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02/10/2012
Six unusually high box-bodied Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans are now working out of Starplan Bedrooms' depots in Warrington and Wednesbury, West Midlands, delivering beds and bedroom furniture.
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02/10/2012
Haldex used the recent Hannover IAA commercial vehicle exhibition to introduce an update to its trailer parking brake range – in the form of the TEM Safe Parking Single system.
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01/10/2012
Western Commercial, the Mercedes-Benz truck and van dealer for Scotland's central belt, has been awarded a major extension.
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01/10/2012
The first field trials of a 12-metre electric bus charged wirelessly by induction loops in the road are now underway in the Netherlands.
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01/10/2012
Fox Plant (Owmby) has taken delivery of four new aluminium-bodied Multimaster tippers on Scania 400bhp sleeper cabbed chassis, from Thompsons, continuing a 20-year business relationship.
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01/10/2012
UK turkey farming giant Bernard Matthews Farms is completing its transition to a 100% Schmitz Cargobull refrigerated fleet, with the arrival of eight new trailers.
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28/09/2012
Pride of place on the Stertil Koni stand at Euro Bus Expo will be the company's latest wireless mobile column lift, the Earthlift.
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28/09/2012
Furniture store Fishpools has taken delivery of four 7.5-tonne extra light Renault Midlum 180.08s, complete with Optitronic automated gearboxes. The first Renault trucks to join the company's fleet, the Euro 5-compliant vehicles have been ...
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27/09/2012
Fresh from its European debut at the IAA commercial vehicle show in Hannover last week, TrailerTail technology is to arrive in the UK next week, courtesy of UK sole distributor, SDC Trailers.
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27/09/2012
Ellesmere, Shropshire coach operator Lakeside Coaches has taken delivery of a Volvo B9R coach with Sunsundegui bodywork, taking the total number of Volvos in its fleet to 15.
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27/09/2012
London based contracting firm Cappagh Group has taken delivery of another 20 eight-wheeler Scania tippers, with Boweld bodies and Hyva tipping cylinders.
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27/09/2012
Brake and caliper removals, which typically take two technicians, look set to be significantly easier and safer, following the introduction of tools from Majorlift.
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26/09/2012
Family-owned Fred Smith & Sons has treated itself to a 75th birthday present in the shape of two New Actros tractor units from Mercedes-Benz dealer Midlands Truck & Van.
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26/09/2012
A patented aerodynamic diffuser designed for semi-trailers is achieving fuel savings averaging up to 5% in trials – with Schmitz Cargobull, DHL International, Krone and Winkler among those to certify the data.
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26/09/2012
Berkshire-based Courtney Coach Group has ordered 11 Optare Solo SRs for its bus fleet renewal programme, aimed at keeping the maximum age at five years.
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26/09/2012
Isuzu Truck UK has expanded its dealer network by appointing AK Commercials its latest parts and service dealer, based in Bristol.
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25/09/2012
Ryder has won a four-year contract from the Ministry of Defence to supply 138 MAN trucks and tractor units, plus 47 trailers, to the Defence School of Transport (DST), based at Normandy Barracks, Leconfield, East Yorkshire.
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25/09/2012
Baldwins Crane Hire has taken its first pair of heavy haulage Volvo tractors to move mobile crane components and their ballast blocks, bringing the company's truck fleet to seven.
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25/09/2012
A five-year collaboration has been signed by eight parties – led by a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co Europe – for the provision of electric buses, in place of diesel vehicles, for Milton Keynes.
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25/09/2012
Currys PC World has boosted its van fleet, with the delivery of 50 Fiat Doblo Cargo Maxi vehicles, all powered by the Italian manufacturer's 1.6-llitre Multijet engine.
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24/09/2012
Paul Ausden Clark, director of Leicester-based coach company Ausden Clark, has been fined £10,000 and ordered to pay costs of £17,800, following an investigation by VOSA that revealed falsified maintenance records.
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24/09/2012
Vishay Precision Group's TruckWeigh overload monitoring and payload maximisation system is to be distributed in the UK and Ireland exclusively by Hyva for hookloaders and skiploaders.
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24/09/2012
As part of a bid to further develop its business within the commercial vehicle sector, Nissan recently held a fleet LCV seminar with experts from the industry.
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24/09/2012
Millers Oils officially opened its state of the art R&D centre in Brighouse, Yorkshire, last week (Tuesday 18 September), with energy efficiency and CO2 reduction high on the agenda.
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21/09/2012
The order for up to 600 New Bus for London (NBfL) vehicles over the next four years was approved yesterday (Thursday 20 September) by the Transport for London Board, in line with the Mayor's election promise.
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