International logistics operator Brian Yeardley Continental Ltd is conducting fuel trials with two new Globetrotter XL-cabbed, Volvo FH-500 4×2, X-Low chassis tractor units which have been purchased for that reason. Both trucks are equipped with Volvo’s 13-litre D13C engine rated at 500hp (368Kw) and are Euro-5 compliant
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Kent-based haulier Salvatori has taken delivery of 12 new Schmitz Cargobull Euroliners (S.CS UNIVERSAL) as the company standardises on the European-specification trailer for the curtainsiders within its general haulage fleet
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Following positive feedback on its new sliding floor trailer range at Tip-Ex 2013, Schmitz Cargobull has launched a dedicated demonstrator model for the UK and Republic of Ireland markets, which is available now for customers to trial. The S.SF 24 with sliding floor trailer, manufactured at Schmitz Cargobull’s Gotha plant in Germany, was brought over to the UK exclusively for the three-day show at Harrogate, where it received significant customer interest.Paul Avery, Managing Director of Schmitz Cargobull UK says: “Following the sliding floor trailer’s debut at Tip-Ex last month, and the interest it has attracted, we
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When you’re transporting cuts of beef weighing 75kg apiece on hooks suspended from your truck roofs, you need to know that those vehicles are built to take the punishment
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VOSA has a Guide for recovery operations, which has been developed following recognition of the need for further clarification around the complex legislation relating to operating recovery vehicles
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The Temperature Controlled Storage & Distribution exhibition is co-located with the Frozen and Chilled Food Show, September 18-19, at the Peterborough Arena and Chiltern Cold Storage’s new Mercedes-Benz flagship truck will be on display
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Paul Green, Group Warranty Manager for Keltruck Ltd completed a gruelling 220-mile charity cycle from the extremes of Keltruck’s branch operations in Cross Hands in west Wales to Worksop in north Nottinghamshire. Stopping off at number of other Keltruck locations en-route the event was aptly named ‘Tour De Branch’ and was all in aid of the Children’s Charity ‘Wish Upon A Star’
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Consider a future where trucks and buses are continuously supplied with electric power without carrying large batteries. Instead, power lines are built into the surface of the road. This could be a future solution for long-distance trucks and buses running on electricity
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Goodyear and its TruckForce network has marked a successful three year relationship with leading logistics business Culina Logistics by announcing that it has retained the business. The three year relationship has seen Culina Logistics lorries sport the TruckForce imagery as part of their livery, and the 800+ strong fleet managed by TruckForce has fitted Goodyear’s new RHT II regional haul, multi-application tyre
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Logistics specialist Bibby Distribution is to utilise its full allocation of 25 longer semi-trailers (LSTs) with the delivery of twelve 15.65m models underway, adding to the 13 identical Don-Bur trailers which joined the fleet in 2012. Each trailer is 2.05m longer than the current maximum permitted length
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