Huntingdon-based haulier Williams Transport has taken delivery of its largest vehicle to date, a 44-tonne 6x4 Iveco Trakker, which will be used on landfill projects.
Tractor Units
Carrier Transicold’s Scandinavia operation has supplied bespoke refrigeration equipment for an unusual application – transporting live king crab.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
MAN Truck & Bus UK has announced that its remanufactured parts scheme – Ecoline – now has 3,500 parts on offer.
Vehicle Parts
After 20 years of running an all Mercedes-Benz Actors tractor fleet for its Formula 1 team race event haulage throughout Europe, McLaren-Honda has changed to Volvo Trucks as its official supplier.
Tractor Units
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ sixth-generation Transporter is now available to order as a chassis cab, with prices starting at £21,265 for the LWB single cab Startline 2.0TDI 140bhp Euro 5 six-speed manual.
Chassis Cabs
Mac’s Truck Sales is to make its Scottish debut at Scotplant 2016 in April with a five-truck display – including a flagship Scania R510 equipped with a front-mounted Fassi F820 RA.2.26 82-tonne crane for heavy-duty plant and equipment.
Rigids
Demand for used vans is pushing prices to record levels, according to latest data from BCA, the UK and Europe’s largest vehicle marketplace.
Car Derived Vans
Furniture logistics business WS Dennison has taken delivery of six Dry Liner box trailers from Krone, citing the equipment’s ability to meet high security transport requirements.
Trailers
Heavy haulage specialist Collett & Sons has played a pivotal role in a project to deliver the largest onshore turbine blade in the UK – part of a delivery to the Muirfield wind farm, in Lanarkshire.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
An integrated approach to commercial vehicle engineering, trailers, alternative fuels, infrastructure and optimisation has the potential to “double the annual CO2 reduction rate from trucks, to up to 3.5%”, compared to a new vehicle only approach.
Alternative Fuels
Supply chain logistics business Gist has kept the faith with Carrier Transicold, selecting its Vector 1550 fridge units for its latest 91-strong refrigerated trailer fleet renewal programme.
Refrigeration
Bridgestone has unveiled what it is styling as “the commercial motor industry’s first ever re-torque safety app for all commercial vehicle operators”.
Tyres & Retreads