WABCO Holdings Inc. (NYSE: WBC), the leading global supplier of braking control systems and other advanced technologies that improve the safety, efficiency and connectivity of commercial vehicles, and TIP Trailer Services, one of Europe’s and Canada’s leading equipment service providers, announced today the start of their innovative collaboration to fulfill… Read more »
A new Volvo FH Tridem Rigid powers progress at Woodlands Generators
Evesham-based, Woodlands Generators has put a high-specification, Volvo FH-500 Tridem into service. Supplied by Pete Swinnerton, Transport Solutions Executive at Wales and West Truck and Bus Ltd, the new truck is also equipped with a 53-tonne/metre crane. The 5,200mm wheelbase Tridem rigid was ordered with a heavy-duty ten-tonne front axle,… Read more »
Butcher Aldens sharpens its delivery operation with new Mercedes-Benz Sprinters from Rygor
Aldens Specialist Catering Butchers takes pride from employing traditional methods of butchery that would have been used 200 years ago – but when it comes to its refrigerated vans the family-owned firm is at the cutting-edge. Oxford-based Aldens is running its first four new-generation Mercedes-Benz Sprinters, and will take delivery… Read more »
ADLV builds DVLA business case for online fleet access to CPC training & attendance data
The ADLV (the Association for Driving Licence Verification & Vehicles) is polling fleet operators on the potential demand for access to online CPC training course attendance data for drivers. The data is currently collected and managed by the DVSA (the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency). The ADLV believes that the DVSA can and should add CPC… Read more »
Scania® now offering PreView Side Defender®II worldwide
Focusing on the growing awareness for the need of vulnerable road user (VRU) protections and on-road driver safety, Scania and PRECO Electronics® have come together to offer PRECO’s PreView Side Defender®II through Scania’s after-market dealer channels worldwide. Meeting global demands for increased premium safety solutions, Side Defender®II brings the most… Read more »
Reading’s ‘super seven’ reach 25-year milestone with Volvo Trucks
The Reading depot of Volvo Truck and Bus Centre London recently recognised staff that have completed a quarter of a century with the business. Taken on by the business in 1994– the seven long-term employees have overseen the emergence of advanced vehicle technologies, a move from Basingstoke and growth of… Read more »
Matthews Haulage chalks up a ‘full house’ of Mercedes-Benz trucks from S & B Commercials
With the arrivals of its latest four Mercedes-Benz Actros, Matthews Haulage has completed the transformation of its fleet to one in which every truck wears a three-pointed star. The milestone coincides with the dawn of a new era for the Hertford-based operator, as Managing Director Nick Matthews prepares to retire… Read more »
‘Truck washing can be seen as a dirty industry, but in reality it’s a crucial service’
The female boss of Europe’s largest truck wash speaks out as the firm invests £2.3m in new Cheshire site. “As a woman in the male-dominated HGV industry, I can make the sector more accessible,” explains Laura Cardwell, the owner and managing director of Lymm Truckwash, in Cheshire. “I tend to stand… Read more »
Cartwright sales team strengthened by a new key appointment
Cartwright is growing its sales team as the company continues to expand across its diverse business model. With over 19 years of experience in the transport industry, Jon Tew joined the company as a Key Accounts Director in April. He brings a wealth of experience to the role with a… Read more »
Highways England unveils successful air quality and innovation competition entries
The technology would inform drivers of the time remaining before traffic lights will change to green at junctions and suggest an appropriate speed, reducing the need for vehicles to stop on exit slip roads, which in turn could improve air quality by reducing the stop-starting of vehicles. The project was… Read more »
