KN Drinks Logistics has taken delivery of 149 Iveco Stralis Active Time tractors. The

Iveco has launched a new version of its Daily van. The Daily is aimed at transport professionals and, like a truck, is built on a steel chassis enabling it to come in some 3,000 different configurations from vans to chassis-cabs and mini-buses.

Essex-based CMR Logistics has bought four Mercedes 6×2 Axor 2533Ls with high-roofed sleeper cabs and curtainside bodies and an Actros 2546 tractor unit with MegaSpace cab.

The FTA has welcomed the proposals in the Road Safety Bill which will mean that foreign drivers caught in breach of endorsable offences will be obliged to pay an immediate deposit equal to the likely fine.

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed the proposals contained in the Road Safety Bill, before Parliament today, which seeks to impose new conditions on foreign lorry drivers committing offences while in the UK.

In its recent 20th State of the Nation press briefing, Iveco reviewed its progress throughout 2005 and predicted that in 2006 the market would see a downturn.

While celebrating its recent entry into the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list, Prohire has added Humber Sea Terminals Limited, part of the Simon Group plc, to its growing list of clients.

Iveco has signed an agreement with the SAIC Motor Corporation, one of the leading Chinese car-makers and the Chongqing Heavy Vehicles Group, to establish a long-term partnership in China in the heavy truck and engine fields.