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.
Tankers
Airfreight haulage specialist Saints Transport has signed the largest ever retail order for used trucks through MAN's used truck programme, MAN TopUsed.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
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).
Alternative Fuels
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.
Light Commercial Vehicles
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...
VOSA Prohibitions
Liftmaster's K1350 Wheel Grabber provides a good way of removing a seized, hub-piloted, wheel.
Wheel AlignmentOwners/operators of Mercedes-Benz Axors built between January 2004 and December 2005are at risk of fire, due to heavy corrosion in the interior of the starter motor that may develop following frequent...
VOSA ProhibitionsSprinters built between January 2006 and December 2008 are at risk of fire, due to the fleece filter insert of the engine oil separator becoming obstructed with dirt particles. An increase in pressure...
VOSA ProhibitionsSome MAN Truck TGA, TGS and TGX are subject to inadvertent application of the parking brake, having been fitted with faulty Voss air distributor check valves, which do not afford reliable protection...
VOSA ProhibitionsOwners and operators of DAF FTPCF85, FTPXF95 and FTPXF105 vehicles are warned that wheel bearings fitted to the second axle may fail, due to repairs carried out on the hub seals, where the bearings...
VOSA Prohibitions
Packaged salads producer Vitacress says that Castell's drive-away prevention system Salvo is working to protect warehouse staff at its Amesbury facility.
Couplings
Edinburgh and the Lothians-based bus operator Lothian Buses signed the first Authorised Testing Facility (ATF) contract in Scotland last week.
Bus & Coach