LPG may seem like old hat, but dual-fuel offerings are being given the high-tech treatment, and pioneering operators like what they're seeing. Brian Tinham reports
Alternative Fuels
Scania is currently test running new Euro-6-ready five- and six-cylinder inline and V8 engines – heavily modified, but derived from its current Euro 5 units – in Sweden for its recently-launched R...
Tractor Units
As John Swigert Jr, aboard Apollo 13, reputedly put it: "Houston, we have a problem." Today's problem is grounded in road transport technology, and the issue is political ideology and economics. With...
Alternative Fuels
Flowers and pot plants supplier RA Meredith & Son Nurseries has taken delivery of several Gray & Adams bespoke temperature-controlled rigids, equipped to transport Dutch trolleys.
Refrigeration
Iveco and with TISS Security Systems have launched the first custom-built anti-siphon device for the Daily and EcoDaily light commercials.
Security Equipment
A total of 49 Mitsubishi Canter 7C18, 7.5-tonne box vans and three-way tippers, plus four Mercedes-Benz Axor 1824 18-tonne three-way tippers are being supplied by TransLinc to Lincolnshire Council for...
Light Commercial Vehicles
DAF says it is now offering its 6.7 litre Paccar GR-engine and several versions of the 12.9 litre Paccar MX-engine in EEV (enhanced environmentally-friendly vehicle) versions, without the need for...
Emissions ControlIsuzu has put a new 18-tonne 4x2 refrigerated demo vehicle into service boasting a 9 tonne-plus payload and unlimited mileage three-year warranty on the body, refrigeration system and chassis/cab.
Rigids
Fuel supplier Crown Oil UK's new website provides advice on environmental best practice and fuel storage regulations.
Fuel Systems
A low-loading, so-called Space Van brings what developer Supertrucks describes as "a new level of loading convenience to dry freight".
Light Commercial Vehicles
Hailed as the industry's most advanced aerodynamic trailer, Cartwright's new Cheetah Fastback achieves fuel savings of 9—10%, according to trials at MIRA.
Trailers
Competitive pricing swayed Aberdeenshire demolition and construction firm Les Taylor Contracts when the firm selected its latest pair of 8x4 tippers.
Tippers