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04/10/2011
A total of more than 100 new Scania fuel tankers have entered service recently, with repair and maintenance via the Scania UK dealer network.
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04/10/2011
Valx has confirmed it has made good progress in expanding its reach in the first year of operation, having already delivered nine-tonne trailer axles for semi-trailers from stock throughout Europe.
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03/10/2011
De Rooy Transport has taken its first DAF XF105 EcoCombi truck, with the combination being used in the Netherlands for transporting new trucks and tractors.
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03/10/2011
A winning mpg performance from a demonstration unit has prompted container transport specialist Pentalver to place its first major order for Mercedes-Benz trucks.
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03/10/2011
The Tomato Plant Company has added a new 500bhp Volvo FM 8x4 drawbar unit to its expanding all-Volvo trucks fleet.
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30/09/2011
Whale Tankers has unveiled a demountable vehicle that sees the company's popular medium volume combination (MVC) unit swap body now available on a 16-tonne Mercedes Unimog 4x4 chassis.
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30/09/2011
TNT has announced that Masternaut telematics and tracking technology is now underpinning its drive to improve service efficiencies.
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30/09/2011
Alex Smith has been crowned the new director of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, and will take up the role on 1 November.
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29/09/2011
Stagecoach has launched a six-week trial in Liverpool of a new hi-tech bus powered by compressed natural gas (CNG).
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29/09/2011
Having recently become an accredited irtec assessment centre, bus company First has begun testing and licensing all its vehicle examiners as part a process it believes will help drive up standards of engineering at its depots around the UK.
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29/09/2011
Continental Tyres has announced the establishment of a partner network in Ireland, with 23 dealers on 37 sites across the country now signed up to the new Conti360 Fleet Services package.
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29/09/2011
Fast-growing Sovereign Rotating Machines has set up a joint venture with WAIglobal, in a bid to extend the range and availability of its vehicle rotating electrics in the global aftermarket.
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28/09/2011
Volkswagen Group has reached a further important milestone on its way towards an integrated commercial vehicles group, consisting of MAN, Scania and VW.
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28/09/2011
Aluminium bodybuilder Wilcox Commercial Vehicles says it is growing its business by offering improved payload, faster tipping, reduced weight and better reliability.
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28/09/2011
Bridgestone has completed ISO 14001 certification for all its European tyre production plants one year ahead of the company's internal target.
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27/09/2011
For the first time in six years, DAF is back in the high-profile Brian Yeardley Continental fleet, following the delivery of a XF105 Super Space tractor unit.
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27/09/2011
Chinese company BYD will unveil its eBUS-12 full-sized single deck electric bus at Busworld in Kortrijk Belgium on 21 October 2011.
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27/09/2011
Ford is taking its commercial vehicles directly to small operators, with several of the van manufacturer's van range now being displayed at B&Q TradePoint sites across the UK.
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27/09/2011
Blitz Rotary is to launch its HydroLift S2 wireless mobile column lifts At next week's Coach and Bus Live PSV exhibition (5—6 October 2011, NEC).
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26/09/2011
Gregory Distribution is adopting a 100% Michelin XDN2 Grip Remix policy across the drive axles of its milk collection fleet.
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26/09/2011
Glasgow dealer Western Commercial has won a three-way contest to land an order for a fleet of 17 Mercedes-Benz Vito vans from W Munro (Rehab).
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26/09/2011
Schmitz Cargobull is reporting that more than 250,000 of its bespoke trailer axles have been manufactured since they were developed in 2005 – far exceeding initial expectations.
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23/09/2011
Canute Group has bought four new Isuzu trucks – three 11-tonne F110.210 rigids and one 7.5-tonne N75.190 rigid – stating that the 2011 Isuzu truck range ticked the boxes at those weights.
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23/09/2011
Six new Volvo FH 6x2 tractor units have been released into service by Devereux Transport of Billingham.
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23/09/2011
Transport for London (TfL) is urging owners and operators of the estimated 150,000 commercial vehicles affected by new emissions standards in January 2012 to take action now, to avoid fines.
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