modern, well maintained fleet of plant [ more... ]

 
  New Actros for Matthew Kibble
Date Added: 20/07/2014
 
 

Matthew Kibble Transport’s first Mercedes-Benz New Actros is beating the competition on fuel by an impressive half a mile per [ more... ]

 
  Marshalls on the A11
Date Added: 19/07/2014
 
 

Marshalls have very recently been added to the ever growing Lorryspotting online searchable database. This DAF was photographed recently on the [ more... ]

 
  Taylors International to be listed
Date Added: 17/07/2014
 
 

Here at Taylors Transport International we pride ourselves on providing first class International and European Freight services combined with [ more... ]

 

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