'Could have done better', appears to be the transport industry's verdict on yesterday's (19 March 2014) budget. While it may have been for doers, makers and savers, as the Chancellor put it, there...
Fleet Operating Costs
A new A&E (accident and emergency) ambulance, developed by Iveco and Cartwright, is being billed as the most advanced yet.
Emergency Service Vehicles
Aftermarket heavy-duty diesel engine emission control engineering specialist Eminox has won the Contribution to Sustainable Transport trophy at the London Transport Awards.
Emissions Control
Volvo Trucks' UK dealer network achieved a record 97.4% MOT first time pass rate in January 2014 (on 1,554 trucks), exceeding the previous monthly record set in mid-2013 by 1.3%.
MOT Testing Equipment
A quarter of a century after the initial dash for gas – when the UK's then newly privatised electricity companies were falling over themselves to build gas turbine electricity generation plants – the...
Alternative Fuels
Burflex Scaffolding says it has cut operational costs by £4,000 per month on labour costs since installing Fleetmatics GPS vehicle tracking on its 40-strong fleet.
Telematics
Terberg DTS Fire and Rescue Division has launched another rapid response vehicle – a custom-built 4x4 airside firefighting vehicle based on the Isuzu D-Max 2.5litre chassis cab.
Emergency Service Vehicles
Arla Foods has opened a dedicated bio-LNG (liquefied natural gas) refuelling station at its new £150m dairy complex at Aylesbury – set to become the UK's first zero carbon dairy – to support its move...
Alternative Fuels
The IMI (Institute of the Motor Industry) is urging the transport industry to overcome doubts over hiring apprentices, pointing to its latest study, which suggests they can deliver between 150% and...
Apprenticeships
British oils firm Morris Lubricants has launched a commercial engine oil that, it says, gives huge potential for rationalisation across mixed truck fleets involving several engine technologies.
Consumables
With Euro 5 now a thing of the past, truck OEMs are celebrating confirmed 2013 sales way beyond their wildest dreams. Operators, too, are either grinning over last-minute vehicle deals or staring in...
Irtec
Morganite Electrical Carbon has been fined £120,000 plus £16,021 costs, after a truck driver was crushed and killed at its site when unloading heavy graphite parts in a dangerous manner.
Health & Safety Legislation