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News
29/11/2023

Report shows worst regions for A-road surface conditions

An ORR (Office of Rail and Road) report has found the condition of road surfaces in National Highways’s East region is lower than the rest of England.

The East region covers Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Essex and Bedfordshire.ORR’s Benchmarking Road Surface Condition Report (www.is.gd/xosite) sheds light on the factors affecting road ...
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29/11/2023

Steril helps Go North West

Stertil Koni has provided 12 sets of 1.5 wireless mobile column lifts to ...
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28/11/2023

JMW launches new team

Law firm JMW Solicitors has launched a specialist commercial road ...
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28/11/2023

Refuels opens station in Wales

Refuels has opened a renewable biomethane refuelling station in Wales that ...
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27/11/2023

Volvo opens training centre

Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland is investing more than £300,000 in its new ...
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24/11/2023

Stertil helps Topview

Stertil Koni has installed two sets of wireless column lifts with a ...
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24/11/2023

Johnsons expands fleet

Laundry hire company Johnsons Hotel Linen has begun introducing 52 rigids ...
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23/11/2023

JV to purchase 1,000 ebuses

A new FirstGroup and Hitachi joint venture (JV) called NextGen AssetCo is ...
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23/11/2023

Mahle offers training portal

Mahle has launched a training portal to offer workshops and garages ...
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Features
15/11/2023

Looking forward to the end of the longer semi-trailer trial

On 31 May 2023, DfT legalised the general use of longer semi-trailers in the UK. Their use comes with conditions and, as Peter Shakespeare discovers, route availability can depend on which type of steered axle they are fitted with

NOTE: Since this article was published, DfT has extended the LST trial to 29 February 2024. Until then, only existing ...
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15/11/2023

VECTO comes to trailers

The EU is extending its strict targets for CO2 emissions reduction from trucks, with a requirement for manufacturers to supply a VECTO (Vehicle Energy Consumption Calculation Tool) certificate for some trailers and bodywork from ...
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15/11/2023

The basics of EBPMS

Transport fleets are increasingly embracing EBPMS – electronic braking performance monitoring systems – as a means of keeping a close eye on the efficiency of the brakes on their trucks and trailers, reports Steve Banner
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15/11/2023

Wheel security best practice

Where there's a wheel, there’s a way for it to become detached. Richard Simpson looks at the causes and best preventative practices
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