Two diesel-hybrid Scania tractor units equipped with rail-style electric pantographs are now running on a public road in Sweden as part of a two-year trial.
Alternative Fuels
Steinhoff UK Bedding Group has taken delivery of 28 Montracon aerodynamic semi-trailers as part of a bid to improve fuel economy by up to 10%.
Trailers
Images of the original Eminox custom vertical exhaust stack, favoured by truckers and truck enthusiasts since its introduction back in 1978, can now be found on the company’s new website.
Emissions Control
O&H Vehicle Conversions has unveiled a first of a kind ‘four layout options in one’ PTS (patient transport) vehicle that can be configured for seated, stretcher, wheelchair and bariatric layouts.
Emergency Service Vehicles
The European Commission has today (19 July 2016) fined DAF, Daimler, Iveco and Volvo/Renault a record total of €2.93 billion (£2.5 billion) for breaking EU antitrust rules. MAN was not fined in...
Dealerships
Mercedes-Benz Trucks is using pioneering 3D printing to manufacture plastic spares as a standard parts production method in for the aftermarket.
Bodies & Bodywork
The high-profile Aberdeen Hydrogen Bus Project has been shortlisted for the APSE awards in the Best Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Initiative and Best Public/Private Partnership Working...
Alternative Fuels
Dumfries & Galloway-based Hayton Coulthard Transport has celebrated its 100th anniversary with the acquisition of a range-topping Volvo FH16-750 tractor unit with special big birthday livery.
Tractor Units
A Staunton Groundworks and Civil Engineering has added two Renault Range C430.32 8x4 tippers to its 30-strong fleet, citing favourable experiences with Renault vans and recommendations from others.
Tippers
Cambridgeshire-based contractor G Webb has added two new Scania P-cabbed tippers to its 50-strong fleet, each mounted with Charlton SuperLite bodies and delivering class-leading payloads of more than...
Tippers
Tachograph analysis software specialist TruTac is doubling the size of its premises in Westwood Business Park, Coventry, this month (July 2016) and launching a recruitment campaign to sustain its...
Driver / People Management
Lancashire haulier Fagan & Whalley has been so impressed by its first Mercedes-Benz Actros that it has now ordered another pair to join its 200–strong tractor fleet.
Tractor Units