Distribution firm CM Downton has ordered 80 more curtainsiders and six double deck trailers from Cartwright Group, bringing its total to more than 580.
Trailers
As VOSA increases roadside checks, Aide Automotive has launched a device that ensures braking systems are working correctly.
TrailersA one-stop service for drawbar operators has been launched by Jost-GB, including an all-inclusive package for users of its Rockinger drawbar couplings.
Drawbar / Drawbar Assemblies
Newport-based baker D Gibbon & Sons has taken delivery of a 3.5-tonne Mitsubishi Fuso Canter and declares itself so pleased that it has already ordered another.
Chassis Cabs
Munich Transportation Company (MVG) is the first metropolis in Europe to put the first MAN Lion's City Hybrid bus into service, with an expectation of up to 30% less CO2 emissions.
Bus & CoachNanotechnology firm Suprotec has launched a fluid claimed to form a new layer, "based on smart nanotechnology", that increases surface hardness while reducing frictional wear and tear.
Consumables
Vehicle recovery specialist Stoneywood Motors has emerged from a torrid time, following an arson attack on its Sowerby Bridge headquarters, with new recovery trucks from Roger Dyson Group.
Car Transporters
Upping the internal specification of a new Solo SR bus has brought added flexibility to Acklams of Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Bus & Coach
Altec Worldwide has built what it believes is a new type of mobile crane – on an Iveco Trakker AD340T41K 8x4 rigid chassis supplied by Hendy Van and Truck.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Recovery truck bodies builder Roger Dyson has bought back several vehicles from two transport companies that had ceased trading.
Emergency Service Vehicles
Nelson, Lancashire-based Matthew Kibble Transport has taken delivery of three Jost JSK DH200-P dual-height fifth wheels for its general haulage and megacube operations.
Fifth Wheels
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) says it welcomes government proposals to introduce a tax on foreign lorries, but insists that, for a lorry road user charging scheme (LRUC) to be worthwhile, it...
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