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  • Iveco confirms Sky Racing Team VR46 deal

    on Mar 9, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Iveco confirms Sky Racing Team VR46 deal

    Iveco will once again be featured on the racing jerseys of Sky Racing Team VR46 in the Moto3 World Championship in

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  • Friday 13th myths exposed

    on Mar 7, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Friday 13th myths exposed

    Leading bus, coach and haulage insurance broker, Gauntlet Group, is telling drivers there’s no need to get the jitters on the forthcoming Friday the 13th

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  • Tachosys turns the Digital Tachograph into a vital source of information

    on Mar 4, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Tachosys turns the Digital Tachograph into a vital source of information

    For most operators and drivers the Tachograph is seen as a legal requirement and a costly one at that. Over the years Tachosys, with inspired hardware design, has been able to help operators save time and efficiently centralise their tachograph data

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  • Carlson Vehicle Transfer selects Intelligent Telematics

    on Mar 4, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Carlson Vehicle Transfer selects Intelligent Telematics

    Carlson Vehicle Transfer (CVT), a leading provider road transport and logistics services to the automotive industry, has adopted a 3G camera solution from Intelligent Telematics designed to minimise insurance costs, reduce accident rates and support driver training. Under the agreement, the IT1000 forward-facing camera will be fitted across all 142 vehicle transporters within the company’s general and premier fleet to capture and provide immediate access to footage of any road collisions, near misses or harsh driving events

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  • Scania selects Schmitz Cargobull for driver training

    on Mar 2, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Scania selects Schmitz Cargobull for driver training

    Schmitz Cargobull has supplied four 13.6m box body trailers to Scania (Great Britain) Limited, for use in its driver training department. The S.KO FP25 trailers are part of a refreshment and expansion programme, bringing the total number of training trailers in Scania’s training fleet to six. The Schmitz Cargobull trailers have been deployed across the UK, with individual assets operating from training sites in Avonmouth, Purfleet, Worksop, Newbridge, Milton Keynes and Glasgow

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  • DAF Trucks and Intelligent Telematics to trial vehicle camera technology

    on Feb 26, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on DAF Trucks and Intelligent Telematics to trial vehicle camera technology

     Intelligent Telematics has teamed up with DAF Trucks to trial the benefits of vehicle cameras as part of a road safety initiative that will take place in London over the next 12 months. A DAF LF 16-tonne skip loader has been fitted with the latest safety devices and features, including an innovative 3G forward-facing and multi-camera solution, to demonstrate how vehicle operators in the capital can reduce traffic collisions and protect other road users

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  • Transport Exchange Group makes things quicker for owner drivers

    on Feb 26, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Transport Exchange Group makes things quicker for owner drivers

    Transport Exchange Group has launched a new online dashboard for owner drivers using its leading freight trading exchanges to provide instant visibility and control over key business features. Available to individual members of Haulage Exchange and Courier Exchange, the dashboard brings together the most important information and functionality in a single view to save time and enhance their user experience

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  • Axis Fleet Management adds 200 new SDC skeletal trailers

    on Feb 26, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Axis Fleet Management adds 200 new SDC skeletal trailers

    Oxford based contract hire and leasing company Axis Fleet Management has recently added 200 new SDC Skeletal trailers to its extensive fleet of trailers, trucks and intermodal swap-bodies. The latest order worth £3 million is in response to a growing demand from the market, as Axis Fleet Management now serves over 30 of the UK’s top 100 logistics companies

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  • Industry united in call for grants to haulage companies

    on Feb 24, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Industry united in call for grants to haulage companies

    Transport industry leaders met at HM Treasury on Friday 20 February to press the case for new Government funding towards the cost of getting new lorry drivers licensed and qualified to drive

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  • FTA supports joint enforcement on border fuel laundering sites

    on Feb 24, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on FTA supports joint enforcement on border fuel laundering sites

    The Freight Transport Association has called for law enforcement authorities to make every effort in their attempts to shut down illegal fuel laundering operations following a report by the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (BIPA) that the number of border area fuel laundering plants and filling stations selling illicit fuel is ‘alarming’

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