Commercial vehicle transport engineer

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Welsh tipping firm adds to Volvo fleet

North Wales tipping business O J Jones & Son has added a new Volvo Classic FM 8x4 to its 13-strong fleet.

Tippers
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Council looks to roll out winter tyres

Lancashire County Council is looking at introducing a winter tyre policy, after a successful trial last year when Goodyear's UltraGrip tyres were fitted to its winter gritting vehicles.

Tyres & Retreads
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Haulage firm director disqualified indefinitely for gross and repeated fraud

The former director of Sheerness-based haulier LVH Services has been disqualified indefinitely after it was ruled he had behaved in a "shameful manner" and had run a fraudulent and incompetent vehicle operation.

Driver / People Management
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Fleet renewal with telematics drives cost savings

Cambridgeshire-based QV Foods has renewed its 12-strong fleet with Ryder, taking a mix of DAF XF105 and CF85 460hp 44-tonne tractor units on a five-year contract hire.

Tractor Units
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Citan van is top choice for courier firm

Cheshire-based Topspeed Couriers has acquired five more Mercedes-Benz Citan vans to add to its previous order of 10, after finding the vehicle more than met its operational demands.

Light Commercial Vehicles
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‘Great strength’ in van and truck markets, says SMMT

Registrations of new commercial vehicles soared by 27.3% month-on-month in October, according to latest data released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

Light Commercial Vehicles
Features

Brown Bertha

Does Renault's T series, the long-haul truck that sits atop its new range offer fleet managers as much as other newcomers? Ian Norwell talks to the French firm and test drives a pair of the tractors

Tractor Units
Features

Solid performance

Having launched its Euro 6 XF tractors last year, DAF has completed the job with the CF and LF ranges. With Euro 6 emissions compliance now just weeks away, Ian Norwell reports from the Ardennes

Tractor Units
Features

It’s your ‘O’ licence

Whether you opt for new vehicles on R&M packages or prefer in-house or independent workshops for new and used trucks and vans, you better make sure they're up to the job. Steve Banner reports

Irtec
Features

Max factor

Goodyear is promising major mileage and rolling resistance benefits from its latest long-haul tyres. John Challen looks at the science behind the rubber

Tyres & Retreads
Features

Blues and telematics

Even the emergency services need to concern themselves with fuel saving as the cost reduction agenda continues to bite. Steve Banner steps out with Northamptonshire Police

Telematics
Features

A professional industry needs professional CPD

Male, pale and stale. That's how senior traffic commissioner Beverley Bell described the public's perception of road transport, at last month's CV Forum, staged by the CV Show organisers in London. If she's right, it follows that it's going to be difficult, on the one hand, to attract bright young things into the industry, and, on the other, to convince a sceptical populace that developments aimed at raising efficiency might also improve safety, congestion and the environment.

Continuing Professional Development