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    Reliable Volvo FM Is Newest Addition To Lawton Tubes Fleet
    Posted April 18, 2023
    The new FM joins a fleet of 12, is mounted with a SlidaFlex body, and is expected to log 115,000 kilometres each year, making six or seven deliveries per day to wholesale merchant traders and OEMs in the heat exchange and distillery industries. ...
    Mitchells Of Mansfield Goes Electric With Renault Trucks E-Tech Curtainsider
    Posted March 7, 2023
    “It is becoming increasingly clear that zero emissions and sustainable transport solutions are inevitably the future in this industry,” says Mitchells Managing Director Richard Montgomery. ...
    Dayla Drinks Meets Increasing Demand With 3 New Mercedes-Benz Atego 1318 Delivery Trucks
    Posted December 7, 2022
    Most of the trucks and vans in the firm’s 35-vehicle fleet are either Mercedes or Fuso products; Dayla has plans to acquire its biggest vehicle yet, an 18-tonne Actros, next spring. ...
    Dowse Of Richmond Replaces 10-Year-Old, 1-Million-Mile Mercedes-Benz Truck With New 26-Tonne Actros
    Posted July 19, 2022
    “That toughness and durability is what we’ve come to expect from Mercedes-Benz, which is why we keep coming back for more,” says Co-Director Lou Dowse. ...
    UK Brewer Piloting Two All-Electric Renault E-Tech D Wide Trucks
    Posted July 15, 2022
    Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company of Wolverhampton is partnering with Renault Trucks on a proof-of-concept trial that will have two battery-electric heavy-duty E-Tech D Wide trucks in operation by month’s end. ...
    Agrii Invests In Fleet Of Mercedes-Benz Actros & Atego Trucks To Attract & Retain Drivers
    Posted May 23, 2022
    Five Actros trucks have already been delivered, including an exclusive Edition 1 and four 26-tonne, low-chassis LnR models. ...
    Long-Hauling Shortbread In Scotland: New Mercedes-Benz Actros Delivers Dean’s Of Huntly’s Trademark Product
    Posted May 4, 2022
    The new Actros will be driven by new recruit Mike Kelman, who is delighted with the truck’s high-end features and comfortable interior. ...
    FUSO Canter Really Delivers For Yorkshire’s Foundation Packaging
    Posted April 22, 2022
    “I love our FUSO trucks and so do my colleagues, who find them very easy to drive,” says Warehouse and Logistics Manager Lee Arthur. ...
    Caledonian Logistics Places Fleet-Renewal Order For 35 Mercedes-Benz Actros Tractors & Rigids
    Posted February 25, 2022
    The haulier is putting the trucks to work making nightly runs from its Kintore headquarters and Inverness and Cumbernauld depots to the Palletways hub in Lichfield, Staffordshire. ...
    Gower Brewery Of South Wales Returns To The Dependability Of A FUSO Canter
    Posted January 4, 2022
    The new truck replaces a previous FUSO Canter that served the award-winning brewery faithfully since 2013 in making deliveries of its handcrafted, premium-quality ales. ...
    FUSO Canter Delivers For The Authentic Bread Company
    Posted October 13, 2021
    A spike in home delivery and general demand for its product during the lockdowns led the firm to acquire its first 7.5-tonner, a curtainside rigid rated for 110 kilowatts and 370 newton-metres of torque. ...
    DAF Showcases Zero-Emissions LF Electric At Freight In The City Expo
    Posted October 4, 2021
    The LF Electric provides 260 kilowatts of nominal power (370 kW peak) and has a range of up to 280 zero-emission kilometres with a payload of 9100 kilograms. ...
    Elegant Stone Seeing Fuel Savings & Driver Satisfaction From New Volvo FM 8x2 Rigid Curtainsider
    Posted August 27, 2021
    The firm will use the new FM (its first Volvo truck) to deliver cast stone from its factory in Bradford to jobsites in London and throughout the south east. ...
    Award-Winning Haulier Chooses Mercedes-Benz For ‘Bulletproof’ Reliability & Efficiency
    Posted August 13, 2021
    Allen Logistics, the three-time winner of the Haulier of the Year trophy at the Export & Freight Transport & Logistics Awards, has steadily shifted its mixed-marque fleet to an increasingly Mercedes-Benz-dominated one. ...
    PRM Green Technologies Sticks With Mercedes-Benz Actros For Equipment Recycling Transport
    Posted July 23, 2021
    The firm has acquired a second Mercedes-Benz Actros 2540 LnR, this one a member of the fifth-generation Actros range introduced to the UK in 2019. ...
    Broughton Transport Solutions’ Distribution Fleet Grows By One With Addition Of First Renault Truck
    Posted June 21, 2021
    The Broughton Gifford-based haulier quickly put the new D Wide rigid curtainsider to work hauling pallet network loads. ...
    Industrial Containers Supplier Replaces A Mercedes-Benz Atego With—A Mercedes-Benz Atego
    Posted June 18, 2021
    Patrico is a longtime Mercedes-Benz customer whose distribution fleet comprises three Atego rigids and two Actros tractor units. ...
    Logistics Provider DB Schenker Commissions First UK-Based FUSO eCanter All-Electric Truck
    Posted May 27, 2021
    The firm already operates five eCanters in France and Germany, making it FUSO’s largest electric fleet customer. ...
    Parsons Nationwide Distribution Acquires First Mercedes-Benz Actros Rigid Truck
    Posted May 13, 2021
    The Devon-based firm previously added some of the latest Actros tractor units to its fleet and favoured their efficiency and safety features. ...
    IJ McGill Transport’s New 3.5-Tonne Isuzu Grafters Wearing Lots Of Hats
    Posted April 21, 2021
    The firm’s N35.125 curtainsiders are regional distribution workhorses that are also called upon to train IJ McGill drivers, helping non-heavy goods vehicle drivers move up to higher-GVW trucks. ...
    The Feed Warehouse Making Faster Deliveries With New Isuzu Grafter
    Posted 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. ...
    London-Based Ambulance Converter Adds First Isuzu Truck To Fleet
    Posted 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. ...
    Scottish Joinery Specialist Puts New Atego 1321L Curtainside Truck To Work
    Posted February 4, 2021
    The new truck joins a fleet of seven Mercedes-Benz vans and is replacing an older, 12-tonne Atego that the firm drove for 300,000 kilometres. ...
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    MAN Expands Its Zero-Emission Portfolio
    Posted 19/04/2024
    Learn more about Man's small truck series with hydrogen combustion engines, planned for 2025 starting with 200 vehicles in selected markets. ...
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    ‘Forward-Thinking’ IVECO eDaily Wins ‘Electric Van Breakthrough Of The Year’ Award
    Posted 16/04/2024
    IVECO's eDaily has been recognised as impressive electrification enabler for its innovations in eLCV technology and mission-focus. ...
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    Orica UK Depends On Volvo Trucks To Haul Vital Cargo For Mining Industry
    Posted 11/04/2024
    Orica UK relies on Volvo trucks, including recently acquired FMX 460s, to transport explosives and other materials to mines and quarries throughout the UK. ...
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    Lenham Storage Moves Toward Zero Emissions With Volvo FM Electric Trucks
    Posted 05/04/2024
    Lenham Storage recently purchased two new Volvo FM Electric trucks with 666 horsepower and 2,400 newton-metres of continuous torque, a 300-kilometre range, and a GCW of up to 44 tonnes. ...
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    Collection UK Tools Adds Montracon MT39 Machinery Carrier For Speedier Loading & Unloading
    Posted 02/04/2024
    Montracon’s MT39 machinery carrier has three axles, 4000 x 1000mm double flip hydraulic ramps, a low-profile loading incline, and is plated to 39 tonnes. ...
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    Multimodal Logistics Adds 5 Renault T480 High Tractor Units To UK Container Haulage Fleet
    Posted 29/03/2024
    Felixstowe-based Multimodal Logistics recently added five new 480-horsepower Renault Trucks T480 High Turbo Compound 6x2 tractor units to its fleet, which distributes multimodal shipping containers throughout the UK. ...
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    RiverRidge Acquires Renault E-tech D Wide, Northern Ireland’s First Electric Skip Loader Truck
    Posted 28/03/2024
    RiverRidge recently purchased a Renault E-Tech D Wide electric skip loader truck—a first for both the company and Northern Ireland—for work in the Belfast area. ...
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    165 DAF XG Tractors For Global Liquid Transporter HOYER
    Posted 07/03/2024
    HOYER, the world market leader in logistic solutions for liquid products, is renewing its fleet with 165 DAF XG 480 4x2 tractors. ...
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    Man Rolls Out Battery Repair Centres In Europe
    Posted 04/03/2024
    Two Man battery repair centres are already in operation, in Germany and Spain. ...
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    Warburtons Buys More Renault E-Tech Battery-Electric Trucks For Zero-Emission Bakery Deliveries
    Posted 01/03/2024
    Warburtons, the largest bakery brand in the UK, recently continued its transition to a zero-emission fleet with the addition of four new Renault E-Tech D16s and two Renault E-Tech Master vans. ...
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