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    MAN Electric Buses Offer Emission-Free Urban Transport
    Posted On: April 11, 2022
    Since introducing the battery-powered Lion’s City E bus in 2020, MAN Truck & Bus has taken over 700 orders for the 12-metre solo and 18-m articulated models. ...
    Family-Run Contractor Powers Business With Volvo Trucks, Including A New FMX 540 Globetrotter
    Posted On: April 11, 2022
    The firm’s latest acquisition is a Volvo FMX equipped with a 540-horsepower D13K engine and an MTS triple fan suction excavator. ...
    Mercedes-Benz Actros & Arocs Trucks Getting New, More Efficient Engine
    Posted On: April 11, 2022
    The new Euro 6e-compliant OM 471 power plant offers up to 4% better fuel economy and will be installed in new trucks beginning in October. ...
    Scania Takes Part In Hydrogen Project
    Posted On: April 8, 2022
    Scania is currently working on a project to develop an initial 20 fuel cell electric trucks with Cummins Inc, that will run on green hydrogen in HyTrucks project. ...
    Lancashire-Based Haulier Expands Fleet With 40 New Dennison Trailers Curtainsiders
    Posted On: April 5, 2022
    Founded in 1927, Fagan & Whalley has depots in Lancashire and the Midlands, and provides specialist transport, distribution, and BRC warehousing services to UK and European customers. ...
    MJ Hughes Adds First MirrorCam-Equipped Truck, An 8x2 Arocs, To 100% Mercedes-Benz Fleet
    Posted On: April 1, 2022
    The new truck replaces an Axor eight-wheeler purchased in 2012 that was still reliable but lacked the Euro 5 compliance needed to work in London. ...
    Van Fleet World Selects IVECO Daily 7-Tonne Range As 2022 Light Truck Of The Year
    Posted On: April 1, 2022
    This is the second consecutive year the Daily has won the award, and the third time in the last four years. ...
    New Krone Cool Liner Refrigerated Semi-Trailers Part Of Port Logistics Expansion For PML
    Posted On: March 31, 2022
    Last December, the family-owned company opened a new satellite operation and logistics hub with a temperature-controlled warehouse in Lympne in Kent, where it’s moving perishable goods to from Dover for last-mile distribution. ...
    Explore Transport Adds 8 New Renault Trucks C430 8x4 Mixers To Fleet
    Posted On: March 31, 2022
    The new additions are the firm’s first-ever Renault trucks and were provided by Border Trucks in Carlisle. ...
    New Generation DAF XG+ Named Best Diesel Tractor Unit At Fleet News Awards
    Posted On: March 30, 2022
    “The XG+ sets a new benchmark in the tractor market,” the Fleet News Awards jury stated. “DAF’s flagship is stylish, packed with innovation, impressive to drive, offers the largest cab in the industry, and is comfortable to live with.” ...
    11 Mercedes-Benz Actros Tractor Units To Service National Veterinary Services Hubs Across The UK
    Posted On: March 29, 2022
    The trucks are a step up in driver comfort and have a three-star Direct Vision rating from Transport for London, ensuring operational compliance beginning in 2024. ...
    MAN Truck & Bus Participating In ATLAS-L4 Autonomous Driving Project
    Posted On: March 29, 2022
    The project’s goal is to demonstrate and analyse the operation of autonomous trucks on German motorways and highways. ...
    Amazon UK’s Middle-Mile Fleet Now Running 5 DAF CF Electric Trucks
    Posted On: March 25, 2022
    By 2030, the e-commerce giant wants at least half of its shipments to achieve net-zero carbon emissions, and by 2040, Amazon hopes to reach net-zero carbon emission across all operations. ...
    Animal Feed Maker AB Agri Receives First 6 Of 12 New Volvo FM 460 Tractors
    Posted On: March 25, 2022
    The firm reports that roughly a third of its 118-truck fleet are Volvos, each of which runs six days a week for a total of about 140,000 kilometres each year. ...
    IVECO Takes Further Step Towards Connected & Autonomous Driving With Successful Conclusion Of ENSEMBLE Project
    Posted On: March 24, 2022
    The 46-month project, co-funded by the EU, has demonstrated that platooning could play a key role in achieving sustainable transport. ...
    FUSO Canter Balances Strength & Agility For Luke Jennings Tree Surgery
    Posted On: March 24, 2022
    “I wanted a vehicle that will get in and out of tight spots, and having worked previously for a guy who now has four, I know the Canter can turn on a sixpence,” says Jennings. ...
    London-Based Storage & Moving Solutions Provider Is All-In With IVECO Daily 7-Tonners
    Posted On: March 22, 2022
    When the time came to update its fleet, easyStorage ordered 27 efficient, large-capacity Daily trucks and has 20 more either in the build process or on order. ...
    3.5-Tonne Isuzu Grafters Pull Sanitation Duty At Challenger Site Services
    Posted On: March 22, 2022
    The Manchester-based portable toilet provider bought the cab and chassis trucks and had some outfitted with bespoke GK&N Services tanker bodies, while others got toilet transport bodywork from Fosters Commercials. ...
    XPO Logistics & British Gypsum Take Delivery Of First Volvo FM LNG & HVO Trucks From 76-Unit Order
    Posted On: March 18, 2022
    The firms expect that the new tractor units will result in a 30% network-wide reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. ...
    New SDC Trailers Freespan Curtainsiders Allow Construct IT To Meet Demands Of Growing Business
    Posted On: March 15, 2022
    Construct IT’s new curtainsiders are built using SDC Trailers’ bolt-on body concept, low-friction alloy roof rail, and easy-roll technology with clear side apertures, which provide safe, efficient loading and unloading. ...
    Renault & GEODIS Developing 16-Tonne Electric Truck For Urban Logistics
    Posted On: March 15, 2022
    The companies seek to address the changing landscape of urban delivery with a zero-emission truck that’s both safer and more efficient than current delivery vehicles. ...
    Schmitz Cargobull Wins New Customer CK Foods With S.KO COOL SMART Refrigerated Trailer
    Posted On: March 11, 2022
    “Our business is growing and we needed a trailer that would be up to the job and able to meet our busy schedule,” says CK Foods Buyer Huzaifah Bhamji. ...
    Lights, Camera, Action: New Volvo FH Transports Lighting & Staging Equipment For Bath International Transport
    Posted On: March 11, 2022
    “During the summer it gets really busy and the guys can be away for four to five weeks at a time, all across Europe, so it’s important they are happy in their working environment,” says owner Gary Bath. ...
    Hilltop Transport Acquires Third FUSO Canter In Less Than A Year
    Posted On: March 11, 2022
    “Reliability is important too, of course, and our first Canter hasn’t missed a beat, which is why we’ve had no hesitation returning for more,” says Director Darren Paine. ...
    Hanson Logistics Heeds Recommendations, Acquires First Volvo Truck
    Posted On: March 9, 2022
    “We’re very impressed with the fuel figures, too; early indications show that the initial mpg return is far better than other trucks we have on the fleet,” says Operations Director Mark Henighan. ...
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    East Kent Recycling Expands Fleet With New Volvo Trucks
    Posted 20/10/2025
    Waste management provider East Kent Recycling recently added 23 mixed-model Volvo trucks, including FL, FE, and FMX models, to its fleet to support operations throughout Kent. ...
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    SAS Tech Services Adds 1st Electric Vehicle To Fleet With Mercedes-Benz eActros 600
    Posted 08/10/2025
    The latest addition to the SAS Tech Services fleet, a new Mercedes-Benz eActros 600, will pull a double-decker trailer on weekly round trips between the UK and Holland to collect IT equipment for recycling, covering 80,000 miles a year. ...
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    Vicovanu Transport Expands Fleet With 15 New Krone Container Carriers
    Posted 12/09/2025
    Vicovanu Transport recently added 15 new Krone Box Liner sliding chassis trailers to its fleet, bringing its Krone trailers total to 90, and has 15 more on order. ...
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    WTTL Expands Fleet With 6 More Krone Urban Box Trailers
    Posted 27/08/2025
    Wiltshire-based professional transport training and driver development provider WTTL has added six Krone Urban Box trailers to its fleet of articulated driver training vehicles. ...
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    Don-Bur Double Deck Trailers: The Low-Hanging Carbon Win
    Posted 26/08/2025
    Before fleets electrify at scale, double-deck trailers are a proven way to cut emissions intensity now through doubling volumetric capacity, reducing trip frequency, and lowering fuel use per pallet. ...
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    Greene King Expands Fleet With 60 New Don-Bur Curtainsiders
    Posted 15/07/2025
    Greene King has expanded its national drinks distribution fleet with 60 new Don-Bur-built curtainside bodies with liveries showcasing the brewer’s brands. ...
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    Rocks Off Gravel Lifts The Roof With High-Spec Curtainsider From Krone
    Posted 08/07/2025
    Rocks Off Gravel has strengthened its logistics capability with the addition of a new high-specification Krone Profi Liner trailer. ...
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    Iveco Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary & Sets In Motion The Spirit Of The Future
    Posted 11/06/2025
    Iveco, the brand of Iveco Group N.V. that designs, manufactures, and markets light, medium, and heavy commercial vehicles, marks the 50th anniversary since its foundation in 1975. ...
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    Schmitz Cargobull Trailer Increases Capacity & Flexibility For Bolshaw Industrial Powders
    Posted 10/03/2025
    Bolshaw Industrial Powders, a Macclesfield-based producer of limestone products, purchased a Schmitz Cargobull S.CS Fixed Roof curtain sider after being impressed by the trailer’s capacity, durability, and security features. ...
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    Fuso Canter Fills The Bill For Jack Cotterill Tree Services
    Posted 07/03/2025
    The 130-horsepower Euro 6 Step E-compliant Fuso Canter produces 360 newton-metres of torque, has the smallest turning circle in the 3.5-tonne class, and features enhanced driver comfort and safety. ...
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