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A Brace Of Mercedes-Benz Arocs On Order After First Pair Excels For Draintech Tankers

Posted January 26, 2023

“The Arocs are performing strongly while the feedback from our drivers has been extremely positive, with the comfortable, well-equipped cabs coming in for particular praise,” says Director Robert Simpson. ...

Wastewater Specialist Binder Makes Return To Mercedes-Benz With Purchase Of New Arocs

Posted August 12, 2022

Most of the company’s 17 vacuum tankers, with gross vehicle weights ranging from 18 to 32 tonnes, are Mercedes-Benz. ...

Dudley Council Favours Mercedes-Benz Econic For Refuse Collection & Suction Cleaning

Posted December 15, 2021

“As well as being extremely reliable, the Econic is very popular with our crews,” says Highways & Transport Maintenance Manager Graham Timmins. ...

Volvo FH Tridem With DISAB Air Mover Body Provides Colossal Pick Up Power For William Gilder

Posted June 28, 2021

The range-topping DISAB body can access tanks of waste material using remote control, obviating the need to put the firm’s personnel at risk. ...

Mercedes-Benz Arocs Truck Cleans Wells & Sewers Ecologically For Yorkshire Firm DrainsAid

Posted April 12, 2021

The new sewer-cleaning vehicle is based on an Arocs 3251 chassis from local Dealer Northside Truck & Van. ...

Glasgow-Based Waste Management & Cleaning Specialist Acquires New Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3258 Sewer-Cleaning Truck

Posted December 2, 2020

The company’s newest addition features a 15,000-litre stainless-steel tank, a Wiedemann KW4500 liquid ring vacuum pump, and a water recycling system paired with a URACA P4 pump. ...

Aberdeenshire Council Adds Nine Mercedes-Benz Econic Trucks To Its Fleet

Posted March 6, 2020

The new additions include eight refuse trucks and a vacuum tanker truck. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

Mercedes-Benz eCitaro Fuel Cell Is ‘Bus of the Year’ & ‘Ecological Bus Of The Year’

Posted 28/02/2024

The Mercedes-Benz eCitaro fuel cell with hydrogen-based fuel cell range extender has won two awards in the national competition organized by the Spanish editorial group EDITEC. ...

Registrations For Electric Vans On UK Roads Hit 60,000

Posted 21/02/2024

Van registrations in the UK have been rising for over a year with 2- to 2.5-tonne models seeing the largest growth, but battery-electric van registrations are on the rise as well. ...