Transport maneuvering

I was wondering is there any special rule for moving with transport ships. For example it makes a big difference if they can play "flank speed" as they can then escape quicker. If they can do flank speed what is their increased speed? Can they play other advanced activations such as smoke, hard turn, evasive action, etc.?

There is nothing in the rules preventing them from playing or being effected by command station orders. I think restricting that would make the game pretty hard for the convoy player. I'd consider a transport ship medium sized. So they would increase speed by 5cm for flank speed.