Mayday Travel, in Croydon, has taken delivery of two MAN Neoplan Starliner coaches, following the withdrawal of Setra from the market – and says it's enjoying the experience.
Bus & Coach
Family owned distribution firm Wixey Transport is reporting that it has hit 600,000 kilometres on its Goodyear Regional Haul tyres, thanks in part to using truck tyres supplier TruckForce.
Tyres & Retreads
Tippers and skiploaders builder Hyva is claiming that competitor Boughton's new skiploader is a copy of its own long-standing truck "almost to the last nut and bolt".
Municipal VehiclesDes Evans, charismatic chief executive of MAN Truck & Bus UK, and Phil Moon, the new product marketing manager with DAF Trucks, will be joining the Euro 6 expert panel at the IRTE Conference on 11...
Alternative Fuels
With effect from last Friday (16 August 2013), fixed and graduated penalties have increased – including those covering C&U (Construction and Use) regulations, excess weight, driver's hours offences...
Road Legal
Commercial vehicle fleets are choosing their tyres based on fuel efficiency and mileage performance, rather than tyre application.
Tyres & Retreads
Trevor Ratcliffe's new Volvo FH16-750, which made an impact at the Peterborough Truckfest, has gone on to take the Top Truck 2013 award at the re-established Mondello Truck Show.
Tractor Units
Farrakh Manzoor, who owns a haulage firm in Chigwell, has lost his operator's licence and been disqualified both from operating vehicles and from being a transport manager for two years.
VOSA Prohibitions
Ryder has supplied 13 custom-built DAF CF 26-tonne and LF 21-tonne and 18-tonne vehicles to national drinks wholesaler Matthew Clark, as part of a fleet upgrade plan aimed at increasing carrying...
Rigids
Hotel and restaurant laundry supplier Fresh Linen has taken delivery of seven new Renault Midlum 220.12 12-tonne rigids from Renault Trucks distributor Norfolk Truck and Van.
Rigids
Trailer technologies have come farther than many realise – and not just in terms of their aerodynamics. Brian Tinham reports
Trailers
As the Society of Operations Engineers – home to BES, IPlantE and IRTE – welcomes its new chief executive, Brian Tinham finds out more about the man and his ambitions for this important professional...
Apprenticeships