Asphalt and bitumen contractor Gibbs Surfacing says it has hit the ground running with its first clutch of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans.
Drop Side
UKWA – the trade association for third party storage and logistics sector – has teamed up with independent fuel card supplier Forecourt Fuels to guarantee that members pay the lowest possible on-road...
Fuel Pricing
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, Norman Baker, will be the keynote speaker at the Bus and Coach Engineering Conference, being hosted by three of the biggest names in road...
Maintenance
Bevan Group, the dry freight commercial vehicle bodybuilder, has completed the sale of its Truck Engineering division.
Trailers
DAF Trucks has confirmed that it will be exhibiting at this year's CV Show, which opens at Birmingham's NEC on 12th April.
Rigids
The 1,000 truck joint-procurement agreement signed in 2010 between Stobart Group, AW Jenkinson Forest Products and Scania has now been extended to include at least a further 170 vehicles.
Heavy Goods VehiclesGray & Adams is claiming to be the first UK trailer manufacturer to have EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval for tri-axle and tandem axle trailer models.
Whole Vehicle Type Approval
Platooning may be the new way of trunking within 10 years, with the EU-financed SARTRE project having completed its first demonstration at the Volvo Proving Ground, close to Gothenburg, Sweden.
Road Safety
International haulier and carrier of the 'Eat More Chips' brand, D Mortimer & Sons, has taken delivery of its first MAN TGX fleet.
Tractor Units
Discount store chain Home Bargains says it picked up an unmissable deal of its own when it ordered a new fleet of 12 Mercedes-Benz tractor units.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Roadside Vehicle Services, which specialises in car and commercial vehicle repairs, has taken delivery of another recovery unit form Roger Dyson – this a Hydraloader 8000La (low approach) slidebed.
Recovery Vehicles
Sovereign Horseboxes, has completed conversion of two new Volvo FL 4x2 rigid trucks, with 240hp Euro-5 engines, from Hartshorne Motor Services.
Rigids