Council area · Scotland
Haulage companies in Orkney Islands
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the Orkney Islands council area: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
43 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in the Orkney Islands council area, as do 9 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 1,060 lorries. The largest fleet is Certas Energy UK Limited (167 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 43
- Goods licences
- 52 9 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 1,060
- New licences in 2026
- 0
Largest haulage operators in Orkney Islands
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in the Orkney Islands council area, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 43). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Orkney Islands. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Certas Energy UK LimitedStandard National · 04168225 | 1 | 167 | |
| 2 | Dfds Logistics Services LimitedStandard International · 01682142 | 1 | 155 | |
| 3 | Huws Gray LtdRestricted · 02506633 | 1 | 129 | |
| 4 | Transpan (Scotland) LimitedStandard National · SC124530 | 1 | 71 | |
| 5 | Streamline Shipping Group LtdStandard National · SC131956 | 1 | 65 | |
| 6 | Highland Fuels LimitedStandard National · SC032343 | 1 | 60 | |
| 7 | Orkney Islands CouncilStandard National | 15 | 55 | |
| 8 | Northwards Ltd.Standard National · SC225409 | 1 | 50 | |
| 9 | Garriock Bros.LimitedStandard National · SC058589 | 1 | 33 | |
| 10 | O'Toole International Logistics LimitedStandard International · 09662564 | 1 | 30 | |
| 11 | Clockwork Removals LtdStandard International · 04200686 | 1 | 28 | |
| 12 | Highland Industrial Supplies LtdStandard National · SC088770 | 1 | 20 | |
| 13 | Macneil Shellfish LtdRestricted · SC417053 | 1 | 20 | |
| 14 | Macgregor Industrial Supplies LtdStandard National · SC173566 | 1 | 16 | |
| 15 | McAdie & Reeve LtdStandard International · SC320832 | 1 | 12 | |
| 16 | J W G PLCRestricted · SC088858 | 1 | 10 | |
| 17 | Isbister Bros LtdStandard National · SC154863 | 2 | 9 | |
| 18 | Orkney Aggregates LtdStandard National · SC196562 | 2 | 9 | |
| 19 | Andrew Sinclair LtdStandard National · SC395041 | 1 | 8 | |
| 20 | Sinclair Haulage LtdStandard National · SC472246 | 2 | 8 | |
| 21 | Bds Plant Hire (Orkney) LimitedRestricted · SC243526 | 1 | 7 | |
| 22 | John M F Groat & Sons LtdStandard National · SC065141 | 3 | 7 | |
| 23 | Allan's of Gillock LtdRestricted · SC099434 | 1 | 6 | |
| 24 | Orkney Cheese Co LtdRestricted · SC196090 | 1 | 5 | |
| 25 | Cooke Aquaculture Scotland LtdRestricted · SC419789 | 1 | 4 |
Plus 9 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Orkney Islands
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
38% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 52% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 5.
- Standard National goods28 54%
- Restricted goods20 38%
- Standard International goods4 8%
- 1 lorries:6 licences
- 2 lorries:9 licences
- 3–5 lorries:12 licences
- 6–10 lorries:10 licences
- 11–25 lorries:4 licences
- 26–50 lorries:4 licences
- 51–100 lorries:4 licences
- 100+ lorries:3 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Orkney Islands.
- Postcode district KW15:33 company licences
- Postcode district KW17:10 company licences
- Postcode district KW16:5 company licences
New licences in 2026
0 goods licences granted in 2026 (published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Applications and Decisions) are already in the DVSA file with an operating centre in the Orkney Islands council area.
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number).
DVSA file 7 Oct 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated , read . We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 10 October 2026. How we read it
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