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15/11/2013
Trailer demand in Western European countries will see double-digit growth next year, as the economic climate improves and investment picks up. That's key among the findings in a forecast from consultancy Clear International, which looks at ...
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14/11/2013
Volvo Trucks has released its latest live test film, in which Hollywood action star Jean-Claude Van Damme performs the splits across two Volvo FM trucks as they are reversed.
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14/11/2013
Hampshire-based salad business Vitacress is replacing its transport fleet in a bid to boost environmental performance.
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14/11/2013
Former Isuzu Trucks UK chief executive Nikki King OBE is to appear on tonight's Question Time (10.35pm, Thursday 14 November 2013), being staged by the BBC at Portsmouth, where shipbuilding is about to end with the loss of almost a ...
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14/11/2013
UK transport operators have signed up to draw up to one million litres of diesel per month using the Scania Fuel Card.
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13/11/2013
Staffordshire-based bulk haulage business Ed Weetman (Haulage & Storage) has added its first Iveco heavy truck to its 30-strong fleet.
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13/11/2013
Swindon-based bus operator Thamesdown Transport is using a new automatic tyre pressure monitoring system, after a seven-month trial revealed significant time and performance benefits that could save the business up to £33,000 per year, in ...
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13/11/2013
Warrington-based environmental business Nurturing Nature has taken delivery of a Mercedes-Benz Citan – not in green, but a BlueEFFICENCY model.
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12/11/2013
Iveco is launching a high-specification, special edition light commercial vehicle called the Platinum Daily, designed to appeal to owner-drivers.
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12/11/2013
Operators are being urged to take an active interest in the work carried out by their maintenance providers, after North Tyneside-based Raikin Wholesale had its operator's licence suspended for a week when examiners found loose wheel nuts ...
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12/11/2013
TradePoint, the trade operation of B&Q, has taken delivery of 25 Renault Premium 380.26 6x2 chassis cabs.
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11/11/2013
Dawson Temperature Control Solutions, part of Dawsonrentals, is using the first two trailers to be fitted with the Swinglift container handling system in the UK.
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11/11/2013
The government's £500 million funding package for ultra-low emission vehicles must allocate more to the transport and distribution sector.
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11/11/2013
Carrier Transicold has completed its line-up of refrigeration units with the launch of the Vector 1350, designed for long-haul transportation.
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08/11/2013
The former director of Sheerness-based haulier LVH Services has been disqualified indefinitely after it was ruled he had behaved in a "shameful manner" and had run a fraudulent and incompetent vehicle operation.
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08/11/2013
Freight Transport Association Ireland (FTAI) has told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications that banning vehicles over 4.65m high from Ireland's roads will "substantially increase the total number of vehicle ...
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08/11/2013
Lancashire County Council is looking at introducing a winter tyre policy, after a successful trial last year when Goodyear's UltraGrip tyres were fitted to its winter gritting vehicles.
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08/11/2013
North Wales tipping business O J Jones & Son has added a new Volvo Classic FM 8x4 to its 13-strong fleet.
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07/11/2013
Registrations of new commercial vehicles soared by 27.3% month-on-month in October, according to latest data released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
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07/11/2013
Cheshire-based Topspeed Couriers has acquired five more Mercedes-Benz Citan vans to add to its previous order of 10, after finding the vehicle more than met its operational demands.
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07/11/2013
Cambridgeshire-based QV Foods has renewed its 12-strong fleet with Ryder, taking a mix of DAF XF105 and CF85 460hp 44-tonne tractor units on a five-year contract hire.
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06/11/2013
A 4m height restriction on goods vehicles could seriously damage the flow of trade between the UK and Ireland. That's the warning from a group of trade associations in a letter to the European Parliament's Transport Committee.
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06/11/2013
Travis Perkins has taken delivery of 15 new 5-tonne Isuzu trucks for its tool hire division in a move to gain better capacity, more payload and better vehicle productivity for deliveries.
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06/11/2013
Farrall's Transport has added 13 new Volvo trucks and 10 Lawrence David trailers to its fleet to support business expansion and to boost fuel performance.
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05/11/2013
Essex-based TMC Haulage is standardising its tipper fleet with Charlton SuperLite bodies in a bid to maximise the residual value of the trucks when they are sold on.
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