Fleet management firm Translease Services has developed a smaller, more versatile truck for builders' merchants needing to make deliveries in busy city traffic.
Flatbed
Trailer rental company Hireco has placed an order with manufacturer SDC for £10m worth of box vans, double-deck step-frame curtainsiders and urban trailers.
Longer Semi-Trailers
US haulage giant Freightliner has standardised on Jost fifth wheel couplings for its artics. Daimler Trucks North America and Jost sealed the deal last week.
Fifth Wheels
Winners of the 2014 Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme (LCRS) Awards were announced yesterday (21 May 2014) at the FTA's Cutting Carbon, Cutting Costs conference – receiving their awards from the DfT's...
Alternative Fuels
Dubbed the smartest one-minute-rule tachograph yet. Stoneridge's newly launched SE5000 Exakt Duo2 covers Working Time Directive calculations, an advanced period of availability (POA) mode and...
Tachometers
Beyond debuting its new Euro 6 range of long haul, construction and distribution trucks and launching the new Renault Master van at the CV Show, Renault also announced a cut in TCO (total cost of...
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Michelin marked its return to the CV Show (29 April to 1 May 2014) with a global preview of its new 385/65 R 22.5 X Multi T trailer tyre, ahead of its European launch later this summer, as well as...
Tyres & Retreads
For all things coupling, running gear and tipping gear, Jost's stand at the Commercial Vehicle Show, which opens its doors tomorrow (29 April 2014) at the NEC, Birmingham, is the place to go.
Couplings
The CV Show opens its doors tomorrow (29 April to 1 May 2014) at the NEC, Birmingham, and beyond the headline acts (Citroen, Ford, Isuzu, Iveco, MAN, Mercedes-Benz, Renault, Vauxhall etc), there will...
CV Show
It's official: according to a Treasury report published as we go to press, cutting fuel duty does have a positive impact on the economy after all – an argument FairFuel UK, FTA (Freight Transport...
Fleet Operating Costs
Nissan says it has improved its NV400 panel van and conversion range with a single new low-emission Euro 5 2.3-litre turbodiesel engine that cuts CO2 emissions by 8g/km, as well as range-wide...
Chassis Cabs
The new Euro 6 FH16, in 750bhp 6x2 tractor guise, is to make its UK public debut on Volvo Trucks' stand at Truckfest Peterborough on 4—5 May 2014.
Rigids