Will Dalrymple

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Flogas gets the message across with Spedian

Spedian's removeable, reusable van graphics are heating up the communication campaign for leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier Flogas Britain.

Bodies & Bodywork
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MAN group launches software marketplace for digital services platform RIO - updated

Truck brand MAN has launched its new online store for services on its brand-agnostic, cloud-based vehicle platform RIO, both from MAN DigitalServices and future partners: the RIO Marketplace.

Fleet Management Systems
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Lubrication line-up: news of five recent oil developments

There has been lots of news in and around oil and lubricant products.

Engine/Transmission Management
Video Content

r2c Online releases Earned Recognition explainer video with DVSA

Fleet management software providers r2c Online has released an Earned Recognition explainer video featuring the DVSA.

Driver / People Management
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People news, January 2018

Heavy vehicle lift firm TotalKare has rewarded an employee celebrating 50 years of service with an all-expenses paid 12-night Iberian cruise. TotalKare also gave Glenda Barratt and her husband Lance...

People
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Entry now open for Skills Challenge competition for bus and coach technicians

The eighth IRTE Skills Challenge is now accepting applications from contestants until 31 March 2018.

Apprenticeships
Video Content

How to couple and uncouple a trailer, by PB Training

Following on from the January feature on fifth wheels, this video helps DCPC candidates to show the necessary procedures to correctly couple and uncouple a truck.

Couplings
News

CoolKit reports a successful 2017

Refrigerated vehicle converter CoolKit’s revenues grew by 21% in 2017, despite a contraction in the light commercial vehicle market at large.

Temperature Controlled Vehicles
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Marigold is quietly confident with new chilled truck

London-based Marigold Health Foods has expanded its fleet, adding a new DAF LF 18-tonne rigid truck specified with Carrier Transicold’s Iceland engineless refrigeration system.

Temperature Controlled Vehicles
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Contraflow drives Isuzu Forward backwards

The ease by which the Contraflow drivers can adjust the reversing speed of the Isuzu 7.5tonne Forward truck, matching the variable walking pace of operatives collecting traffic cones, was one of the...

Drop Side
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Volvo brings a breath of fresh air at ETM Recycling

Bristol-based waste management, reprocessing and skip hire firm ETM Recycling has replaced around half of its 49-strong fleet with new Volvo trucks in the last three years.

Tippers
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DVSA road tests reveal 300 lorries fitted with emissions cheat devices

In August 2017, DVSA started to include checks for emissions cheat devices in roadside checks of lorries at five locations across Great Britain.

Fixed Penalties