The Centre for Sustainable Road Freight (SRF) – the £6m UK initiative to minimise environmental impact and cost of road freight transport – has been officially opened.
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Claes Jacobsson will relace Hans-Christer Holgersson as managing director of Scania (Great Britain) on 1 September 2013.
People
One of the first new Volvo FH tractor units to go into service in the UK has joined Keyo Agricultural Services – with a specially commissioned golden cockerel logo to celebrate the owners' combined 50...
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Jersey-based freight firm Ferryspeed has added 30 DAF tractor units to its fleet, to support growth both in the movement of ambient and temperature-controlled freight under HACCP standards both on...
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Haulier and construction plant specialist Harlex Haulage Services has installed a new web-based fuel management system to improve fuel control at its Rochester base.
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Southampton-based Boatloads International, which transports boats in the UK and Europe, is set to lose its licence to run its commercial vehicle after the region's Traffic Commissioner found that...
VOSA ProhibitionsWhen Palmer and Harvey rolled out its nationwide van sales food service last month (April 2013), under the P&H Direct banner, it did so on 50 Isuzu Forward N75.150 7.5t rigid vehicles.
Rigids
The Traffic Commissioner for London and the South East has called on the construction and building industry to improve HGV licence standards after six operators appeared at public inquiry in one...
Road Safety
A partnership agreement with Dawsonrentals bus and coach has secured a 50-bus order for Optare.
Bus & Coach
Thirteen Mercedes-Benz Actros 1842LS Euro 5 tractor units have entered service with beds manufacturer Relyon, under a five-year contract hire deal with Ryder.
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Steel haulier A Hingley Transport has taken delivery of a new Renault Premium 460 6x2 tractor unit decorated in the firm's original 1960s livery to celebrate the company's 45th anniversary.
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Time was when fleet engineers spent considerable time specifying their ideal trucks. Some still do, but the rest of us need to get back to those days, writes Brian Tinham
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