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21/01/2014
Transport and warehousing business Green Group is upgrading its 90-strong fleet with 50 Euro 6 Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor units – one of the manufacturer's largest Euro 6 orders to date.
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21/01/2014
Fiat Professional is reporting an increase of 70% in its UK sales last year, outpacing growth in the UK light commercial vehicle (LCV) market and its rivals.
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21/01/2014
M&P Survey Equipment has added four Mercedes-Benz Citans to its fleet, after a trial revealed that the compact model was better suited to its operation than Vito vans it previously used.
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20/01/2014
A vehicle recovery firm in Hull has been fined £5,000 with £3,760 costs after a technician suffered serious back injuries when a seven-tonne truck fell from a jack and trapped him underneath.
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20/01/2014
Banbury Council has bought a specially equipped 4x4 Fuso Canter to keep the roads clear of ice and snow during the winter, should the need arise. .
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20/01/2014
FreightForce Distribution has taken delivery of 10 Renault Premium 460.25 6x2 tractor units, after an evaluation suggested it scored on whole life costs.
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20/01/2014
Rental company Leeds Commercial was handed the keys of the first Euro 6 DAF LF Construction truck to come off the Leyland Trucks production line at an event last week (16 January 2014).
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17/01/2014
Johnston Services has taken delivery of the first concrete mixer in the UK to be built on Iveco's new Trakker Hi-Land 8x4 chassis.
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17/01/2014
Dramatic footage from a lorry's SmartWitness camera shows a white car overtaking the lorry recklessly, narrowly avoiding a head-on collision with an oncoming vehicle.
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17/01/2014
Transport for London (TfL) is planning to introduce requirements to make all London taxis zero emission-capable from January 2018.
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16/01/2014
Volvo is bucking the trend among the big seven truck manufacturers and forecasting only a slight decline in demand for Euro 6 vehicles in the early part of the year.
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16/01/2014
Road haulage firm Clive Cowern Transport Services is extending its 44-strong fleet with three Renault Range T 460.25 tractor units, after managing director Clive Cowern drove a tractor unit at Renault's launch event, at Millbrook, late ...
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16/01/2014
Volvo has swept the board with a full house of prizes for its FH truck at UK and Irish award ceremonies held during 2013.
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16/01/2014
Inter-Haul Pallet Services has adopted a new tyre policy, after a trial revealed it could achieve twice the life with Michelin tyres, compared to its previous brand.
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16/01/2014
Northampton operator SW Wreford Transport has acquired its first Euro 6 trucks, adding two DAF XF460 tractor units to its 100-strong fleet.
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15/01/2014
Yorkshire-based tipping specialist Harsh has been appointed as service agent for Dutch company Cargo Floor.
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15/01/2014
Using a mobile maintenance provider can deliver carbon savings of 97%, compared with workshop-based servicing.
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15/01/2014
TOM Vehicle Rental has expanded its fleet with an order for 31 Schmitz Cargobull S.KO Cool tri-axle reefer trailers, taking 27 immediately and four more in the next few weeks.
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14/01/2014
Transport Engineer in association with a major commercial fleet fuel card supplier is running a survey on 'effective fuel management'.
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14/01/2014
Scottish stone and aggregate business Collier Group has added a V8-engine Scania R620 6x2 tag axle tractor. fitted with Hyva hydraulics to its tipper fleet.
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14/01/2014
The Iveco De Rooy Petronas team is leading the Dakar Rally at the halfway mark, after Gerald De Rooy drove the lead vehicle, an Iveco Powerstar, into third place after stage seven.
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14/01/2014
Police Scotland, the newly unified Scottish police force, has placed an order with Ford for 58 Ford Transit Custom vans and 124 Ford Focus cars.
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14/01/2014
Scania has launched a one-day Streamline Euro 6 familiarisation course, aimed at fleet engineers and transport managers, to provide product knowledge and hands-on experience of its new truck.
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13/01/2014
With its CF and XF Euro 6 tractors (4x2 and 6x2 with second steered axle – FTG) already well into production, DAF is now expanding its offerings, with a range of CF and XF 6x2 rigids.
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13/01/2014
Logistics operators Eddie Stobart and AW Jenkinson have placed a joint order with Scania (Great Britain) for 1,500 Euro 6 trucks, the truck maker's largest order to date.
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