AFTER A successful trial of two seed vehicles, Petit Forestier have supplied 123 new rigid trucks all featuring Carrier Transicold Syberia MT (multi-temperature) systems. The vehicles all on full-service contract hire and the new assets […]
FRESH produce supplier Stewarts of Tayside has taken delivery of nine new Volvo FH 500 6×2 Globetrotter XL tractor units, including one FH with I-Save, claimed to be the most fuel efficient 44 tonner in […]
Krone has developed a new rear underrun guard generation, to reduce fatal outcomes and serious injuries in rear-end collisions with passenger cars. The new EU directive requires up to a twofold increase in force absorption, […]
AS THE world continues its battle against the Coronavirus, John Mitchell Haulage & Warehousing has come up with a unique way to show its allegiance to the healthcare industry and the charities funding its vital […]
Martrans has produced an alternative to the moving floor trailer that offers several advantages in terms of weight and discharge speed, reports John Kendall. PROBABLY the easiest way to discharge a bulk load – aggregate, […]
DVSA’s initiative to brake test semi-trailers led to new e-technology that could be used alongside roller brake test machines. Kevin Swallow speaks to Ian Edmundson at TIP Trailer Services about its newly developed Electronic Braking […]
RIVERSIDE Truck Rental (RTR), has diversified to cater for a shift in customer procurement behaviour. The Skelmersdale company’s core business is to supply bespoke vehicles on a short-term rental and contract hire basis, which is […]
CREWS at Suez’s Bridgwater depot, part of its contract with Somerset Waste Partnership, scored the e-One electric refuse vehicle a unanimous 10 out of 10 during a recent three day trial. Drivers and loaders gave […]
THE ARRIVAL of Volvo’s I-Shift intelligent automated manual transmission (AMT) continues to be an important milestone in the truck manufacturing industry. By the end of 2020, more than one million Volvo trucks around the world […]
PARCEL delivery specialist, Tuffnells, has placed an order for 220 new SDC boxvan and curtainsider trailers through TIP Trailer Services and over half of the new trailer fleet is now operational across Tuffnells’ 33 UK […]
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