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14/10/2011
PACCARs technical centre has opened in Pune, India, with the truck maker being helped by its technology solutions partner KPIT.
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14/10/2011
Three Volvo 8x4 rear-end-loaders featuring a tridem rear axle are proving so successful that west country waste recycling company Viridor has recently placed orders for additional vehicles.
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13/10/2011
An intelligent approach to driver training has won Suckling Transport the EuroTra Safety and Innovation Award 2011, managed by the Freight Transport Association.
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13/10/2011
Cartwright customer DHL Automotive has ordered 65 curtainsider trailers for its parts distribution contract for Land Rover and its new Evoque vehicle.
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13/10/2011
Lodge Tyres has joined Continental's pan-European Conti360° network, operating from a dozen sites across the central area.
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12/10/2011
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed the announcement by HM Government that it is pressing ahead with operational trials of high volume semi-trailers.
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12/10/2011
Allison Transmission has exceeded expectations with its multimillion dollar Allison customer experience centre (ACE) and demonstration and drive track in Szentgotthárd, Hungary.
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12/10/2011
Cummins Turbo Technologies has announced that its latest range of small turbochargers will be fitted to 2.8 to 3.8-litre diesel engine vehicles made by Foton from the end of September.
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11/10/2011
Tayside Fire & Rescue is returning to Mercedes-Benz Sprinters, having experienced downtime with a series of mobile service vans from another unnamed manufacturer.
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11/10/2011
ASDA is the latest company to join the FTA's Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme (LCRS), the organisation's voluntary scheme to measure and ultimately reduce carbon emissions from trucks and vans.
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11/10/2011
Designed to raise money for FirstGroup's charity partner Save the Children, the UK's largest transport operator, has launched a book entitled 'Life in the Bus Lane'.
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10/10/2011
Wabco has announced that it has entered into a long term agreement with Iveco to supply innovative anti-lock braking systems.
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10/10/2011
Technological advances have now made it possible for a vehicle to run without a driver, but is a driverless future actually desirable? Volvo Trucks says that making vehicles more autonomous is perhaps not a question of excluding drivers, ...
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10/10/2011
K Transport Services has taken a fresh approach to its steel transportation by employing four coil liners from Krone Trailers UK to tackle the work.
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07/10/2011
Workers in London and beyond enjoyed some stunning floral displays this summer – thanks once again to Windowflowers and its fleet of 3.5-tonne Fuso Canters.
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07/10/2011
The Mercedes-Benz Axor is impressively reliable and fuel-efficient, but it's also a big hit with drivers – so says haulier John Evans, who has just taken delivery of another two examples from South Wales dealer Euro Commercials.
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07/10/2011
European unaccompanied freight specialist, Chambers & Cook is continuing its trend of sourcing curtainsider trailers exclusively from Schmitz Cargobull with the latest delivery of 10 new Euroliners.
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06/10/2011
Thompsons has just delivered its 1,000th body to truck rental firm LC Vehicle Hire in less than a decade.
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06/10/2011
Volvo Trucks says it will deliver a total of 100 FE diesel-electric hybrid trucks to 13 European countries by 2013 – and the first has already gone to Spar Austria.
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06/10/2011
Transdek is recommending the introduction of a new loading bay height at distribution centres handling high volumes of deliveries, with fixed double deck trailers.
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06/10/2011
The Stkare Vega Parallelogram vehicle lift, manufactured by Omer, has been unveiled by lifting equipment supplier Somerstotalkare.
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05/10/2011
From 2012, UK coach operators will have the opportunity to purchase Plaxton's top-selling Panther body on the popular Scania K360 underframe.
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05/10/2011
Loughborough University is lowering its road vehicle emissions and saving money, after investing in two new electric trucks for its maintenance team.
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05/10/2011
Seven years after setting up his own business, tree surgeon Chris Gill has invested in a Fuso Canter, the vehicle he had used when first employed in the industry by another company.
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04/10/2011
Mercedes-Benz dealer Ciceley Commercials has completed the latest in a series of improvements and extensions to its workshops, spending £100,000 on a second VOSA ATF (Authorised Test Facility) for trucks at its depot in Bolton.
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