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08/08/2011
Bibby Distribution has enhanced its service portfolio with the purchase of Atchison Topeka – which handles logistics for the food manufacturing industry.
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08/08/2011
The campaign to move European Truck Race teams onto forged aluminium wheels has gained momentum after leading outfit Team Allgäuer changed its set-up at the recent Nurburgring meeting.
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05/08/2011
Somerstotalkare has supplied a third set of four S6cf cable-free lifts to L C Vehicle Hire, which carries out inspections every six weeks on everything from vans to HGV vehicles.
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05/08/2011
Phil Moore, a truck driver working for manufacturer EBC Brakes in Northampton, has just completed his one millionth kilometre on the same clutch.
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05/08/2011
Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle dealer for the north and north-east of Scotland, John R Weir Truck & Van, has a new sales executive.
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04/08/2011
Evaluations of Montracon trailers by a pet products distributor are returning impressive fuel saving figures, according to the company.
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04/08/2011
Growing order intake for new refrigerated trailers has seen Schmitz Cargobull move to triple-shift operations at its Vreden, Germany plant, to help reduce lead times for UK and European operators.
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04/08/2011
National logistics provider Bedfords Transport is buying seven new Iveco EcoStralis trucks to replace existing fleet vehicles.
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04/08/2011
Road freight operators have had to find an additional £1.3 billion over a 12-month period just to cover the rising cost of fuel, figures from the FTA's Cost Information Service show.
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03/08/2011
HW Martin Waste is reporting "spectacular increases" in recycling rates since drafting its first five Mercedes-Benz Econic refuse trucks into service for local authorities in Derbyshire.
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03/08/2011
DAF Trucks and TATRA have signed an agreement for DAF to acquire 19% ownership of Czech truck manufacturer TATRA as.
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03/08/2011
GE Capital Fleet Services has become the first vehicle leasing company to receive the commercial vehicle industry's Van Excellence accreditation.
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03/08/2011
South west food distribution firm Chaffins Foodservice has upgrade two of its Isuzu chassis cabs by swapping the existing twin compartment bodies for new triple compartment refrigerated bodies, built by Hull bodybuilder Paneltex.
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02/08/2011
In a first for road sweepers manufacturer Scarab Sweepers in the UK, the firm has selected MAN TGM chassis to showcase its M6 and Magnum sweeper equipment.
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02/08/2011
Two Transit Connect Electric vans have successfully completed a 75-mile route from Oxford to London in a convoy of electric, hybrid and low-emission vehicles, as part of the 2011 Bridgestone Eco Rally.
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02/08/2011
Ahead of EU legislation around vehicle type approval, Bevan Group is inviting commercial vehicle bodybuilders to secure their futures by becoming licensees.
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02/08/2011
Continental Tyres has added two 17.5in tyres to its trailer tyre product range: HTR2 for regional transport and HTL2 for long-distance operations.
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01/08/2011
Following the decision by R&B in early 2010 to cease manufacture of commercial tail lifts, Ratcliff Palfinger has agreed to purchase the right to supply R&B commercial spare parts.
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01/08/2011
The John Lewis Partnership has installed Daimler FleetBoard telematics hardware across its entire fleet of John Lewis and Waitrose heavy trucks, in a move it hopes will lead to a cut of at least 4% in vehicle carbon emissions.
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01/08/2011
Golf courses builder MJ Abbott has just purchased eight more Mercedes-Benz vans from local dealer Rygor Commercials, all of which feature low-emission Euro 5 engine technology.
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01/08/2011
Arriva has moved to improve safety in the workplace by introducing free-standing barriers and retractable wall-mounted units from Tensator.
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01/08/2011
Hankook has been nominated for two categories in the 2011 National Tyre Distributors Association (NTDA) Tyres & Fast-Fit Awards (TAFF).
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29/07/2011
The latest arrival at JB Landscape might be the company's third 3.5-tonne Fuso Canter, but it is the first from the company's Euro 5 range.
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29/07/2011
Arriva Italia has begun the installation of the diesel particulate filters from Hug Engineering AG, a Swiss company involved in the filtration of industrial, naval and railway engines.
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29/07/2011
Since winning the Stoneridge time-saving challenge at the Commercial Vehicle Show in April, Carefoot & Sons (Transport) has upgraded 16 of its existing tachographs with Stoneridge SE5000 Exakt units – with the remainder of the fleet ...
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