For the second year running, Citroën's Ready to Run commercial vehicle programme has won the Vans A2Z One-Stop Shop Award.
Car Derived Vans
Howard Tenens move to convert a further 36 of its trucks converted to run on a blend of CNG (compressed natural gas) and diesel means that 85% of its LGV fleet is now dual-fuel.
Alternative Fuels
Gateshead-based general haulage contractor Tyneside Express has added four DAF CF 85-460 6x2 Euro 5 tractor units, plated at 44 tonne, to its 14-strong fleet.
Tractor Units
BOC's new LNG (liquefied natural gas) dual-fuel refuelling station, at Asda Logistics Services' Avonmouth site, is now up and running.
Alternative Fuels
Wimbledon-based contractor Cappagh has taken delivery of 20 7.5-tonne Fuso Canter tippers.
Light Commercial Vehicles
UAE-based civil and infrastructure engineering specialist Saif Bin Darwish is taking delivery of 150 heavy MAN TGS 40.440 WW 6x4 tractor units this month (March 2014).
Tractor Units
Cartwright has launched another recruitment drive for a further 40 new apprentices in the 16 – 19 age range, who will bring the total employed by the body and trailer manufacturer to 120 in the past...
Apprenticeships
CILT (Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport) president Jim Steer is expected to call for more joined up thinking in transport planning today (25 March 2014) in his nnual president's lecture.
Fleet Management Systems
Scania is celebrating its first half century in the UK this year with a Golden Griffin – a limited edition V8 tractor unit.
Tractor Units
Fifty seven Stagecoach drivers scored a perfect zero in GreenRoad's Fleet Elite competition last year, while Iron Mountain came in with the safest UK fleet and First Group achieved more than 800 Fleet...
Driver CPC
Aberdeen-based haulage firm Dyce Carriers, which recently celebrated its 40th anniversary, has taken delivery of five Mercedes-Benz New Actros tractor units, all with range-topping GigaSpace cabs.
Tractor UnitsThe CV Show 2014 will mark the last event to be supported by Crystal Communications and transport industry veteran Bob Sockl.
CV Show