Haulage business Bartrums has extended its 150-strong fleet with 20 Euro 6 Mercedes New Actros units equipped with optional fuel-saving features, and is describing the results as "exceptional".
Tippers
Fleet management firm Translease Services has developed a smaller, more versatile truck for builders' merchants needing to make deliveries in busy city traffic.
Flatbed
Commercial vehicle repair centre Graycoll Truck 'n' Trailer is implementing r2c Online, a web-based compliance management solution, to cut administration and help it deliver better service to its fleet customers.
Repair & Maintenance
Linen supplier London Linen has taken delivery of its first Euro 6 vehicle, a 7.5-tonne 4x2 Iveco Eurocargo.
Rigids
Bus manufacturer Optare has unveiled the MetroDecker, its new double-decker bus which is designed to improve fuel economy and passenger comfort.
Bus & Coach
The logistics sector is on track to meet its carbon reduction target in 2014, one year earlier than anticipated, according to projections from the Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme (LCRS).
Emissions
DAF has launched a range of Euro 6 four-axle CF and XF rigids and tractors, for special and heavy-duty applications.
Axles
Braking system supplier TRW Automotive Aftermarket is welcoming the introduction of new regulations for brake discs and drums, calling it "a major step forward for global automotive safety".
Brakes & Braking Systems
Trailer rental company Hireco has placed an order with manufacturer SDC for £10m worth of box vans, double-deck step-frame curtainsiders and urban trailers.
Longer Semi-Trailers
To celebrate its registration of the 200,000th truck in the UK since Volvo Trucks began trading in the country in 1967, the company has launched a competition to design a truck for 2050.
Tractor Units
US haulage giant Freightliner has standardised on Jost fifth wheel couplings for its artics. Daimler Trucks North America and Jost sealed the deal last week.
Fifth Wheels
Muckaway specialist West Coast Haulage has received the first batch of Euro 6 Volvo FMX 8x4s, following its order for 16 of the tippers – the first Volvos for tis fleet.
Tippers