Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the arrival in the UK of the Transporter panel van.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Chemical manufacturer Airedale Chemical has acquired its first Schmitz Cargobull trailer, an aluminium fixed-roof curtainsider with special adaptations for distributing its products.
Trailers
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has announced the appointment of Richard Burnett as its new chief executive. Burnett (pictured) joins from Samworth Brothers where he was managing director of the distribution business.
People
Government funding schemes have been vital to the expansion of the low carbon emission bus (LCEB) market, but more incentives are needed to speed adoption of the latest technology.
Bus & Coach
Des Evans, chief executive of MAN Truck & Bus UK, has stepped down from his post due to illness.
People
The New Bus for London (NBfL) hybrid double-decker bus is one of those marmite developments – you either love it or hate it. Steve Banner examines the issues
Bus & Coach
Truck transmissions running at STGO gross weights take a lot of punishment, and they need skilful handling. The driving launch of the Mercedes-Benz SLT heavy haulage chassis shows how the load can be lightened, reports Ian Norwell
Gearboxes
Even Walmart's CEO admits his company's latest hybrid concept artic might never make it onto the road, but it provides the perfect 'what if' test-bed for future truck technologies. Brian Weatherley reports
Green Vehicles
Leading transport and logistics operators came together last month to applaud the best in the passenger and freight sectors at the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport's (CILT's) 2014 North West Awards for Education and Excellence.
Bus & Coach
Impact Handling is offering a new range of in-plant tractors to UK operators, following its appointment as sole distributor for MAFI Transport Systems.
Tractor Units
A road-legal electric truck, which comes with a range of body options and a 35-mile range, is now available in the UK.
Electric Vehicles
If there was ever any doubt over the importance that DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, formerly VOSA) attaches to ensuring the competence of technicians for maintaining vehicle roadworthiness – and of the IRTE's (Institute of Road Transport) central role in this endeavour – that must surely now have been excised.
Continuing Professional Development