Northern Ireland’s leading supplier of quarry aggregates, concrete products and road contracting services, Northstone Materials, has ordered the first twelve 32 tonne Renault Range C430 8x4s to join its DAF dominated fleet in a significant deal for Renault Trucks. Impressive fuel performance and additional payload were key factors in the company’s vehicle purchase decision, which followed a competitive tender process. The trucks, supplied by local approved Renault Trucks dealer Diamond Trucks, include 6 Range C430s fitted with Hymix mixer units and a further 6 with insulated tipping bodies by Coleraine-based Farlow Engineering. A further
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Following the enormous success of last year’s inaugural three-day charity bike ride from Manchester to Amsterdam that raised over £20,000, TIP’s ‘Fat Bottomed Boys’ have smashed through this total in 2015, already raising nearly £40,000 for charity; this time cycling more than 300 kms from Manchester to Galway in Ireland
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Blakes Self Loading Vehicles – based on the outskirts of Norwich, has taken delivery of its second new Scania purchased through TruckEast.
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Knights of Old has added 10 new Scania tractor units to its modern transport fleet. The latest delivery demonstrates the company’s commitment to its continuous renewal programme; enabling it to continue providing a reliable service, whilst minimising its environmental impact
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Directors at Hereford-based bulk haulier, Clive Price Transport, contest the idea there is “no such thing as a free ride” after winning a new Euro VI Scania R-Series truck in a Michelin competition
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European logistics and haulage specialist Online MBT has taken delivery of a new DAF LF rigid truck mounted with a Carrier Transicold Supra™ 850 refrigeration unit – the latest addition to its expanding temperature controlled fleet.
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Trucks that lean and people who become as heavy as elephants. At the Volvo Museum in Gothenburg, pupils get to learn about these facts – and how the three-point belt, developed by Volvo, saves more lives than any other development in traffic safety
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One of the UK leaders in Warehousing and Distribution, Owens Road Services (http://www.owens-logistics.com/) have teamed up with 3Sixty Fleet (http://www.3-sixtysolutions.co.uk/fleet) in an exciting new partnership to enhance their fleet risk management processes
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A timber harvesting company has replaced an eight-year-old Andover Trailers step frame with a new bespoke-built trailer from the company, after being impressed with Andover’s attention to detail and the proven build quality of its trailers
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Sales of vehicle journey recorders in the UK at set to exceed one million for the first time, according to new figures released by SmartWitness ahead of the Commercial Vehicle Show. Increasing numbers of drivers are relying on ‘dash-cams’ to improve their driving and save on their insurance premiums
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