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07/01/2013
Burton Upon Trent independent fleet company CBVC Vehicle Management has signed ATS Euromaster to support customers' tyre management.
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04/01/2013
Transport operator and Pall-Ex member John Bywater Transport is achieving welcome fuel savings and now expects more, following in-house comparative fuel trials involving tractor units from five truck manufacturers.
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04/01/2013
Hampshire Plant and Access (HPA) has bought its first Renault trucks, through Renault Trucks distributor Sparks Commercial Services.
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03/01/2013
Millbrook Proving Ground has become the first site in the UK to offer a commercial facility for surface noise testing that conforms with the recently introduced ISO specification.
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03/01/2013
Freshlinc's first four extended length 14.6m refrigerated semitrailers have been fitted with Vector 1850 multi-temperature technology from Carrier Transicold.
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03/01/2013
Continental's new DTCO SmartLink and VDO Driver app now allow commercial vehicle drivers to use their smartphones to access digital tachograph data via Bluetooth.
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02/01/2013
Street cleaning hire firm UBU Environmental has extended its Ctrack tracking system to cover an additional 40 specialist vehicles.
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02/01/2013
Ford has announced that all diesel engines powering its new Fiesta van will boast sub-100g/km CO2 emissions and enable the new vehicles to return more than 75mpg.
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02/01/2013
ALK Technologies has launched an updated European version of CoPilot Truck, the satellite navigation app for HGVs, trucks and vans.
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24/12/2012
One of Britain's biggest and best-known brewers has raised a toast to a pair of 7.5-tonne Fuso Canters, which are now delivering to pubs and other outlets that cannot be accessed by larger trucks.
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24/12/2012
Floor cleaning machine supplier Dowding & Plummer has added a Bevan-bodied truck to its fleet after adding a box body to a 7.5-tonne DAF chassis.
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24/12/2012
UPS franchisee Meden Couriers has taken delivery of 28 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans – all 316CDI models with 163bhp 2.1-litre common rail turbodiesel engines.
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24/12/2012
Having previously owned both a Volvo B12B and B10M coach and found them very reliable, London-based operator Arena Travel has purchased a new Volvo B9R 13m coach with Sunsundegui bodywork.
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21/12/2012
Britain's biggest, privately-owned importer and distributor of bananas has stood down its old fleet of 15 Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor units, and replaced them with 20 new vehicles.
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21/12/2012
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has welcomed news that the owner of Dewart Transport has been convicted of forgery over tachograph tampering, and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, suspended for three years.
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21/12/2012
Bosch is to introduce what it calls an innovative range of flat wiper blades for commercial vehicles that have been designed to maintain optimum visibility.
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21/12/2012
Family-owned tour operator Coatham Coaches has celebrated its 30th anniversary with the purchase of its first-ever new full-sized Volvo B9R coach.
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20/12/2012
Andover Trailers is delivering more than £500,000 worth of custom-built step frame trailers to specialist excavator hire firm HE Services.
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20/12/2012
Having increased its recycling collections by 50%, Devon-based TQ Recycling has now expanded its vehicle fleet to cope with the workload, with the help of Refuse Vehicle Solutions (RVS).
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20/12/2012
As part of the 10-year Department for Transport-backed longer trailer trials, Tesco has been furnished with 25 15.65m refrigerated semi-trailers, courtesy of Gray & Adams.
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19/12/2012
West of England traffic commissioner Sarah Bell has told transport managers not to overlook the importance of their relationship with maintenance contractors, stating that "they should be considered as your best friend".
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19/12/2012
Richard Turfitt, the traffic commissioner for the East of England, has relocated to a new office in Cambridge.
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19/12/2012
Route Monkey has received £450,000 from the Finance for Business North East Technology Fund and £50,000 from the Northern IT Research Fund, to accelerate its fleet scheduling software development.
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19/12/2012
Ingimex has announced conversions for the Renault Master, Vauxhall Movano and Nissan NV400 that it is describing as high-payload Luton bodies.
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18/12/2012
Bermondsey based waste and recycling firm RTS Waste Management has taken delivery of its first Renault Kerax 460.35 6x4 tractor unit, through dealer MV Trucks.
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