Goodyear is rolling-out an improved version of its eCasing web-based commercial vehicle tyre casing management system, which, it says will help fleets and dealers get the right choice of retread...
Tyres & Retreads
A Telford haulage operator has been suspended from running HGVs after traffic commissioner Nick Jones found that drivers had worked excessive hours, broken speed limits and created false records.
VOSA Prohibitions
Preparing defence standard trucks for delivery on active service from amphibious vehicles and/or to operate in the arctic takes some special measures. Brian Tinham talks to the converters
Hydraulic systems
Now that the latest EU Roadworthiness package has passed into European law, fleet engineers, workshop managers and technicians need to rethink their wheel security practice. Brian Tinham reports
Wheel Security
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is working with the RSPCA on a project that aims to save the lives of thousands of animals across England and Wales.
Panel Vans
Hydrox Solutions has launched what it claims is an emissions-busting hydrogen-on-demand device for any size of diesel engine on any commercial vehicle – van, truck, bus or coach.
Emissions Control
Peterborough-based drainage and sewer specialist Dalrod has a new flagship truck – a muscular 8x4 Mercedes-Benz 32-tonne Arocs with the aerodynamic StreamSpace cab.
Municipal Vehicles
Toys manufacturer TOMY is launching a new range of city-themed 1:16 scale toys, called Big Works, modelled on Iveco's heavy truck range.
Municipal Vehicles
Van manufacturer IBC Vehicles has been fined nearly £180,000 in court for safety failings after a crane operator suffered severe crush injuries in July 2011 at its press shop in Luton.
Lifting & Handling
CNG Services is seeking a haulier willing to get involved with trials involving a 400bhp dedicated CNG (compressed natural gas) Kenworth Truck.
Alternative Fuels
Family-owned Macpherson Coaches says vehicle defect reporting has been simplified since adopting the SmartCheck system for its fleet of nine coaches and seven buses.
Driver / People Management
UK universities are way ahead of the national average for electric vehicle ownership, according to research by Intelligent Car Leasing.
Electric Vehicles