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10/12/2013
Commercial fleet services business Fraikin has placed a £6 million order for 135 Mercedes-Benz Atego 7.5-tonne trucks to add to its 1,000-strong rental fleet.
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10/12/2013
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is voicing its support for the launch of a single standard for construction vehicles in London to improve cyclist safety.
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10/12/2013
DAF is the first truck manufacturer to offer Goodyear Kmax and Fuelmax tyres as standard on its vehicles.
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09/12/2013
MAN is the first commercial vehicle manufacturer to introduce Euro 6 chassis for fire engines, with the new vehicles now introduced in Austria and Germany.
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09/12/2013
Fiat Professional has been named Green Van Manufacturer of the Year 2013, with its Fiorino picking up City Van of the Year for the second year running.
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09/12/2013
Following the Autumn Statement, when the Chancellor announced that the duty differential between diesel and methane will be held until 2024 (with a review in 2018), the Road Haulage Association believes operators need to consider gas and ...
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09/12/2013
Shell has introduced an ultrasonic fuel sensor option for Shell FuelSave Partner, its fuel management telematics system for heavy goods vehicles.
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09/12/2013
Designer bathroom firm Crosswater has become one of the first UK operators to take the new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van, adding three Sprinter 313 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY to its 30-strong fleet.
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06/12/2013
Transport organisations appear broadly pleased with yesterday's (5 December 2013) Autumn Statement, with the widely anticipated fuel duty freeze and the maintained differential for cleaner alternative fuels attracting the most attention.
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06/12/2013
Asda Logistics Services has taken 50 dual-fuel Volvo FM methane-diesel tractor units for its new distribution centre at Asda Avonmouth, Bristol – the second largest single order for dual-fuel trucks.
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06/12/2013
Registrations of commercial vehicles rose strongly in November, up more than 22% month on month, and the market is on course to achieve its best result in five years, according to the SMMT.
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06/12/2013
One of the world's largest producers of adhesives for the construction industry has been fined £173,332, with the amount of costs to be agreed later, after a worker died when he was pinned against a forklift truck by a reversing lorry in ...
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06/12/2013
Wrings Transport is set to make a £20,000 saving on its insurance premium after installing Smart Witness accident cameras to its fleet of 50 vehicles.
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06/12/2013
Rental business Premier Truck Hire has made its first refrigerated vehicle acquisition, taking three temperature-controlled trucks, all based on 7.5-tonne DAF LF chassis with Gray & Adams insulated box bodies.
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06/12/2013
Cornish Isuzu dealer T Harvey & Sons is reporting record sales for 2013, with 118 new trucks sold and one month still to go.
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06/12/2013
MOT tests for all diesel vehicles – including vans and trucks – are to be tightened to check that exhaust filters are still in place, according Roads Minister Robert Goodwill.
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05/12/2013
The IRTE's road transport technician licensing scheme irtec is being brought to Wales, with the opening of a new assessment centre at Cardiff and Vale College (CAVC).
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05/12/2013
ZF Transmission is celebrating a double milestone, passing the 750,000 production mark for its ZF-Ecomid manual CV transmissions worldwide, and reaching the half million at its plant in Boutheon, France, this month (December 2013).
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05/12/2013
The senior traffic commissioner is reminding fleet operators that new financial standing limits will apply from 1 January 2014.
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05/12/2013
A new company has been launched to provide commercial fleet operators with combined tracking and camera technology to help protect against 'crash for cash' and other bogus accident claims – as well as to improve driver behaviour.
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05/12/2013
French haulier Souchon Services has added 44 MAN trucks to its fleet for long-haul transport and distribution.
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04/12/2013
Rob Flello, who chairs the all party parliamentary group for freight transport, has written to the Chancellor in advance of the Autumn Statement, calling on him to review the government's approach to bio-methane.
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04/12/2013
Iveco launched its long-awaited Eurocargo Euro 6 truck range at the Italian Embassy in London – and simultaneously in Berlin and Madrid –last week (28 November 2013), with the slogan 'perfect in every situation'.
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04/12/2013
Ford has notched up 10,000 sales of its new Transit Custom in the UK, in the 12 months since its launch.
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04/12/2013
Scottish haulier D Steven & Son has acquired its ninth new Volvo FH 540 tractor unit, as part of an ongoing replacement of its 30-strong fleet.
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