Will Dalrymple

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Bike specialist MCE Insurance saddles up with Mercedes-Benz Sprinters

MCE Insurance has purchased 10 Sprinter 314 CDIs from local dealer Intercounty Truck & Van.

Road Safety
Features

Tech talk: Focus on specifying trailer brakes

In the first of a new series of technical articles, Will Dalrymple speaks with axle supplier BPW about the technical issues involved in designing suspension systems for trailers

Road Safety
News

Armistead adds three Schmitz trailers for Euro haulage

UK haulier Armistead European Transport has added three new curtainsiders from Schmitz Cargobull to its trailer fleet.

Trailers
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RAC Foundation argues in favour of accident investigators

A policy paper published in December by independent research group the RAC Foundation proposes that the UK should establish an accident investigation branch for road transport.

Health & Safety Legislation
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Seafood specialist orders 11 Mercedes-Benz vans from Rygor

Wholesale fish supplier New Wave Seafood netted itself a prize catch in the shape of 11 new Mercedes-Benz vans.

Light Commercial Vehicles
News

Traffic Commissioners’ annual reports highlight shocking cases of noncompliance

The Traffic Commissioners’ annual reports, dated October 2017 but only published in late December, review the road haulage industry regulators’ work in the UK financial year to April 2017.

Health & Safety Legislation
Features

Artificial assistance

Computer systems can listen in to data streams generated by a truck’s normal operation to help find and prevent faults, finds Will Dalrymple

Diagnostic Equipment
Features

In the vanguard

Vans were at the centre of the ACEA’s ‘Powertrain options for commercial vehicles’ conference in Brussels a couple of months ago. And not just the eight vehicles on show outside (three electric, three...

Light Commercial Vehicles
News

Vehicle lift supplier launches online training course

Mobile vehicle lift supplier TotalKare HDWS has launched an online training solution for its lifts.

Maintenance
News

JMHC leads from the front with new Mercedes-Benz Vito fleet

Courier company JMHC Logistics has commissioned a new fleet of 33 Mercedes-Benz Vito vans a few months after becoming one of the first courier companies to secure Van Excellence accreditation from the...

Panel Vans
News

Highways England lays out vision of intelligent network of the future

In a vision of the future, the government said an intelligent network coupled with connected vehicles would improve how efficiently roads are maintained and at the same time improve safety.

Telematics
News

Fleet Solutions opens new HGV garage in Cardiff

BT’s fleet management company Fleet Solutions has opened a new HGV garage in Coryton, Cardiff. The site offers general repairs and servicing and MOT tests for vans under 3.5 tonne.

Repair & Maintenance