Middlesex-based Coyle Haulage is using a new four-axle 13.2m step frame trailer to deliver a range of heavy road construction equipment throughout the UK.
Trailers
Senior traffic commissioner Beverley Bell is reminding operators there must be "absolute transparency" when it comes to who is operating licensed vehicles. Company directors, she adds, have "one opportunity only" to provide clarity to her office.
O Licence
Tesco is replacing its truck and trailer fleet with what it describes as quiet and environmentally friendly refrigeration equipment from Thermo King.
Refrigeration
Roads Minister Stephen Hammond has launched a review into how DVLA (the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency) can deliver better services while also saving money for the taxpayer.
VOSA Testing
Schmitz Cargobull has taken on 150 additional employees to meet growing demand for box-body and reefer trailers from across Europe, which has pushed production at its Vreden factory in Germany to 1,500 trailers per month.
Trailers
Tyre maintenance and replacement service firm Lodge Tyre has shown its confidence in Mercedes-Benz Sprinters by plumping for six more Medium-length 313 CDI BlueEfficiency vans to add to its existing fleet of 90 vans, which is already dominated by Sprinters.
Panel Vans
White goods distribution firm Expert Logistics is now running 18 new trucks from Mercedes-Benz and will soon be taking delivery of many more, all via CharterWay contract leasing.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Freight and Logistics Minister Stephen Hammond will address the some of the road transport industry's most senior executives at the 2013 Commercial Vehicle Forum, to be held at London's British Museum on 22 October 2013.
Tractor Units
Significant performance increases are achieved at workshops that have adopted IRTE irtec inspection accreditation, according to an independent study by IMI (Institute of the Motor Industry).
Continuing Professional Development
Heathrow airport-based international haulage firm TAS Transport has placed one of the first UK orders for a new Euro 6 T range tractor unit from Renault Trucks.
Tractor Units
Hauliers with financial problems must not ignore their legal duty to inform traffic commissioners about insolvency action.
VOSA Prohibitions
Truck products manufacturer Hadley, best known for its air horns, has opened a facility in Moordrecht, the Netherlands, to serve the European market.
Suspensions