MAN TRUCK and Bus has purchased another Stertil Koni heavy-duty 4-post vehicle lift, type ST4250, for use at its workshop in Avonmouth. Specified with 11.5 metres long platforms, the 4-post lift features a unique design […]
ONE OF the UK’s remaining family-run national greengrocers is aiming to cut emissions and boost fuel economy. Reynolds, which began as a greengrocer in Hackney in 1945 and remains under family ownership has taken delivery […]
Moving from diesel to electric-powered road going vehicles isn’t straightforward, but you might start that transition from the yard. Gordon Roberts speaks with Alisdair Couper about Terberg’s zero-tailpipe emission shunter. WHILE pressure mounts to switch […]
Relocation to bigger premises and new markets are part of Freightlink Europe’s drive towards greater diversity to help make the business more ‘recession proof’, reports Lucy Radley. FREIGHTLINK Europe’s joint managing director, Lesley O’Brien, is […]
Manufacturers attended an IAA battle across several categories to claim a coveted Trailer Innovation Award, Tim Blakemore brings Transport News the winners. FROM A humble air-line connector incorporating a simple but ingenious visual indicator of […]
German truck maker MAN has made its new eTruck available for driving impressions at its factory test track in Munich, writes Gordon Roberts. THE CENTREPIECE of truck manufacturer MAN’s stand at the IAA Transportation Show […]
BRADFORDS Building Supplies has taken its first delivery of Tarmac bagged cement loaded on green LOOP pallets, kicking off the first end-to-end trial of a new circular economy pallet reuse scheme. Founded on the principles […]
CARGOTEC owned Hiab has opened a new Authorised Service Centre (ASC) that specialises in Moffett truck mounted forklifts. Significant growth in Sheffield and Leeds has led to Hiab partnering with the family run SJC Forklift […]
ASSET Alliance Group is supplying pizza company Domino’s with 15 Mercedes-Benz trucks, eight Scania rigids and eight DAF tractors, in a deal that supports the company’s nationwide supply chain as well as its environmental ambitions. […]
The inaugural Decarbonisation Summit held by Freight Carbon Zero in Liverpool included a panel session looking at the thorny problem of who will pay for decarbonisation of the road freight transport industry. Gordon Roberts reports. […]
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