Selecting cranes and loaders for vehicle mounting may not be rocket science, but there’s more to it than meets the eye. Brian Tinham looks at the issues and recent developments
Health & Safety Legislation
Technologies capable of slashing road transport’s environmental impact may be just around the corner. Brian Tinham talks to a Cambridge-based engineering innovation firm to assess opportunities
Alternative Fuels
Apprenticeships are increasingly being used as a recruiting mechanism by companies large and small in the transport sector, with irtec accreditation the ultimate accolade. Brian Tinham reports
Apprenticeships
Andrew Jones, parliamentary under secretary of state at the DfT (Department for Transport), has signed up to speak at the Microlise (telematics) transport conference in May.
Telematics
AN Richards of Llangollen, Imperial Commercials of Peterborough and HRVS Group Ripley won the small, medium and large (respectively) dealer of the year 2015 awards at the MAN Truck and Bus annual...
Dealerships
Digger hire specialist HE Services is reporting success with its move to DAF CF 8x2 rear-steer trucks fitted with Sterling fold-forward cheese wedge plant bodies equipped with ‘working at height’...
Rigids
Us extreme semi-trailers manufacturer Faymonville has launched a particularly versatile flatdeck vehicle extendable up to four times to a maximum overall length of 64m.
Trailers
The City of London has unveiled what it is describing as “a ground-breaking construction vehicle” in the form of a Mercedes-Benz low-entry Econic 3235 ENA.
Municipal Vehicles
Construction trucks in London are continuing their move to Mercedes-Benz Econic low-entry chassis cabs, with Bow, East London-based Premier Carriers, revealing what it believes to be first flat-bed...
Flatbed
German commercial vehicle parts group Europart Holding has acquired Swedish CV parts distributors LVD Lastvagnsdelar and Trailereffekter from Axel Johnson International.
Gearboxes
Aftertreatment equipment claimed to reduce heavy-duty diesel engine NOx emissions from buses “by up to 99%” has been trialled successfully in London.
Bus & Coach
Federal-Mogul Powertrain says it can now speed up material selection and design optimisation for engine valves, with its new simplified transient dynamic simulation.
Engines & Engine Parts