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16/10/2013
TNT has finally built its city centre parcels deliveries concept vehicle – a bespoke, twin-axle semi-trailer fitted with a side lift and an expanding side section that slides out.
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16/10/2013
LowCVP (the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership) has upgraded its website, with new functionality for members and non-members.
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16/10/2013
Michelin has launched a range of high-grip 17.5-inch drive axle tyres for medium weight trucks and midi-coaches which, it says, are safer, more fuel-efficient, 50% quieter and more durable than its previous tyres.
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16/10/2013
Transport for London (TfL) has awarded the engineering quality monitoring contract for London's bus fleet to Passengerfta, part of the FTA (Freight Transport Association).
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15/10/2013
Trailer manufacturer Cartwright is for the first time building new trailers for its rentals fleet – driven by record growth in the rentals division—and adding longer semi-trailers (LSTs) into the mix, with a choice of double deck or ...
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15/10/2013
FMCG logistics provider Fowler Welch has acquired five Euro-6 compliant Volvo FH tractor units, ahead of a major fleet renewal next year.
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14/10/2013
Senior traffic commissioner Beverley Bell is reminding operators there must be "absolute transparency" when it comes to who is operating licensed vehicles. Company directors, she adds, have "one opportunity only" to provide clarity to her ...
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14/10/2013
Middlesex-based Coyle Haulage is using a new four-axle 13.2m step frame trailer to deliver a range of heavy road construction equipment throughout the UK.
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14/10/2013
In a bid to prove the manoeuvrability of its FL distribution truck, Volvo has released its latest live test film which shows the 12-tonne vehicle being chased by bulls through a Spanish medieval town.
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11/10/2013
Aggregate and waste material haulier TJ Transport has taken delivery of an Iveco eight-wheeler Trakker rigid tipper, one of the first in operation in the UK after its launch at the CV Show earlier this year.
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11/10/2013
Fuel security device manufacturer TISS has appointed Paul Cook as business development manager, following a period of record sales.
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11/10/2013
Ramage Transport has chosen 10 Mercedes-Benz New Actros trucks, after tests revealed the vehicles delivered a mile per gallon better fuel efficiency than others in the trial.
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11/10/2013
Highway services firm BEAR Scotland has acquired a fleet of tipper trucks fitted with Hyva underfloor three-way tipping gears, enabling loads to be tipped off either side of the vehicle, as well as from the rear.
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10/10/2013
Masternaut has launched its next-generation telematics platform Masternaut Connect which, says the company, "rewrites telematics" and offers fleet managers "game-changing business intelligence".
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10/10/2013
West Midlands-based waste management and recycling company Haz Environmental has acquired a new MAN TGS 32.360 8x4, with specialist vacuum tanker equipment from Whale Tankers.
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10/10/2013
Bulk haulier Robinsons of Worcester has secured a major three-year deal from building materials supplier Cemex UK. The operator has boosted its fleet with 12 new Scania trucks to service the contract.
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10/10/2013
Carmarthenshire-based AV Coatings has taken delivery of a 7.5-tonne Fuso Canter, with a body built and equipped by Bevan Group.
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09/10/2013
Tyre maintenance and replacement service firm Lodge Tyre has shown its confidence in Mercedes-Benz Sprinters by plumping for six more Medium-length 313 CDI BlueEfficiency vans to add to its existing fleet of 90 vans, which is already ...
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09/10/2013
Schmitz Cargobull has taken on 150 additional employees to meet growing demand for box-body and reefer trailers from across Europe, which has pushed production at its Vreden factory in Germany to 1,500 trailers per month.
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09/10/2013
Roads Minister Stephen Hammond has launched a review into how DVLA (the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency) can deliver better services while also saving money for the taxpayer.
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09/10/2013
Tesco is replacing its truck and trailer fleet with what it describes as quiet and environmentally friendly refrigeration equipment from Thermo King.
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08/10/2013
Significant performance increases are achieved at workshops that have adopted IRTE irtec inspection accreditation, according to an independent study by IMI (Institute of the Motor Industry).
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08/10/2013
Freight and Logistics Minister Stephen Hammond will address the some of the road transport industry's most senior executives at the 2013 Commercial Vehicle Forum, to be held at London's British Museum on 22 October 2013.
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08/10/2013
White goods distribution firm Expert Logistics is now running 18 new trucks from Mercedes-Benz and will soon be taking delivery of many more, all via CharterWay contract leasing.
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07/10/2013
Heathrow airport-based international haulage firm TAS Transport has placed one of the first UK orders for a new Euro 6 T range tractor unit from Renault Trucks.
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