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Renault Truck Commercials has opened the Renault dealer network’s first dedicated parts recycling centre, at the same time as launching a new parts website. Located at the group’s Renault Trucks South dealership in Reading, the new recycling centre is a fully Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF) specialising in Renault Trucks Genuine second life parts. The facility,…

Expect to see more trucks of this type appearing on our streets – low entry cabs are better for the driver and crew and better for pedestrians thanks to the improved visibility over a standard truck cab.  They are no longer simply the domain of refuse trucks. Expect to see at least three more on…

Replacing their pre Euro 6 18 tonne fleet, JJ Foodservice has made the decision to downsize to 13.5 tonners from Isuzu – the company has just taken delivery of a further 50 new Isuzu 13.5 tonne refrigerated trucks into their national distribution fleet. The national food wholesaler now having 77 Isuzu 13.5 tonne rigids in…

With no fewer than 1,200 trucks made up evenly of three different manufacturers, Intermodal logistics leader Maritime Transport is well-placed to compare the relative performance of the vehicles. With 100 new generation Actros trucks now on the fleet, Maritime Fleet Director Paul Heyhoe has been impressed with the improvements in fuel economy enjoyed by the…

In case you are wondering what a Transformation Director is, we have looked it up… The Americans already have an acronym for it ‘CTO’ (Chief Transformation Officer). Here’s what McKinsey say about the role: CTOs should be independent (certainly not associated with the decisions of the past), have experience of similar turbulent corporate environments in…

According to the UK’s Centre for Sustainable Road Freight, the best way forward for long distance trucks is not hydrogen, as the process is too inefficient converting electricity to a gas, then storing it in a truck and turning it back into electricity again.  It is not a pure battery electric vehicle, as the number…

If you are delivering to urban environments, then it pays to have a truck with a more compact appearance. Euro Foods, a distributor of frozen and fresh foods has realised this and has just taken delivery of eleven Iveco Daily trucks/vans? The Daily is difficult to categorise as a truck or a van, as it…

When most businesses buy their first ever tractor unit, they reasonably might be expected to opt for a fairly standard model or perhaps even a second-hand truck. Cornish operator Brunel chose an alternative route in ordering the top-of-the-range 16-litre 625hp Actros 1 – one of a limited edition run of just 400 and just 35…

It looks as though Iveco have an increasing foothold in the fleet acquisition policy for family-owned haulier, S&L Services (SLS). Prior to this deal, there were just four Ivecos on the fleet – this has now doubled to eight with more orders on the horizon should things go according to plan. The four new Iveco…

It seems that not every business leases their trucks or puts them on a finance package. Howard Tenens Logistics is an example of a business investing their own capital in their trucks. The company has just taken delivery of no fewer than 16 new generation Actros tractor units – the new ones with the mirror…

MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd have just announced the best truck dealers in their network with their 2021 Dealer of the Year gong show. The Awards held annually recognise and celebrate the achievements of the MAN Dealer Network; both the independent and company owned sites. Through a series of regular checks and measures those…

Sweepers are usually configured in a standard and predictable layout. The truck will have a day cab, sometimes left-hand drive, well-powered and compact in size. This is what makes the new Volvo FM sweepers specified by Redditch-based Kelly Plant Hire somewhat out of the ordinary… The company is the first in the UK to put…

It seems that Cardiff-based international freight forwarders, Freight Systems Express Wales (FSEW) is well ahead of the curve.  The business is aiming to be carbon ‘net-zero’ before 2025 and their first major step is to invest in a pair of DAF CF tractor units – a trial before an order for a further 10 units…

Electrically powered grocery delivery vans are becoming an increasingly common sight in the UK’s cities.  However, lend a thought to how they are delivered to their area of work.  They have not been designed for long distance motorway work – they are at their best covering local distances in towns and cities. As a result,…

It seems to be on trend – launch a new range of trucks, then launch some significant upgrades just a year or so later.  We saw it with Iveco, where the details of the revisions to the S-Way were revealed just as the first examples were hitting the UK’s shores. MAN has released some fairly…

Sludge can build up anywhere – that’s why Sutton Tankers’ trucks have to have excellent manoeuvrability as they have a number of trucks on contract to Yorkshire Water transporting the stuff around. So, after a full-on trial of Volvo’s FMX in tridem configuration, Suttons Tankers has now taken delivery of 14 new Volvo FMXs, the…

With 25 years of service to MAN Truck & Bus, Matt Squires has made it from technician to the top sales job – Director of new truck sales. Matt succeeds David Cussans who will retire before the end of the summer, having worked with the MAN brand over a period spanning 33 years. Matt’s CV…

The first ‘Innovation and Technology in Transport’ show finally took place at the end of June at Farnborough airport. The show had been postponed thanks to Covid pandemic, but was well worth waiting for.  DAF used the show as their opportunity to get their new XG range of long distance cabs in front of the…

To start with, any new cab in the heavy truck sector is big news as the life cycle of a truck cab is much longer than that of car, for example. The outgoing cab for the DAF XF originated back in the late 1980s. Sure it has had upgrades and new panels and extensions to…

Despite not buying any Volvo trucks ‘for many a year’, Dean Willshee, Owner of Willshees Waste & Recycling has started to order the Swedish brand once more with three trucks just delivered and a further two on the way. The Burton-based company’s recent deliveries are two FM 8×4 rigids and one FH Globetrotter 6×2 tractor…