Heating maintenance business PH Jones has taken delivery of 227 Nissan NV200 SE vans – one of Nissan's largest van orders.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Volvo has announced that the Euro 6 version of its FH16 tractor has now gone into production, with the first models being delivered in June.
Tractor Units
Yesterday (2 April 2014) saw the official launch of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), which brings into one organisation services including driving tests, goods and passenger vehicle testing, operator licensing and the supervision of MOTs.
Driver CPC
Tyre technicians need more knowledge than many realise. Brian Tinham talks to Rob Burton and Steve Jones, from Michelin's truck technical team
Tyres & Retreads
Nowhere is weight contested as fiercely as in the tipper market, where payload is almost always king. However, with issues around Euro 6, safety and type approval, there are other factors to consider. Steve Banner reports
Tippers
With reports of eightfold improvements in first-time MOT pass rates, 66% reductions in PRS (pass after rectification at station) and returns on investment of 200%, irtec appears to be flying. Brian Tinham reports
Continuing Professional Development
As the transport industry continues to recover post-recession, John Challen finds plenty of innovations promised for Commercial Vehicle Show, 29 April to 1 May at the NEC
Tyres & RetreadsAccidents in the workshop are mostly avoidable, if appropriate steps are taken that match well known health and safety procedures. Andrew Woolfall examines the issues and provides advice
Health & Safety Legislation
With the DfT's 10-year trial of longer semi-trailers now well underway, Brian Tinham talks to manufacturers, operators and repairers about choices and experiences to date
Longer Semi-Trailers
Until now, start-stop systems on European commercial vehicles have been restricted to those with smaller-displacement diesels. But Cummins Generator Technologies' ISG could soon change all that, says Brian Weatherley
Engines & Engine Parts
As we go to press, the transport industry's verdict on last month's budget is best expressed as 'could have done so much better'. Yes, it may well have been a budget for the 'doers, makers and savers', as the chancellor put it, but there wasn't much for hard-pressed transport operators wrestling with a fragile economic recovery.
Alternative FuelsFormer Iveco boss Chris Thornycroft-Smith has been appointed non-executive director at fast-growing transport bio-LNG and LNG (liquefied natural gas) manufacturer and supplier Gasrec. He brings more than 40 years' experience in the transport sectors, not only with Iveco in the UK and Eire, but also previously Leyland DAF and more recently the FTA (Freight Transport Association) and Modec Electric.
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