Welsh haulage company Hicks Logistics has taken delivery of five new Scania Strealine G445 6x2 tractor units, from Keltruck.
Tractor Units
Laundry and dry cleaning firm Barker Group is to replace its ageing Mercedes LCVs with Nissan vans.
Panel Vans
With 280,000km already achieved during trials of Continental's HD Hybrid tyre, Irish haulier Tarrant International Transport reckons it will achieve 300,000km before the tyres need replacing.
Tyres & Retreads
Dublin Bus' Harristown depot is the first Irish site to gain IRTE Workshop Accreditation, the independent scheme designed to raise vehicle maintenance standards throughout the road transport industry.
Continuing Professional Development
If the summer of 2012 was a quiet month for sales for the 2013 Commercial Vehicle Show, this summer has been quite different, according to the show organisers.
Chassis
Farrakh Manzoor, who owns a haulage firm in Chigwell, has lost his operator's licence and been disqualified both from operating vehicles and from being a transport manager for two years.
VOSA Prohibitions
Ryder has supplied 13 custom-built DAF CF 26-tonne and LF 21-tonne and 18-tonne vehicles to national drinks wholesaler Matthew Clark, as part of a fleet upgrade plan aimed at increasing carrying capacity and reducing costs.
Rigids
Juratek has introduced an online brakes parts catalogue for commercial vehicles, dubbed VRM Assistance.
Brakes & Braking Systems
The PTV Group, which recently became a gold associate member of the RHA (Road Haulage Association), has announced its intention to expand its logistics service activities in the UK.
Telematics
Hollinshead Coaches has recently taken delivery of a new B11R with Jonckheere bodywork, and cited the vehicle's fuel economy as a deciding factor.
Bus & Coach
Hotel and restaurant laundry supplier Fresh Linen has taken delivery of seven new Renault Midlum 220.12 12-tonne rigids from Renault Trucks distributor Norfolk Truck and Van.
Rigids
Hawkins Logistics has taken delivery of a Globetrotter XL-cabbed 6x2 Volvo FH tractor unit, powered by the manufacturer's 500bhp D13C500 engine.
Tractor Units