Bedford-based haulier Simon Irwin – which works on contract with CLOCS (Construction Logistics Cyclist Safety) Champion Tarmac – has taken delivery of its first Volvo FH 8x4 Tridem tipper, citing...
Tippers
The first fleet of zero-emission, fully electric, battery-operated Fuso Canter trucks has gone into trial service working with the Municipality of Stuttgart, in Germany.
Electric Vehicles
Fuel haulage specialist Greenergy Flexigrid – which delivers 5 billion litres of fuel a year to retail and commercial customers – is to fit its entire fleet of more than 100 tankers with Goodyear’s...
Tyres & Retreads
Adam Baker (31), who works at the Chassis-Cab Truck Centre dealership in Ipswich, has been awarded DAF European Technician of the Year 2016 in the firm’s European final, at DAF Trucks in Eindhoven.
Irtec
After the teaser (Transport Engineer, 5 April 2016) comes the film – ‘Volvo Trucks versus 750 tonnes’, where a Volvo FH16 attempts to pull a 750 tonne, 300-metre long road train, comprising 40 loaded...
Engine/Transmission Management
Cummins will today (11 April 2016) use the BAUMA exhibiton to unveil its ‘real-time’ Connected Diagnostics for off-highway trucks, stating that availability in Europe will be October 2016.
Diagnostic Equipment
Allison Transmission is launching a fully automatic transmission for off-highway trucks today (11 April 2016) at the Munich BAUMA exhibition – also highlighting applications with Bell Equipment.
Engine/Transmission Management
Haldex is celebrating the success of its ModulT air disc brakes, more than a million of which have now been produced in Europe.
Braking Systems
Bibby Distribution, Howden Joinery Group, Martin Brower UK and McDonald’s Restaurants, and UPS have been revealed as the finalists in the FTA’s (Freight Transport Association’s) LCRS Leadership in...
Alternative Fuels
Volvo Group is celebrating its success in the EU Truck Platooning Challenge, after three Volvo trucks drove in sequence semi-autonomously using wireless communication, from Gothenburg to Rotterdam,...
Tractor Units
Supply chain giant Gist has been named as the launch customer for Michelin Solutions’ new Effitrailer programme, which it expects to improve trailer reliability and safety, and hence also the...
Telematics
Compressed and liquefied gases giant BOC is installing an LNG (liquefied natural gas) HGV refuelling station at Exelby’s Golden Fleece Service station on Junction 42 of the M6, south of Carlisle in...
Alternative Fuels