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06/04/2010
From next month (May), vehicle sideguards will be subject to stricter compliance checks during VOSA (Vehicle and Operator Services Agency) annual testing.
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06/04/2010
A study undertaken by research institute CEESAR has discovered that, while the use of seat belts by European truck drivers is on the rise, fewer than half of those behind the wheel bother to use the safety device.
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02/04/2010
For operators and vehicle makers concerned with keeping existing vehicles running longer and more efficiently, as well as coping with new legislation, the upcoming Commercial Vehicle Operator Show (13—15 April) should provide answers.
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01/04/2010
In a bid to massively increase load capacity and fleet efficiency, Arla Foods has invested in its first variable deck trailer.
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01/04/2010
This week sees the opening of MAN's new purpose-built truck and bus dealership in Preston, on the Walton Summit Industrial Estate at Bamber Bridge.
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31/03/2010
A prototype electric version of the Vito Taxi is now ready for trials, having been designed and built in just six months by a consortium involving Zytek, Valence Technology, Penso and Mercedes-Benz UK, which donated the base vehicle.
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30/03/2010
With the UK Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid truck trials now 18 months in, and at the half way mark, Mercedes has released what it sees as encouraging results so far.
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30/03/2010
The EU saw a decline in commercial vehicle registrations of 3.1% in February, according to ACEA (the Eurolpean Automobile Manufacturers' Association), with a total of 121,510 units being registered during that period.
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30/03/2010
Environmental compatibility was the key criterion for dairy distribution specialist Pattemores Transport when it bought its latest 6x2 Mercedes-Benz Axor 2533 26-tonne tanker.
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29/03/2010
The first stage of a major overhaul of the entire trailer fleet at APC Overnight has begun, with the first big change being the arrival of a Don-Bur aerodynamic double-deck trailer, currently undergoing trials at the distribution outfit.
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29/03/2010
The Kilmarnock and Paisley franchise for mobile hydraulic hose repairer Pirtek has gone for a Mercedes-Benz, a Sprinter 313CDI to deliver rapid response.
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29/03/2010
Westbury, Wiltshire bulk cereals haulage operator Richard Paterson says its new Volvo FH-480 is giving the best fuel economy fleet-wide, operating at a full 44 tonnes.
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26/03/2010
Kent-based haulier Salvatori has taken delivery of eight new Schmitz Cargobull SCS Freepost curtainsider trailers, selected for their flexibility of loading.
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25/03/2010
Airfreight haulage specialist Saints Transport has signed the largest ever retail order for used trucks through MAN's used truck programme, MAN TopUsed.
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25/03/2010
Whale Tankers' customer, the drainage services, truck and plant hire firm, SP Holding of Telford, is challenging UK operators to buy the best of British.
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25/03/2010
Rugby-based builders merchant 4 Shires has bought a 3.5-tonne Mitsubishi Fuso Canter 3C15 to service its second depot, in Daventry, just opened.
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25/03/2010
Stobart Group has taken a controlling interest in a newly formed company, Stobart Biomass Products (SBPL), alongside wood-based biomass supplier AW Jenkinson Forest Products (AWJFP).
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24/03/2010
The Traffic Commissioner for Scotland has suspended Aberdeen-based haulage operator W & H Leslie's licence for 10 days from 23.59 on March 31, following a truck wheel detachment on the A90 near Finavon, Forfar, Angus.
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24/03/2010
Transport for London's (TfL) latest bus workshop has been fitted with 2km of flexible conduit from Flexicon, to protect the cabling for an oil management system installed at the site.
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24/03/2010
Stewart Oades, president of the Freight Transport Association (FTA) believes that many of the problems on the road are down to poor education, specifically starting with the basics of the Highway Code.
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23/03/2010
There could be a revolution in the trailer leg market, thanks to the launch of an innovative technology from Jemison.
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23/03/2010
Animal feedstuffs producer and distributor Wheyfeed has taken delivery of four new Scania tractor units, equipped with specially-developed fifth wheel couplings, designed, manufactured and fitted by JOST-GB.
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22/03/2010
Edinburgh and the Lothians-based bus operator Lothian Buses signed the first Authorised Testing Facility (ATF) contract in Scotland last week.
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22/03/2010
Packaged salads producer Vitacress says that Castell's drive-away prevention system Salvo is working to protect warehouse staff at its Amesbury facility.
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22/03/2010
More than 50 hybrid electric drive systems, designed to power double-decker buses in Oxford and Manchester, have been delivered to Alexander Dennis (ADL) by BAE Systems.
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