DVSA chief executive Gareth Llewellyn speaks to Will Dalrymple about the agency’s current constraints and future vision
Health & Safety Legislation
Scania’s new R and S series models, revealed last August and now appearing in fleets, were the big news launch last year. To see what the improvements are from the driver’s perspective, Ian Norwell takes an S500 out for a drive
Tractor Units
Diesel engines have led progress in efficiency and environmental protection for 40 years, but Volvo is now bringing alternative fuels and drivelines into the mainstream. Richard Simpson reports from Slovakia
Alternative Fuels
An expanding trailer builder is Tiger Trailers, which is planning to start construction of a new, 125,000ft² factory in Cheshire at the beginning of next year, in a £14 million initial investment.
Trailers
As it routinely deals with hazardous materials and dangerous processes, the civil nuclear power industry has developed an excellent safety culture, perhaps world leading.
Driver / People Management
Although not operating (yet) in the UK, pay-by-weight charging systems for domestic refuse collection vehicles use established technology. Steve Banner investigates
Municipal Vehicles
Local councils are generating cost savings out of rubbish, by planning bin collection runs more carefully. Steve Banner dives in
Telematics
Peter Green Chilled driver Mark Lowe has been crowned the UK’s best heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver in the inaugural TomTom Telematics Driver of the Year Awards.
Driver / People Management
Acumen Automotive Logistics is modifying 20 of its transporter trailers to enable drivers to increase the number of full-body covered vehicles they can safety load and unload.
Car Transporters
Building contractor WR Harrison Brickwork has taken delivery of its first Fuso Canter – and, in doing so, becomes one of the first UK customers for a new range of pre-bodied Fuso Canter trucks supplied direct from the factory.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Midlands-based steel transporter JMP Transport Services has taken delivery of a new Krone Profi Liner trailer, citing high flexibility and secure loading as reasons for the decision.
Trailers
Scrap metal and brick/block haulier D&F Coleman has taken delivery of two new Volvo FH tractors, continuing the operator’s 40-year association with the marque.
Tractor Units