The RHA (Road Haulage Association) is to stage a National Lorry Week awareness campaign from 26—31 October 2015.
Driver / People Management
Runcorn-based general haulier Helsby and Longden has taken delivery of seven new ’65 plate Volvo trucks from Thomas Hardie Commercials, Middlewich.
Rigids
Owner-driver Jonathan Ashley, who earlier this year replaced a Mercedes-Benz Actros with another brand new Actros, says his decision has been well and truly vindicated.
Tractor Units
Loughborough-based coach operator Paul S Winson Coaches has taken delivery of two more 13.9-metre Scania Irizar i6 luxury coaches.
Bus & Coach
October’s Busworld exhibition, in Kortrijk, Belgium, see the debut of Volvo Buses Dynamic Steering stabilisation system and its 7900 Electric – Volvo’s first own-brand series produced all-electric...
Electric Vehicles
The owners of Quality Foods have had their transport operating licence suspended for three weeks after failing to meet driver and vehicle safety standards.
Road Legal
Three SME companies have been awarded a share of the Department for Transport’s (DfT) £25 million fund, following the government’s competition for projects to help develop greener fuel technology and...
Alternative Fuels
Construction industry haulage operator Ardula Group has acquired its first Scania truck – an R450 LA6x2/4MNA twin-steer tractor unit with the Highline cab – and ordered a further six, following...
Tippers
DAF Trucks is to demonstrate two vehicles at this week’s Cenex LCV 2015 exhibition and conference (Millbrook, 9 and 10 September) – its 12 tonne LF Future Truck Chassis Concept (FTCC) and a...
Rigids
Federal-Mogul Powertrain has launched a high-strength diesel piston aluminium alloy claimed to allow shorter piston heights and more compact cylinder block designs, for reduced CO2 emissions.
Engines & Engine Parts
Online logistics platform Transport Exchange is now partnering with “10 of the leading telematics specialists” – enabling data from various vehicle tracking tools to be combined, and creating “the...
Telematics
Low-carbon commercial vehicle technology specialist Torotrak is urging bus and coach operators planning to buy hybrid vehicles to carefully research the engineering options before committing.
Alternative Fuels