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Volvo attempts speed record with custom-built FH truck

Volvo Trucks will be attempting to break world speed records next week with a custom-built FH truck, which will have 2,400bhp on tap.

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SmartWitness camera trial is a ‘huge success’

SmartWitness says a recent pilot of its First Notification of Loss (FNOL) video camera technology resulted in a huge drop in disputed claims – from a typical figure of 40% without video evidence, to...

Telematics
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HGV registrations hit eight-year high for first half of 2016

HGV registrations performed strongly during the first half of 2016, with the year-to-date performance up by almost 13% to 21,434 units – the highest volume since 2008.

Bus & Coach
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Go-Ahead London trials Optare’s Metrodecker

Go-Ahead London has taken delivery of a pre-production 10.5-metre Metrodecker demonstrator from Optare, to put the vehicle through its paces in a series of trials.

Bus & Coach
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TIP Trailers expands in Wales with two acquisitions

TIP Trailer Services has announced the expansion of its services in South Wales, following its recent acquisition of Aim Hire and PADS Trailers.

Trailers
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‘Bold challenge’ for US road transport sector

The Diesel Technology Forum says the US government’s new fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions standards set “a bold challenge” to the road transport sector.

Heavy Goods Vehicles
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Furness tracks threefold ROI with AGM RouteMaster

Furness Cars and Commercials says it has recouped its investment in AGM’s RouteMaster tracking solution three times over, since implementing the technology for its 22-strong breakdown and recovery...

Tracking
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Goldstar Heathrow takes off with Microlise


Goldstar Heathrow, transport provider for the air freight industry, is rolling out a transport management solution from Microlise across 170 vehicles and trailers.

Telematics
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Ryder has right ingredients for Hain Daniels

Food manufacturer Hain Daniels has upgraded its chilled distribution fleet with 10 trucks and seven trailers, all acquired on contract hire through Ryder.

Temperature Controlled Vehicles
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Grey area on speed limits for pick-ups, warns Arval

Fleet managers are being warned that drivers of larger pick-up trucks could be contravening speed limits, as heavier pick-ups could be classed as light commercial vehicles and not passenger cars.

Light Commercial Vehicles
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Nissan beefs up Navara with Euro 6 engine

Nissan has announced that its award-winning pick-up, the Navara, now comes with a 2.3-litre dCi Euro 6 engine.

Light Commercial Vehicles
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Reminder to hauliers from senior traffic commissioner

The Road Haulage Association is reminding members that they must remember to notify ‘material changes’ to an enforcement agency, if they have been issued with an improvement notice.

Standards & Practices