• Volvo FMX construction truck to premiere at Bauma Munich

    Published On: Wednesday 27 March 2013

    Volvo Trucks has announced it will unveil its new FMX construction truck at the Bauma exhibition in Munich, at 3pm on Monday 15 April. Volvo Trucks president Claes Nilsson said: [...]

  • C&H puts pen to paper in 40-truck New Actros deal

    Published On: Tuesday 26 March 2013

    Paper haulier and distributor C&H (Hauliers) Ltd has invested in 40 Mercedes-Benz tractor units and 34 high-volume SDC curtainside trailers, in a £4m fleet overhaul. The trucks were supplied by [...]

  • Pullman deploys Eclipse Jaltest kit to streamline fault diagnosis

    Published On: Friday 22 March 2013

    Pullman Fleet Services, the maintenance and repair arm of distribution giant Wincanton, has invested in diagnostic equipment from Eclipse Automotive Technology for its national network of 32 service centres. Pullman [...]

  • Industry relief at Budget fuel duty freeze

    Published On: Thursday 21 March 2013

    The transport industry has responded with relief to the news that the fuel duty increase scheduled for September has been cancelled in this week’s Budget. Mark Fletcher, finance director of [...]

  • Plant Speed invests in £1m Merc Actros Titan rig

    Published On: Friday 15 March 2013

    Heavy haulage specialist Plant Speed is running the most expensive truck ever sold by Mercedes-Benz in the UK – a mighty Actros Titan which, together with its new Scheuerle modular [...]

  • New Volvo FH wins industrial design award

    Published On: Friday 15 March 2013

    The new Volvo FH has won a gong in the 2013 red dot product design awards, which honour outstanding industrial design. This year 4,662 products were entered for the awards over 19 categories. [...]

  • Bevan bodies deliver weight savings for Bensons

    Published On: Thursday 14 March 2013

    Bedroom furniture retailer Bensons for Beds has been delivering to customers with the first of a new generation of 7.5-tonne trucks with streamlined bodies, which are 500kg lighter than those [...]

  • Cartwright trailers help Hermes deliver improved fuel consumption

    Published On: Wednesday 13 March 2013

    Delivery giant Hermes has recently ordered 300 Fastback trailers from Cartwright. The new 13.6m trailers are part of a fleet replacement programme and have been selected to improve fuel consumption, [...]

  • Heavy-duty Allison applications showcased at Munich

    Published On: Wednesday 13 March 2013

    Visitors to the bauma 2013 exhibition in Munich this year (15-21 April) will be able to see various examples of how construction and mining operators are specifying Allison fully automatic [...]