One lucky Michelin customer is set to win a new Euro 6 6x2 tractor unit this year, with no purchase, hire, lease or R&M to pay for three years.
Tyres & Retreads
Courier company Eskimo Express has extended its 20-strong fleet of temperature-controlled vehicles with two Citroen Relay L3H2 vans, with dual compartment bodies by Paneltex Somers.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Scrap processing merchant Henry Orchard & Sons has taken delivery of two Euro 6 8x4 Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3240 trucks.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Transport business Euro-Track is trumpeting the benefits of curtainsided light goods vehicles (LGVs) which, it says, enable loads to be moved more quickly and cheaply.
Light Commercial Vehicles
This month's Commercial Vehicle Show (29 April to 1 May) will play host to the 90th anniversary celebration of Rubbolite vehicle lighting from Truck-Lite Europe.
Lighting
TEIAS (Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation) has acquired four new Volvo FH trucks, each equipped with Allison fully automatic transmissions, for its heavy equipment transport requirements.
Gearboxes
Allports Truck Centre, the Renault Trucks-authorised distributor for Lichfield and Stoke-on-Trent, says it will be showing several Renault trucks at the CV Show (29 April to 1 May, NEC, Birmingham).
Rigids
Construction industry contractor Clancy Docwra has taken delivery of six Iveco Trakker eight-wheelers, with Thompson Loadmaster bodies, as replacements for older models in its fleet.
Tippers
Vauxhall has announced the arrival of the new Vivaro van, with better fuel efficiency and carbon emissions than its predecessor – the top performing light commercial vehicle for Vauxhall/Opel.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust has reduced its fleet tyre spend by 20%, just eight months into a three-year deal with ATS Euromaster.
Tyres & Retreads
FairFuelUK, the FTA (Freight Transport Association) and RHA (Road Haulage Association) have welcomed the Chancellor's late recognition that cutting fuel duty has a positive impact on the economy as well as the transport industry.
Fuel Pricing
This year's CV Show (29 April to 1 May, NEC, Birmingham) will see Shell unveil the results of independent research that examines fuel management priorities for more than 200 road haulage operators.
Driver / People Management