Two new Mercedes-Benz Sprinters have the competition well and truly licked on their ice cream rounds in and around Leicester.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Crown Lift Trucks in Swindon says the latest addition to its fleet – a bespoke forklift trailer with a sliding roof – will allow for easier, safer and more flexible transportation of its extensive range of materials handling equipment.
Forklift Trucks
British construction company Gelder Group has taken delivery of 10 Ford Transit ECOnetic vans in a bid to operate a greener fleet.
Light Commercial Vehicles
BW Refrigerated Couriers has now started to switch all its panel van fleet over to Mercedes Sprinter vans, each specified 100% with Somers ATP certified refrigerated panel van conversions.
Refrigeration
Working with Mercedes-Benz UK, entrepreneur Chris Hocken has just launched The Clear Idea, an eye-catching, mobile promotional space mounted on the truck manufacturer's Atego chassis.
Rigids
With respect to irtec, the vehicle technician licensing scheme, is it time to put our foot back on the ball?
Maintenance
One of the first new-design Wilcox Type 3 plank sided stepframe trailers has gone into service with T&J Haulage of Clitheroe, Lancashire, complete with Hyva FC169 tipping hoist.
Tippers
Productivity and efficiency has been boosted by flexibility designed into an unusual new DAF, now in service with Husmann UK.
TrailersKaren Dee has joined the FTA (I Freight Transport Association) as director of national and regional policy. "The association has a well-deserved reputation for political campaigning and it is exciting to join a team with such a full and varied national and regional agenda," says Dee, who was previously director of policy at the RHA (Road Haulage Association).
People
Having ruled out longer heavier vehicles back in 2006, on grounds of impracticality, the DfT has finally given the go-ahead for a public consultation on semi-trailers up to 2.05m longer than the current maximum, but within the 44 tonnnes.
Longer Heavier Vehicles
As Mercedes-Benz unveils more details of its Euro-6 standard engine, Steve Banner reports on what drivers and operators can expect when vehicles powered by the six-cylinder enter service
Emissions Control
JW Suckling Transport fleet engineer Dan Bauckham says other fleet engineers might be surprised if they review their vehicle procurement decisions more frequently.
ADR Vehicles