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20/11/2012
Stertil Koni has been awarded the American Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) its Gold Label certification for its heavy-duty vehicle lifts.
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20/11/2012
Transdek has launched financial packages covering a broad range of its loading and docking bay lifting and loading systems.
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20/11/2012
Luton-based Three Star Coaches has added its first new Volvo coach to the fleet – a B9R with Sunsundegui bodywork.
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20/11/2012
London-based aggregate haulage specialist Kingman Services has taken delivery of two Renault Premium Lander 380bhp 8x4 rigids, fitted with Thompson tipping bodies.
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19/11/2012
Hills Waste Solutions has added to its fleet of 95 service vehicles with the addition of a Volvo FM11 6x4, featuring a Heil Powerlink trade waste collection body.
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19/11/2012
Stoneridge has developed a tachograph tool designed to help workshops improve efficiency.
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19/11/2012
Following the launch of two iPad bus apps, Wright Group has made it easier for people equipped with Apple smart phones to get information about its products.
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16/11/2012
The transport industry needs to stand up for itself and make the Coalition and society understand its importance – and the implications of failure for the whole country.
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16/11/2012
Scottish building and civil engineering contractor Dunne Group has taken delivery of a New Actros tractor unit from Mercedes-Benz as it expands into the South of England.
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16/11/2012
Bodybuilder Muldoon has developed a product that it claims provides a long-awaited solution to stability and safety during tipping.
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16/11/2012
MAN Truck & Bus UK chose Euro Bus Expo 2012 to debut its new three-axle touring coach.
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15/11/2012
Skip hire firm Martins of York is facing a 48-hour suspension of its operator's licence, after its conviction for one of the seven deadly sins.
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15/11/2012
The last of the trailers ordered by Allied Bakeries from Cartwright earlier in the year has now been delivered, with the operator now running six quite different vehicles.
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15/11/2012
Nearly 12 months after the introduction of London's Low Emission Zone (LEZ), Eminox is reminding operators of the importance of maintaining their diesel particulate filter and trap equipment.
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15/11/2012
Bristol-based Charles Saunders Foodservice has bought two Fuso Canter light trucks, largely persuaded by the vehicle's Duonic automated transmission system.
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14/11/2012
Truck dealer Imperial Commercials has opened Bristol's first purpose-built, privately-owned testing facility for lorries, buses and coaches.
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14/11/2012
Armistead European Transport believes it will see improvements in safety, load security and efficiency having specified Schmitz Cargobull's Speed Curtain trailer for its multi-drop operations.
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14/11/2012
Edbro has launched a product designed to prevent tipper bodies from rattling whilst in transit. More importantly, the firm says its Body Clamp prolongs tipper life.
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14/11/2012
SsangYong has added a 4x4 light commercial vehicle to its Korando range – the Korando CSX.
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14/11/2012
Ingimex says its new lightweight tipper is a reliable, versatile workhorse with operator safety designed in.
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13/11/2012
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) says it welcomes the Department for Transport's (DfT) formal consultation on future HGV speed limits for vehicles over 7.5 tonnes on single carriageways.
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13/11/2012
This week (12 November 2012) sees the first Longton Avia truck handed over to Stone company Vulcan Fasteners.
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13/11/2012
This weekend's (10 November 2012) Lord Mayor's Show, in London, witnessed three Scania V8 Topline tractor units, loaned by Scania Truck Rental, hauling the floats of the Lord Mayor's own employer, Swedish bank SEB, as well as those of ...
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12/11/2012
More than 12 months after purchasing its first DAF XF105, and now having four of the trucks on its fleet, Coleman International is hailing the truck as frugal on fuel and brimming with driver features.
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12/11/2012
Telephone systems supplier TWL Voice & Data has taken delivery of five Mercedes-Benz Vito vans, replenishing the fleet with like-for-like vehicles.
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