Conceptual design and packaging manufacturer Cullen Packaging has taken delivery of a replacement DAF CF410 tractor and SDC curtainside trailer from Ryder, which supplies all its artic combinations.
Tractor Units
A further nine new 13.4-metre SDC box trailers, supplied by TIP Trailer Services on a five-year lease deal, are entering service with Clipper Logistics’ trailer fleet on one of its growing...
Trailers
Major heavy truck manufacturers are set to return to this year’s CV Show, at the NEC, Birmingham, which runs from 25—27 April 2017, and is already 10% bigger than last year’s record-breaking event.
Rigids
National automotive workshop tools supplier MAC Tools UK has taken delivery of its second Isuzu 7.5 tonne rigid, to be used as a comprehensive mobile toolbox demonstration truck.
Rigids
Tower Transit Operations and Whippet Coaches Group – both part of Tower Transit Group – have confirmed Bridgestone as their fleet-wide tyre provider, under a significant new three-years PPM (pence per...
Tyres & Retreads
EM Transport has taken delivery of another Volvo FM 6x2 tag-axle, rear-steer rigid, in drawbar configuration, having proved their versatility with several similar trucks.
Rigids
Pete Waterman OBE – best known as a record producer/songwriter, but also a railway expert – has accepted an invitation to become a vice president of the Transport Trust, the UK charity dedicated to...
People
Scotland's traffic commissioner (pictured) has disqualified the owner of an Insch, Scotland-based haulage business after finding that he deliberately undermined road safety measures.
Health & Safety Legislation
Just over one fifth (21%) of HGV fleets that participated in the governments’ Low-Carbon Truck Trial (LCTT) expected to achieve a financial payback from their dual-fuel and/or dedicated gas truck...
Alternative Fuels
Fashion logistics specialist P&H Contract Services is fitting Michelin Solutions’ Effitrailer telematics package to 20 of its semi-trailers as part of its fleet renewal programme, stating that trials...
Tyres & Retreads
Fleet engineers choosing from the array of competing money-saving interventions now have evidence-based, independent data on tap. Brian Tinham reports from the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight
Alternative FuelsDr Will Murray, research director of eDriving Fleet, an expert in commercial road risk management and a visiting fellow at universities in the UK and Australia, has died. He was a founding member of...
People