Guest Truck and Van is the first dealership in the UK to be able to offer customers the chance to test-drive one of the most environmentally advanced natural gas-powered tractor units on the market. The Iveco dealer has taken delivery…
Family-run machinery movers, James Garside & Son of Boothtown, near Halifax in West Yorkshire opted for power and performance when it ordered a new Volvo FH13.540 double-drive tractor unit for its transport operations working across the UK and moving anything…
German premium car manufacturer Porsche is commissioning a fully electric MAN eTGM artic truck for delivering parts to its Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen factory. It is the first vehicle of its kind in Germany to be used for regular use. From now…
Industry-leading safety technology coupled with impressive fuel-efficiency and strong residual values persuaded temperature-controlled distribution specialist Samworth Brothers to place a fleet order with Mercedes. The Leicester-based operator’s 18 new tractor units were supplied by East Midlands dealer Mertrux Truck &…
Palletways network member and express pallet delivery specialist, SK Distribution of Buxton gained a new owner late last year, and with a new broom has now come new kit as well, in the form of a new Volvo FH13.500 6×2…
The Road Haulage Association hails Southampton City Council’s decision to abandon plans to charge hauliers to enter a clean air zone ‘a victory for common sense’. The local authority had been instructed by the Government to tackle harmful emissions and announced plans to…
Utilities contractor Ferns Surfacing is so determined to protect vulnerable road users that it has just invested in a pair of 32-tonne Mercedes Econic tipper-grabs, which are now on reinstatement and resurfacing duties in and around London. Ferns Surfacing operates…
Spiers & Hartwell has ordered a dozen new Scanias from Keltruck, choosing 11 S500 6×2 tractor units and one flagship S730 to join its all-Scania fleet. The trucks will be delivered throughout 2019, with one arriving every month, and will…
Hoyer is expanding its Petrolog fleet in the UK with the addition of 26 new Scania P450 vehicles in early 2019. The order includes eight Hydrapak and 16 non-Hydrapak trucks. Scania vehicles currently make up 10% of the company’s UK…
Collins Earthworks, based in Kirkby in Ashfield, has taken delivery of its first Volvo FM sweeper truck, supplied by Crossroads Truck and Bus. The new arrival joins a fleet of seven FEs in the company’s road sweeper division. The high…