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Keltruck launches iPhone App for drivers and fleet managers

Independent Scania dealer Keltruck has unveiled the Keltruck iPhone app, which provides instant access to Keltruck's stock of used vehicles and can locate the nearest Keltruck branch.

Dealerships
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Calor Gas chooses Goodyear Dunlop for tractors, trailers and rigids

LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) supplier Calor Gas has signed a two-year deal with Goodyear Dunlop, following a two-year trial.

Tyres & Retreads
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Tom Moorhouse goes for golden DAF after 125 years

Tom Moorhouse and Son is celebrating 125 years in the road haulage business by adding a red and gold DAF super space cab XF105 tractor to its Huddersfield-based fleet.

Tractor Units
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Norbert Dentressangle takes Renaults for mpg

Norbert Dentressangle has taken 13 new Renault trucks from BRS for its Mitsubishi Electric contract, following fuel returns of more thsn 13mpg on a Renault Midlum demonstrator.

Rigids
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120 MAN TGS trucks for Lagos construction project

MAN is delivering the first batch of a total of 120 MAN TGS WW tipper semitrailer tractors to the Chagoury Group, in Lagos, destined for the EKO Atlantic City urban development project on the Nigerian...

Tippers
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Drivers’ walk-around checks made easier with FTA app

The FTA (Freight Transport Association) has launched an Internet-based app claimed to make drivers' vehicle walk-around checks easier.

Road Safety
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Traffic commissioner tells hauliers to join up and join in

Senior Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell wants road transport people to get more involved with their professional organisations and earn the sector better credentials and better PR.

Continuing Professional Development
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Kinlochbervie’s Volvo FH stay cool with I-Park Cool

The Kinlochbervie Fish Selling Company has renewed its two-vehicle fleet with a pair of new Volvo FH-540 tractor units, fitted with the Globetrotter XL cab and Volvo's I-Park Cool cab air conditioning...

Tractor Units
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Shred-it boosts business with Trimble technology

Since deploying Trimble's fleet management technology, real-time visibility of secure document and paper shredding firm Shred-it's vehicles has helped the firm to improve work allocation and driver...

Telematics
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RHA formally recommends HGV technician licensing scheme

The RHA (Road Haulage Association) has endorsed the IRTE's irtec licensing scheme for commercial vehicle workshop technicians, and the new Workshop Accreditation scheme.

Irtec
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National Express rolls out Bowmonk’s Brakecheck

Bus and coach operator National Express has ordered several of Bowmonk's Brakecheck systems, following a successful demonstration at its Walsall depot.

Rolling Roads
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Compliance vs efficiency: spend a little to save a lot

Compliance, efficiency and cost-cutting – those have to be the watchwords for the vast majority of managers, engineers and technicians throughout the transport industry for the foreseeable future....

Telematics