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13/01/2010
Isuzu Truck has confirmed that its Euro 5 prices for the Forward and Grafter ranges have been finalised and fixed for 2010 at an approximate 8% increase across the board.
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13/01/2010
The Fixed Price Repair programme run by Scania has been extended to cover more workshop jobs, such as standard services.
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13/01/2010
Plans have been published by the UK's DfT (department for Transport) to change driving licenses for truck and bus drivers, as well as those towing medium-sized trailers.
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12/01/2010
Langdon Industries believes it has made a major investment in safety by retrofitting its entire fleet of 140 articulated trucks with Jost Fleetmaster extended fifth-wheel handle assemblies.
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12/01/2010
The Fiesta Van Econetic, from Ford, boasting the lowest carbon emissions figures in its sector of 98g/km, is now available, priced at £11,635.
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12/01/2010
A deal done with Sainsbury's will see Smith Electric Vehicles the supplier of the biggest fleet of electric vans next year.
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11/01/2010
Updates and information about legal changes, anti-fraud measures and digital records are all available in Kogan Page's Transport Manager's and Operator's Handbook 2010, available from this month.
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11/01/2010
A consultation proposing to remove some of the exempt vehicles from the HGV annual roadworthiness testing scheme was published late last year by Transport Minister Paul Clark.
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08/01/2010
Expect to see Quinton Tyres' new MAN TGX 360bhp three axle rigid patrolling the north west in the months to come; the Manchester-based tyre supplier has invested in the new vehicle to collect and distribute built-up wheel assemblies from ...
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08/01/2010
The UK's transport minister, Paul Clark launched the Van Best Practice programme late last year, offering practical advice to van operators about how to improve efficiency and save fuel.
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08/01/2010
Owners of Pilot, Convoy and Cub models from LDV have been taking advantage of an average 15% savings on more than 11,000 parts for their vehicles, thanks to Multipart.
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07/01/2010
Following another 12 months of wildly fluctuating fuel prices, Portland Fuel Price Protection has launched a protection scheme for mid size operators.
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07/01/2010
The UK's largest supermarket chain has replaced electronic security seals on its 4,000 trailers, citing unacceptable failure rates and delays in obtaining replacements for existing electronic seals.
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07/01/2010
Volvo has furnished Veolia with a diesel-electric hybrid dustcart as part of a two-year trial with Westminster City Council.
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06/01/2010
Policy makers in Europe, the US and Japan need to cooperate on developing global fuel efficiency metrics, methodologies, standards and regulations that are practical and effective.
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06/01/2010
Volvo and Mack are the first truck manufacturers to have their engines certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency as meeting the 2010 diesel emissions standard.
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05/01/2010
Dairy Crest has added 80 Mercedes Sprinter 311CDI chassis cabs to its fleet of milk&more distribution vehicles, replacing older units from a rival brand when they hit the streets in March.
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05/01/2010
Magnetic devices retrofitted on vehicle fuel lines are far more effective in cutting fuel consumption than sceptics might have you believe.
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04/01/2010
There are mixed messages and frustration at Denby Transport, after the company's chairman, Dick Denby, took his 25.1m-long (82ft) LHV onto public roads on 1 December 2009, only to be served with a prohibition notice by the police.
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04/01/2010
"An event designed to help operators run a better and more organised business." That's the message from organiser of the CV Operator Show, which takes place on 13, 14 and 15th April 2009 at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre (NEC).
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04/01/2010
As we go to press, the transport industry looks closer to achieving a change in VOSA policy concerning amber ABS warning lamps, following intense lobbying by the FTA (Freight Transport Association).
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30/12/2009
Environmental benefits of the Euro 6 commercial vehicle engine emissions standard, due to come into force at the end of 2013, are disproportionate to their cost.
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29/12/2009
Fresnel lenses have now been formally approved by the DfT (Department for Transport) for use on truck windscreens to improve driver vision down to the front bumper.
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28/12/2009
BTAC (the British Transport Advisory Consortium, which came out of the brewery industry) says it expects to run more technical trials on trucks over a weekend in June or July 2010, following last year's break.
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21/12/2009
Despite the European market for curtainsiders finishing down 90%, Schmitz Cargobull chose the close of 2009 to launch, you guessed it, a curtainsider – and to state that it's gunning for number one.
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