Council area · Scotland
Haulage companies in Shetland Islands
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the Shetland Islands council area: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
58 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in the Shetland Islands council area, as do 9 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 1,351 lorries. The largest fleet is Openreach Limited (215 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 58
- Goods licences
- 67 9 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 1,351
- New licences in 2026
- 2
Largest haulage operators in Shetland Islands
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in the Shetland Islands council area, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 58). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Shetland Islands. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Openreach LimitedRestricted · 10690039 | 1 | 215 | |
| 2 | Certas Energy UK LimitedStandard National · 04168225 | 1 | 167 | |
| 3 | Dfds Logistics Services LimitedStandard International · 01682142 | 2 | 155 | |
| 4 | Huws Gray LtdRestricted · 02506633 | 1 | 129 | |
| 5 | Veolia Es (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02481991 | 1 | 90 | |
| 6 | Peterson (United Kingdom) LtdStandard International · 03311077 | 1 | 77 | |
| 7 | Streamline Shipping Group LtdStandard National · SC131956 | 5 | 65 | |
| 8 | Highland Fuels LimitedStandard National · SC032343 | 2 | 60 | |
| 9 | Northwards Ltd.Standard National · SC225409 | 1 | 50 | |
| 10 | Gcu (UK) LimitedRestricted · NI620995 | 1 | 45 | |
| 11 | Garriock Bros.LimitedStandard National · SC058589 | 5 | 33 | |
| 12 | Shetland Islands CouncilStandard National | 16 | 33 | |
| 13 | R S Henderson LtdStandard National · SC228534 | 2 | 25 | |
| 14 | Emn Plant LimitedStandard National · SC229133 | 4 | 20 | |
| 15 | Altrad Environmental Services Onshore LimitedStandard National · 03185923 | 1 | 16 | |
| 16 | Tulloch Developments LtdStandard National · SC271815 | 2 | 14 | |
| 17 | Lhd Marine Supplies LtdStandard National · 00953431 | 3 | 13 | |
| 18 | Enquest Heather LimitedRestricted · 02748866 | 2 | 10 | |
| 19 | J W G PLCRestricted · SC088858 | 1 | 10 | |
| 20 | Ness Engineering LtdStandard National · SC096344 | 2 | 9 | |
| 21 | Allan's of Gillock LtdRestricted · SC099434 | 1 | 6 | |
| 22 | Cw Johnson Plant LtdStandard National · SC465264 | 2 | 5 | |
| 23 | D I T T Construction LtdRestricted · SC079050 | 1 | 5 | |
| 24 | A Chadwick (Plant Hire) LimitedStandard National · SC373229 | 2 | 4 | |
| 25 | Cooke Aquaculture Scotland LtdRestricted · SC419789 | 1 | 4 |
Plus 9 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Shetland Islands
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
37% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 69% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 3.
- Standard National goods35 52%
- Restricted goods25 37%
- Standard International goods7 10%
- 1 lorries:16 licences
- 2 lorries:11 licences
- 3–5 lorries:19 licences
- 6–10 lorries:4 licences
- 11–25 lorries:5 licences
- 26–50 lorries:4 licences
- 51–100 lorries:4 licences
- 100+ lorries:4 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Shetland Islands.
- Postcode district ZE1:36 company licences
- Postcode district ZE2:28 company licences
- Postcode district ZE3:3 company licences
New licences in 2026
2 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 Shetland 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 9 October 2026. How we read it
Traffic Commissioner decisions and weekly publications: Office of the Traffic Commissioner on GOV.UK. Insolvency notices: The Gazette.
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