BBC Dragon, and keen tweeter Hilary Devey has got behind the FTA’s campaign to keep UK trailer heights at 4.95m
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DAF is buying a 19 per cent stake in Czech truck maker Tatra. It will supply Tatra with engines and cabs as well as selling Tatra’s range of off-road vehicles throughout Europe
Widdowson is taking delivery of the first of 75 Montracon curtainsider trailers
Volvo Trucks’ global deliveries in the first six months of 2011 were 72 per cent higher than in the corresponding period last year
The Freight Transport Association has spoken out against plans by the European Commission to limit the height of UK trailers
Ace Movements Transport has become one of the first operators in the UK to sign up to Iveco UK’s four per cent fuel guarantee, with the delivery of two EcoStralis six by two mid-lift tractor units
Express delivery firm City Link has introduced a joint liveried trailer with global 3M, using using 3M’s Scotchprint graphics materials
Volvo Trucks is starting to sell heavy hybrid trucks following a series of field tests which show that fuel savings of up to 30 per cent are possible
The Malcolm Group has signed a contract with UK manufacturer SDC Trailers to provide 200 new semi-trailers over two years
Volvo is launching a gas powered truck for trunking operations. The Volvo FM MethaneDiesel is powered by up to 75 per cent gas and the company reckons it can significantly reduce O2 emissions