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    Atkins LGV Training Adds Four New Volvo FL Rigid Trucks For Training Category C/Class 2 Drivers
    Posted On: September 8, 2020
    The driver training firm says it has often leased or bought used in the past, but a thorough comparison of the finances helped them decide it was time to buy. ...
    Wiltshire-Based Wincanton Group Leases Two Volvo FM 8x2 Tanker Trucks For Milk Collection In South Wales
    Posted On: August 28, 2020
    “They’ll be serviced and maintained through Volvo and we know from previous experience that we’ll receive fantastic support,” says Wincanton Technical Services Director Dave Rowlands. ...
    Loughborough-Based GLW Feeds Adds Three New Volvo FH Rigids With Dynafleet Support
    Posted On: August 20, 2020
    The specialty feed manufacturers also added two FH 6x2 tractor units to their fleet earlier this year. ...
    Volvo Truck & Bus Centre North & Scotland Brings Awareness To Cancer Charities With Two FH Demonstrator Trucks
    Posted On: August 19, 2020
    The dealer will ask customers who take the trucks out for evaluation to donate £100 per week to one of two worthy causes. ...
    Cambridgeshire-Based G. Webb Haulage Purchases Volvo FM 8x4 Rigid Truck With Lifting Rear Axle
    Posted On: August 11, 2020
    The is the bulk haulage firm’s first Volvo Since 2011 is a tipper with lifting rear axle, which raises when the truck is empty to save fuel costs on unladen trips, then lowers automatically when the truck is loaded. ...
    Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland Tabs Hannah Burgess As Director Of New Vehicle Sales
    Posted On: August 6, 2020
    Burgess says Volvo is “on the verge of the single-biggest introduction of new products in the company’s history.” ...
    North Yorkshire-Based Braegate Produce Adds First Volvo Truck To Their Fleet
    Posted On: August 3, 2020
    The potato supplier from Tadcaster secured an FH 500 6x2 tractor with a D13K Euro 6 engine and Volvo’s Globetrotter cab on a four-year contract hire agreement with Crossroads Truck and Bus. ...
    Volvo's Versatile FL Series Is Built For The City
    Posted On: July 30, 2020
    The Swedish truck manufacturer says the FL is highly suitable for urban deliveries and other tasks, and it has the same legendary focus on safety and efficiency you’ve come to expect from a Volvo. ...
    Height For Hire Chooses Volvo FM 4x2 Rigid Truck To Work With Moog Underbridge Unit
    Posted On: July 27, 2020
    MD Fergus McArdle says, “The Moog MBI 110-1,2/S underbridge unit is a sophisticated piece of equipment, and the Volvo FM is the ideal chassis to complement it.” ...
    Versatility Is Key For The Volvo FE
    Posted On: July 23, 2020
    The Volvo FE is a versatile vehicle that can handle more general applications, including local and regional distribution, as well as construction, refuse collection, and other vocational applications. ...
    Oxfordshire-Based Cotswold Carriers Adds New Volvo FH Box Truck For Its Removal Operations
    Posted On: July 22, 2020
    Cotswold MD Dean Cooper reports that his drivers love the truck’s Globetrotter XL cab and Dual Clutch I-Shift gearbox. ...
    Suffolk-Based Brinor International Gets The Jump On DVS, LEZ Requirements With New Volvo FH Tractors
    Posted On: July 16, 2020
    The order of the new trucks, which will run five days a week hauling shipping containers from Felixstowe throughout the UK, also marks the firm’s 40th anniversary. ...
    McLaren Racing’s Fleet Of 24 Volvo FH Trucks Heads For First Formula 1 Race Of The Season In Spielberg, Austria
    Posted On: July 9, 2020
    The team depends on the Volvo tractors to haul everything from its cars to hospitality equipment, parts and tools, and more. ...
    Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland Names Christian Coolsaet New Managing Director
    Posted On: July 8, 2020
    Coolsaet is an industry veteran who has been with Volvo for more than 20 years; his most recent role with the firm was MD of Volvo Trucks Germany. ...
    Volvo Unleashes FH Unlimited Edition, Donates To Charity With Each UK Order
    Posted On: July 7, 2020
    The truck maker says the FH Unlimited takes “the very definition of premium to the next level.” ...
    Palletised Distribution Specialist Premier Logistics Adds Three New Volvo FH Tractor Units
    Posted On: July 6, 2020
    Two of the new trucks are 460-horsepower models configured with I-Save technology for maximum fuel efficiency during long-haul operations, and one is a 500-HP truck that will work around the clock. ...
    Calcium Carbonate Specialist Longcliffe Quarries Adds 8 Volvo FH Tractors & 2 Volvo FM Rigid Tippers
    Posted On: June 22, 2020
    The haulier expects to keep the Volvos in operation for five years and run them up to about 100,000 kilometres per annum. ...
    Volvo FH Tractor With I-Save Cuts Fuel Costs For Long-Haulage Specialist I.T.S. Transport
    Posted On: May 28, 2020
    I.T.S. plans to put more than 100,000 kilometres on the new FH each year hauling flour and general cargo. ...
    Brian Easey Transport Adds Volvo FH Lite To Fleet
    Posted On: May 22, 2020
    With its drivers being away for up to two weeks at a time, the Cambridgeshire-based haulier was focused on finding the most fuel-efficient option. ...
    Rochdale-Based Casey Plant Hire Purchases New Volvo FMX 8x2 Rigid With Palfinger Crane & Beavertail Plant Body
    Posted On: May 14, 2020
    The new truck was a replacement for another Volvo, an FM9 which the firm drove for 14 years and 700,000 kilometres. ...
    Volvo Trucks Gradually Restarting Production For The UK, Ireland
    Posted On: May 6, 2020
    The firm has announced a partial resumption of work at plants in Belgium and Sweden, which produce finished trucks for the UK and Ireland and have been shut down since March due to concerns about the COVID-19 virus. ...
    Chester-Based Farrall’s Group Adds Four New Volvo FH Tractor Units To Meet Increased Demand
    Posted On: April 23, 2020
    The family-owned logistics, warehousing, and transport specialist favours the FH; founder Eddie Farrall calls it “the greatest truck ever built.” ...
    The Volvo Group & Daimler Truck AG Join Forces For Large-Scale Fuel Cell Production
    Posted On: April 21, 2020
    The 50/50 partnership is part of the companies’ efforts to support Green Deal initiatives that hope to make Europe carbon-neutral by 2050. ...
    Positive Past Experience Leads MPB Structures To Add Three New Volvo FH Tractor Units
    Posted On: April 17, 2020
    The concrete frame construction firm have purchased a new FH 540 and two FH 500 6x2 tractor units for hauling construction machinery and building materials. ...
    LondonEnergy Adds 9 Volvo FM Hook Loader Trucks For Refuse Collection Operations
    Posted On: April 13, 2020
    The refuse collection and recycling specialist will operate the trucks seven days a week while covering up to 200,000 kilometres (124,274 miles) per year between them. ...
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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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    Ipswich Haulier Goes Green, Replacing Diesel Truck With Volvo FE Electric
    Posted 05/03/2025
    Warehousing and distribution firm Debach has added the first electric truck to its vehicle fleet, a new, zero-tailpipe emissions Volvo FE Electric. ...
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