Archive for the ‘UK’ Category

  • A one-stop-supplier for workshop consumables

    on Sep 21, 16 • in UK, UK News • with Comments Off on A one-stop-supplier for workshop consumables

    Berner UK is a one-stop-shop for workshop consumables. It’s revered brand has a fine reputation as a direct seller to the automotive industry since 1957. In recent years the company has been building a strong customer base in the haulage industry

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  • RHA National Lorry Week already a phenomenal success

    on Sep 20, 16 • in UK • with Comments Off on RHA National Lorry Week already a phenomenal success

    The first day of the RHA’s National Lorry Week proved beyond doubt that more people than ever are keen to be seen to love the lorry

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  • Best practice seminar on using camera technology to reduce claims

    on Sep 19, 16 • in UK • with Comments Off on Best practice seminar on using camera technology to reduce claims

    Intelligent Telematics has teamed up with Sopp+Sopp and Collision Management Systems to host a series of events to provide insight into the use of vehicle camera technology to support proactive claims management. Four best-practice seminars, followed by a peer-to-peer discussion, will be held at Sopp + Sopp’s Head Office in Peterborough on 29th September and 6th October, with complementary places available to fleet and insurance professionals

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  • Pilgrim makes progress with Gray & Adams

    on Sep 19, 16 • in News, UK • with Comments Off on Pilgrim makes progress with Gray & Adams

    Temperature control was at the top of its agenda when Pilgrim Foodservice commissioned the latest additions to its expanding fleet. All have highly specified, insulated bodywork by long-standing supplier Gray & Adams. Based on a combination of 13.5- and 16-tonne Mercedes-Benz Atego chassis, the new vehicles are assigned to intensive, multi-drop delivery duties. 

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  • Hands-free and hand-held phone use is quite different says RHA

    on Sep 17, 16 • in UK, UK News • with Comments Off on Hands-free and hand-held phone use is quite different says RHA

    “Don’t confuse hands-free with using hand-held mobile phones while driving”, says Road Haulage Association chief executive Richard Burnett

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  • Mercedes-Benz Arocs lifts AG to new heights

    on Sep 15, 16 • in UK, UK News • with Comments Off on Mercedes-Benz Arocs lifts AG to new heights

    Leading hard landscaping materials producer AG (Acheson & Glover) has commissioned the first six Mercedes-Benz Arocs tractor units to enter service in Northern Ireland

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  • FTA provides health and safety update for transport operators

    on Sep 15, 16 • in UK, UK News • with Comments Off on FTA provides health and safety update for transport operators

    How everyone can act together to manage risk will be the general theme of a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) presentation at the Freight Transport Association’s forthcoming Safety in Logistics Conference taking place on Wednesday 12 October in London

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  • New Dunlop on-road truck tyres launched

    on Sep 7, 16 • in UK, UK News • with Comments Off on New Dunlop on-road truck tyres launched

    Dunlop’s brand new on-road truck tyres for long and regional haul applications are ready for whatever’s ahead; winter roads in particular. Both SP346 steer tyres and SP446 drive tyres carry the 3-Peak-Mountain-Snowflake (3PMSF) symbol as well as the M+S marking. This means that they meet the highest European requirements for truck winter tyres. With increasingly stringent winter tyre regulations spreading across the continent, these tyres offer high winter mobility in all on-road applications

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  • Volvo Trucks in world first with self-driving truck

    on Sep 7, 16 • in News, UK • with Comments Off on Volvo Trucks in world first with self-driving truck

    Volvo Trucks is now taking yet another important step in the development of autonomous vehicles. Over the next year and a half, self-driving autonomous Volvo FMX trucks will be tested in regular operations in the Boliden mine in Kristineberg, Sweden. The aim is to examine how this technology can contribute to safe and productive transports in tough geographically-limited application areas. Just how well the trucks work in their difficult operating conditions can be seen in a new film now available on Volvo Trucks’ YouTube channel

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  • FTA says French Government must deliver on Calais promises

    on Sep 6, 16 • in UK • with Comments Off on FTA says French Government must deliver on Calais promises

    The Freight Transport Association (FTA) says the French government must act quickly on its commitment to dismantle the Calais migrant camp following yesterday’s protest by truckers, farmers, local businesses and residents

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