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13/06/2012
Haulage and storage specialist, Maiden's of Telford, has confirmed MAN as its preferred truck supplier, after taking delivery of its latest fleet of premium duty TGX 26.440 6x2 Midlift tractor units.
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13/06/2012
Walter Ingles has hopped on board a state-of-the-art training bus, which has been transformed by bus operator First into two training classrooms, to further develop his engineering skills.
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13/06/2012
Clugston Distribution Services is celebrating its 75th anniversary as part of the Clugston Group in 2012, by raising £75,000 for a number of charities.
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12/06/2012
MAN Truck & Bus UK has added the Shepton Mallet service operation of Mendip Truck Centre to its customer support network.
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12/06/2012
The first of a new configuration of LCVs based on a Fiat Doblo platform cab has entered operation with Essex & Suffolk Water.
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12/06/2012
Field trials of 10 Volvo trucks specially adapted to run on bio-DME (dimethyl ether) have now reached the halfway point and, according to the manufacturer, the results exceed expectations.
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11/06/2012
Latest version of Volvo's hybrid buses are about 37% more fuel-efficient than the corresponding diesel variant. That is far better than customers, and the company's own experts, expected just a few years ago.
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11/06/2012
Equipment rental company A-Plant has placed orders for new plant and equipment worth over £24 million.
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11/06/2012
Safetykleen UK has taken delivery of nine new road tankers in response to continued growth of the company's automotive waste oil collection service.
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11/06/2012
Camloc Motion Control, which makes Camloc gas springs, has launched a compact, electro-hydraulic lifting unit.
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08/06/2012
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has taken delivery of an additional 13 gas-powered 21-tonne Iveco Stralis 6x2 rigid trucks, following impressive results of its year-long trial against an identical standard diesel truck.
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08/06/2012
The North Western Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell has been appointed Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain, having been Acting Senior Traffic Commissioner for some time, following the retirement of Philip Brown.
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08/06/2012
Leasing and fleet management company Zenith is now partnering with HGV fleet management specialist Contract Vehicles Limited (CVL).
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07/06/2012
Llew Jones International has put a new Volvo B9R Caetano Levante coach into service on its National Express contract.
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07/06/2012
A Gloucester mobile auto electrician is offering fleet managers, taxi firms, bus and coach firms, and hauliers "guaranteed substantial savings" on their fuel costs.
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07/06/2012
The qualifying phase for this year's Young European Truck Driver competition is now complete and has found the 10 young drivers who will compete for the chance to represent the UK at the 2012 Young European Truck Driver Final.
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07/06/2012
For the first time ever, a Volvo truck has led a platoon – a convoy in which vehicles automatically follow a lead truck – on a public motorway among other road users.
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06/06/2012
Civil engineering firm Taylor-Webb Communications has purchased its first crane truck, a Mercedes-Benz 8x4 Axor 3243 supplied by Orwell Truck & Van.
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06/06/2012
The first few of 34 Thompsons Roadmaster 7.5 tonnes gvw tippers ordered for Daniel Land & Marine, have entered service in Wales.
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06/06/2012
The Driver CPC training module developed by Scania (Great Britain) has been accredited by the Institute of Advanced Motorists driver training company, Drive & Survive.
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06/06/2012
Ford is reporting that engineers developing the Transit Custom slammed the van's doors more than 550,000 times to make sure that it can withstand day-to-day usage.
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01/06/2012
Bradford-based Vernon Land Transport has just bought a fourth DAF XF105 Super Space cab tractor unit. A 6x2 tractor unit plated at 44 tonnes, and supplied through local DAF dealer F & G Commercials, the 460bhp vehicle is employed on ...
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01/06/2012
MiX Telematics is launching a new analytics tool, MiX Insight Analyser, to its larger fleet manager customers.
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31/05/2012
Led by managing director Fran Pickering, and supported by sales manager Jon Wilcock, Krone Trailers UK is now offering a direct sales service to operators in Ireland thereby removing the requirement for any third party or agency ...
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31/05/2012
Fowler Welch has secured a contract with Winterbotham Darby – the award-winning supplier of foods to the retail and foodservice markets.
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