Pro golf equipment manufacturer Ping has gone for an environmentally-friendly Mercedes-Benz Actros 26-tonne rigid, with a difference.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Aviation recovery specialist Recovair reports that its first Volvo tractor unit for European heavy recovery work, involving crashed light aircraft and helicopters, is returning 9mpg.
Fuel Pricing
HRVS is to build a new twin-lane ATF at its Ripley site in Derbyshire – with 16m pits and all the equipment – providing what the company believes will be a template for other MAN dealerships.
MOT Testing Equipment
Scania and MAN are currently studying the potential for collaboration on component supply and pre-development work for commercial vehicles.
Gearboxes
Distribution and warehousing firm Viamaster Transport reports a good experience to date from the first of its two new Mercedes-Benz Actros 2546 tractor units, with 460hp engines and the range-topping,...
Heavy Goods Vehicles
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is backing plans to extend into Scotland the stopping powers of enforcement officers for commercial vehicles that already in England, Wales and, via the Driver...
Road Legal
Clinical waste specialist SRCL reports reduced fuel consumption and carbon emissions, with its 18 new streamlined Bevan21 box body rigids.
Rigids
Two new all-black 4x2 Volvo FH tractor units have joined Gloucester-based We Move Bikes' fleet on its Harley-Davidson contract, transporting some of the most exotic icons to exhibitions across Europe.
Transmissions
IRTE's technician licensing scheme irtec is moving its engineering with the times, and asking the transport industry to contribute to the licence's future direction.
Apprenticeships
Drainage contractor Super-Rod has taken delivery of a Mitsubishi Fuso Canter specially adapted for running on railway lines.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Devon-based MR Horn Transport reports that one of its custom-built trailers, fitted with Michelin X One MaxiTrailer tyres, has clocked up 270,000km with an average of 7 mm tread remaining – and an...
Tyres & RetreadsS&J European Haulage says it has added new double-deck SKO Express dry freight box trailers from Schmitz Cargobull to its fleet, because their lower rolling resistance saves money.
Axles