The tyre industry is not one to stand still. John Challen discovers a new generation of rubber for commercial vehicle fleets set to bring benefits in efficiency and longevity
Tyres & Retreads
With the rising price of diesel focussing the mind of fleet engineers on how to get more for less, Brian Weartherley looks at why truck and trailer manufacturers are casting their fates to the wind
Trailers
With a commitment to slash CO2 emissions, dairy giant Arla has developed five transport solutions. Brian Tinham talks exclusively to group fleet director Gordon Irvine
Alternative Fuels
Volvo Trucks has developed Work Remote – a wireless remote control device that, according to the Swedes, streamlines truck loading and unloading.
Lifting & Handling
Five top-of-the-range DAF CF and Volvo FMX 8x4 tippers, recently delivered to Alan Skip Hire (ASH), have all been specified with Hyva FC137 tipping cylinders and Boweld bodies.
Tippers
The man tasked with keeping all of Gateshead Council's 325 commercial vehicles on the road has been declared the best transport manager in the UK.
PeopleThe Co-operative has become one of the first customers to take delivery of a radical new refrigerated aerodynamic truck body, launched this month (December) by Gray & Adams.
Rigids
Switching from diesel to gas, reducing rolling resistance and aerodynamic drag, and increasing hybrid and electric vehicle uptake are the unsurprising keys to cutting carbon in freight, according to a report commissioned by TKTN (Transport Knowledge Transfer Network) and LowCVP (Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership).
Alternative Fuels
Cenex, the UK's centre of excellence for low carbon technologies, is to run the sixth annual Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV2013) event at Millbrook on 4 and 5 September 2013.
Alternative Fuels
ATS Euromaster has written to 38 of the largest van and car manufacturers in the UK, urging them to offer customers a choice of summer or winter tyres when ordering factory-built vehicles.
Tyres & Retreads
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called on the Coalition government to reassure freight operators that gas is a viable alternative to diesel in its gas manifesto, published today (4 December 2012).
Alternative Fuels
A temporary vehicle refuelling station and bulk CNG (compressed natural gas) gas store has been leased by the Bradford Metropolitan District Council from biogas equipment supplier Chesterfield BioGas.
Alternative Fuels