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    Culina Group Expands Fleet With Schmitz Cargobull Trailers
    Posted On: April 15, 2021
    The food and drink logistics specialist purchased 127 trailers in the deal, including a mix of box body and refrigerated semi-trailers. ...
    Volta Trucks Weighing Barcelona As Manufacturing Site For Volta Zero Electric Vehicle
    Posted On: April 14, 2021
    The electric vehicle firm is considering former Nissan manufacturing facilities in the city along with other European locations and says it will make a final decision soon. ...
    ASL Group Invests In Mercedes-Benz Actros Across Its Brands
    Posted On: April 14, 2021
    “The drivers are happy, we’ve had no significant issues with reliability, and when they’re all clean and lined up our Actros look fantastic; it has to be one of the tidiest trucks on the road,” says SM Haulage General Manager Adam Heward. ...
    James Armstrong Is Appointed As Managing Director Of Scania (Great Britain) Ltd
    Posted On: April 13, 2021
    Scania Great Britain Ltd is delighted to announce the appointment of James Armstrong as its new Managing Director. ...
    New DAF CF 530 8x4 With Recoverer Trident Body Joins Jackson’s Recovery Fleet
    Posted On: April 13, 2021
    The shiny new CF will work alongside a 17-year-old, 53-plate DAF CF 85.430 6x2 wrecker that the recovery specialist says is still seeing frontline duty. ...
    Mercedes-Benz Arocs Truck Cleans Wells & Sewers Ecologically For Yorkshire Firm DrainsAid
    Posted On: April 12, 2021
    The new sewer-cleaning vehicle is based on an Arocs 3251 chassis from local Dealer Northside Truck & Van. ...
    DAF Connect Fleet Management Platform Expands With Webshop & Open Platform
    Posted On: April 9, 2021
    DAF’s fleet management tool is getting a webshop where users can manage their subscriptions and an open-source platform to enable easy integration of third-party fleet management tools. ...
    The Feed Warehouse Making Faster Deliveries With New Isuzu Grafter
    Posted On: April 8, 2021
    The new curtainsider’s increased capacity and easier access vs. its panel van predecessor means the company can make more deliveries each day. ...
    R. Keith Price Haulage Ltd Makes The Switch To Renault Trucks
    Posted On: April 6, 2021
    The firm’s new C380 is a 6x4 rigid with a 7-cubic-metre McPhee mixer drum; owner Keith Price says that a change was in order after running a competing brand for nearly 30 years. ...
    Cardiff Council Adds Two New Mercedes-Benz Econic Traffic Management Trucks With Traffix Scorpion Attenuators & More
    Posted On: April 5, 2021
    “In terms of its specification and cost-effectiveness, the Econic was clearly the best solution,” says Council Procurement and Contracts Manager Richard Jones. ...
    Primark Deploys 10 IVECO Stralis Bio-LNG Trucks In Emission Reduction Initiative
    Posted On: April 2, 2021
    The Stralis NP 460 runs solely on Bio-Liquified Natural Gas to reduce fuel consumption by up to 15% and produces 99% less particulate matter compared to diesel. ...
    Apex Scaffolding Expands Its Isuzu Fleet, Adds New F110.210 (E) Scaffolding Truck
    Posted On: April 1, 2021
    The 11-tonne rigid scaffolding truck has an aluminium dropside body and will be used to deliver scaffolding to various construction sites large and small around the South West. ...
    Bradford-Based Stone Supplier Adds First Volvo Truck, A 4x2 FL Rigid With A Dropside Body & Atlas Crane
    Posted On: March 31, 2021
    The firm reports that the FL is a big step up from its previous vehicle, both in terms of its payload capacity and its fuel efficiency. ...
    Renault Trucks To Offer Preview Of Upgraded Trucks In Euro Truck Simulator 2
    Posted On: March 29, 2021
    The firm will reveal long-haul T and T High trucks upgrades for 2021 to new and existing players of the PC game on 6 April, with details on its updated C and K ranges to come at a later time. ...
    Liverpool Glass Specialist Adds Six Mercedes-Benz Ategos From Newly Formed eStar Truck & Van
    Posted On: March 26, 2021
    The 7.5-tonne Atego 816s, each with a ClassicSpace S-Cab and a 5.1-litre, 154-horsepower engine, have all been delivered and are hard at work. ...
    Alpha Recovery Adds New 8x4 DAF XF With Boniface Recoverer Trident Bodywork
    Posted On: March 25, 2021
    The Northumberland-based recovery specialist purchased the truck from Stockton-on-Tees dealerpoint Evans Halshaw and says it will “certainly earn its keep.” ...
    Bridgestone’s European Locations Now Fully Powered By Renewable Sources
    Posted On: March 25, 2021
    This announcement covers the firm’s tyre plants, R&D Centre, PCT plant, textile plant, and EMIA headquarters. ...
    Parcel Delivery Services Provider Orders 220 New SDC Boxvan & Curtainsider Trailers
    Posted On: March 23, 2021
    The order is part of Tuffnells’ fleet renewal programme; the new trailers will join a fleet of more than 1,110 vehicles that serve the firm’s customers in the UK as well as internationally. ...
    French Plant Hire Specialist Adds Renault’s First Electric Construction Vehicle, A D Wide Z.E. Crane & Tipper Truck
    Posted On: March 22, 2021
    The 26-tonne 6x2 rigid is powered by four 66-kWh battery packs and came equipped with JOCQUIN tipper bodywork and a HIAB X HiPro 142-E crane. ...
    Majors Service Moves From Secondhand Volvos To 15 Brand-New FH Unlimited Edition Tractor Units With I-Save
    Posted On: March 22, 2021
    “We’re Volvo through and through; we started out with an FL10 and they have always been our primary manufacturer of choice,” says co-owner Dalvinder Singh Boparai. ...
    IVECO Daily Wins 2021 Light Truck Of The Year Award, Its Second Win In 3 Years
    Posted On: March 22, 2021
    “This is a fantastic accolade to further cement Daily's reputation as a robust and efficient vehicle with unrivalled capability,” says Mike Cutts, light business-line director for IVECO UK. ...
    Volvo Celebrates 20th Anniversary Of Its I-Shift Automated Manual Transmission
    Posted On: March 19, 2021
    The Swedish truck maker says it has sold more than 1 million trucks with the technology worldwide. ...
    IVECO ON & Easy Way App Combine IVECO Service & Transport Solutions
    Posted On: March 19, 2021
    The truck manufacturer has merged its digital services for fleet management, vehicle monitoring, and telematics reporting into a single online platform for drivers and fleet managers. ...
    London-Based Ambulance Converter Adds First Isuzu Truck To Fleet
    Posted On: March 18, 2021
    Blue Light Services’ new 7.5-tonne N75.150 is equipped with a Truck Craft curtainside beavertail body and has a 4-t payload, making it well-suited to delivering completed ambulances to customers. ...
    IVECO Partners With ENGIE & Vulcangas To Bring Biomethane To Turin
    Posted On: March 18, 2021
    The firms have established the first Bio-LNG and Bio-CNG filling station in Turin, Italy, in an effort to help decarbonise the transport sector. ...
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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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