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18/11/2011
Nissan GB has taken top honours in the LowCVP Low Carbon Champions Awards, winning the Low Carbon Car and Van Manufacturer of the Year, and the Outstanding Achievement Award for Low Carbon Transport.
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18/11/2011
Travis Perkins has confirmed that it is to roll out Masternaut's fleet management system to a further 1,000 of its commercial vehicles.
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18/11/2011
BPW has launched a self-steering axle for semi-trailers that enables a market-leading 27° of steering angle.
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17/11/2011
Customers of Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle dealer Intercounty Truck & Van are benefiting from a series of investments at the company's Wellingborough headquarters.
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17/11/2011
Cartwright has won an order for 123 bodies from fleet management company VMS (Fleet Management) for its customer Dixons Retail. The order is for lightweight 3.5-tonne aerodynamic rigid box vans on Iveco chassis.
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17/11/2011
The Highways Agency's winter preparation team will use the FTA's Transport Manager seminar series to provide details of its severe winter weather preparations – and how operators should prepare for severe conditions.
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16/11/2011
Five Volvo FL-260 fire appliances have joined the fleet of North Wales Fire & Rescue Service, as part of a rolling programme of vehicle replacement.
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16/11/2011
Around 2,000 visitors showed their interest in MAN's 'consistently efficient' trucks, as displayed by the Trucknology RoadShow and the Branch Competence Center in Munich, says the German manufacturer.
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16/11/2011
GT Radial has announced the arrival of new range of high-performance truck tyre patterns.
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15/11/2011
North London-based S&J Wackett Timber Merchants has purchased two new trucks powered by low-emission diesel engines.
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15/11/2011
The RHA has welcomed publication of an extensive survey of truck stop provision across England, carried out by the Department for Transport.
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15/11/2011
Alltruck has become the first contract hire and rental company in the UK to introduce TruckWeigh to its commercial vehicle rental fleet.
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14/11/2011
The DAF Trucks National Dealer Apprentice Programme has once again honoured its graduates at an awards ceremony in Bristol, where the scheme is based.
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14/11/2011
A new Roger Dyson Landoll travelling-axle trailer is helping Shaw Commercials turn around recovery jobs in half the time, with half the manpower.
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14/11/2011
Goodyear's new Regional RHT II 19.5in and 17.5in range of low platform trailer tyres are said to provide high operational mileage and better wet grip as well as achieving lower rolling resistance.
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11/11/2011
East Midlands haulier and tipper operator Bowring Transport has added 10 new MAN trucks to its general haulage and muck-shift fleets – taking its total number of MAN vehicles to 60.
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11/11/2011
Ross's Garage, in Milton of Clava, Culloden Moor, has gone back to the Roger Dyson for the latest addition to its fleet of recovery vehicles, citing the vehicle provider's top-quality workmanship and parts service as a reason for the ...
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11/11/2011
Nearly half of FTA members surveyed claim that meeting their EU driver training requirements, under DCPC (Driver Certificate of Professional Competence), is a 'major concern', second only to rising fuel costs.
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10/11/2011
Vehicle truck weight technology specialist TruckWeight is now offering free software that will allow users of its onboard wireless sensors to monitor and record weights.
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10/11/2011
The FTA has won a useful ally in its fight against EU proposals to limit the height of semi-trailers to just 4 metres – in the International Road Transport Union (IRU).
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09/11/2011
VOSA (the Vehicle and Operators Services Agency), IRTE (the Institute of Road Transport Engineers) and Findlay Media are together publishing a guide to ATFs (Authorised Testing Facilities) as a supplement to Transport Engineer.
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09/11/2011
Transport Minister Keith Brown MSP has given a clear show of support for Scotland's logistics, and praised progress in reducing carbon emissions.
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08/11/2011
Stoke-based bus and coach operator Bakers Coaches has launched its first hybrid bus service, ahead of its 75th anniversary this month (November 2011).
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08/11/2011
Solus Coaches has taken delivery of two Volvo B9R coaches with Plaxton Panther bodies.
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08/11/2011
Anglian Home Improvements is keeping its house in order by replacing all 650 of its vans with fuel-efficient, Euro 5 Mercedes-Benz Sprinters.
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