With significantly less vibration from the road surface and an improved working environment for the driver, Volvo Dynamic Steering (VDS) is an important part of Volvo Trucks’ drive to improve road safety, with the focus firmly on the driver. Now the new technology has won the coveted ‘Quality Innovation of the Year 2013’ award, a prize awarded annually by SIQ – the Swedish Institute for Quality – with the aim of stimulating the development of high-quality innovations
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The TimoCom transport barometer 2013 shows positive progress across Europe when compared to to the previous year
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The delivery of an SDC trailer on Michelin tyres two years ago has helped define a new tyre strategy for South Wales-based Inter-Haul Pallet Services, which is helping the company reduce its operating costs
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Thirty-five years ago the most famous trucking movie ever hit cinemas across the country: ‘Convoy’, starring Kris Kristofferson. With a slightly lower profile, meanwhile, Roy Owens was reporting for his first day’s work as a Mercedes-Benz truck sales executive
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Fuel can account for between 21 and 39 per cent* of a transport company’s total costs. Now, using a new app launched by Volvo Trucks, the driver can get an immediate incentive to drive more economically and thereby significantly reduce a company’s costs
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For trucks with conventional drawbar trailers, slippery winter roads and downhill gradients represent a tough challenge for even the most skilled of drivers. There is always the risk of the combination becoming unstable and, in the worst-case scenario, starting to jack-knife. Volvo Trucks has now developed a solution that significantly improves safety
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The safety belt doubles the chances of survival in a serious road accident. Nonetheless, half of all truck drivers choose not to use their safety belts. That is something that Volvo Trucks wants to change
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Iveco has launched a new section for its website, dedicated to keeping the keenest motorsport fans up to speed with all Iveco’s Dakar news: www.iveco.com/dakar
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Spring 2014 will see the launch of Volvo Trucks’ flagship model – the Volvo FH16 – in Euro-6 configuration. With a new generation of 16-litre engines, it not only conforms to the strict standards for low emissions, it also meets high expectations on performance and productivity from customers in the most demanding operations
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Waberer’s International Zrt. and Royal Dutch Shell have agreed on the extension of their current cooperation agreement after a meeting between President and CEO György Wáberer and Vice President Shell Commercial Fleet, John Rasmussen. The two leaders praised the decade-long partnership between the European FTL specialist and the FTSE 100 leading energy company. Over the last 10 years Shell has provided diesel fuel with economy formula via its European retail network for the more than 3000 strong Waberer’s truck fleet. Waberer’s’ trucks cover up to 500 million kilometers every year to across Europe. About half
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