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Cambridgeshire tanker and haulage specialist Turners (Soham) Ltd. has taken delivery of its 1,000th lightweight ‘FTP’ 6×2 mid-lift tractor from DAF Trucks. Vehicle number 1,000 is a New Generation DAF XF450 FTP, and part of Turners’ latest order for 69 DAF XF tractor units. The trucks add to the East of England-based company’s growing fleet…

Croydon-based ELB Partners has acquired eight Volvo FM460 Globetrotter 6×2 tractors, opting for a specification that maximises road safety. Supplied by Guili Chemello, Transport Solutions Executive at Volvo Truck and Bus Centre South & East, ELB Partners’ tractors have been deployed at the company’s 60,000ft2 Croydon headquarters and will be used primarily for hauling loads…

Volvo Trucks has entered a partnership with the newly founded organisation Girl Torque, in a move aimed at further promoting the vital role women play in the road transport industry and encouraging more to consider it as a future career path. Established by Aberdeenshire-based Ian S Roger driver Karen Sutherland in 2021, Girl Torque has…

PAV Haulage turned to Dealer Motus Truck & Van for another pair of pre-owned Actros tractor units These were the first to be supplied to the company under new the Mercedes-Benz Certified banner. Buying New & Used PAV Haulage provides container transport services from its base at the port of Tilbury, and from the nearby…

Potato business Branston is making significant fuel savings from its 33-strong Volvo truck fleet following an in-depth driver training programme utilising Volvo Connect. The company has boosted its average driver scores by more than 10 points and increased fuel efficiency by roughly one mile per gallon – equating to a saving of well in excess…

Colson Transport has put a new Volvo FH16.750 Globetrotter 6×4 tractor unit into service – handing the keys to one of the business’ longest serving drivers as recognition of his years of hard work. The waste disposal company runs a fleet of around 80 commercial vehicles, the vast majority of which have been supplied by…

Family-owned Milton Keynes based T Christie & Son Transport Ltd are so impressed with their New Generation MAN TGX trucks and the efficiencies they deliver that they have just taken delivery of another, this time a special edition Nardo Grey Individual Lion S 26.510. Managed by the father and son partnership, Tony and Paul Christie,…

GBA Services is spearheading its ambitious growth plans by taking delivery of 10 new 480-horsepower diesel Iveco S-WAY (AS440S48TX/P) 6×2 with mid-lift axles.  This is the first time the Iveco brand has joined the 200-strong fleet with the S-WAYs part of a fleet refresh involving 50 new trucks being put on the road and 40…

Bulk powder and liquid specialist, Abbey Logistics, has taken delivery of seven New Generation DAF XF 450 FTP tractor units, as part of its ongoing fleet replenishment programme. The new trucks continue the long-standing relationship between DAF Trucks and Abbey Logistics. Also joining the fleet are four previous generation DAF XFs. The UK’s largest transport…

Scania is now introducing solutions built upon the next level of battery-electric trucks (BEV). The new generation, available with R or S sleeper cabs, is part of a complete solution that will open the door to electrified transport wide for many customers and applications. With 624 kWh of batteries installed, Scania provides the means for…

If you have a large parade in an urban environment, you have to try and make the trucks as low-emitting as possible.  That’s what happened with the Jubilee using Iveco’s bio-methane powered S-Way. Iveco supported the Platinum Jubilee Pageant’s sustainability initiatives in London, in association with specialist event haulier, KB Event. Iveco supplied three of…

Following the market launch of the eActros for heavy-duty distribution transport in 2021, Mercedes-Benz Trucks is pressing ahead with the introduction of additional battery-electric models for this and coming years. For the important long-haul segment the eActros LongHaul, with a range of around 500 kilometres on one battery charge, is scheduled to be ready for…

It’s highly unusual to see a large truck order being made up of new and used trucks. Still, if you need the trucks urgently and current manufacturing issues mean that the lead times are too great, then why not? Late used trucks these days have plenty of life left in them. That’s what flexible truck…

IVECO is the official partner of the FIA European Truck Racing Championship for the 2022 season, following the agreement signed last year with European Truck Racing Association (ETRA) to extend their longstanding partnership until the end of the 2023 season. The brand will contribute to the ETRA’s sustainability goals to reduce its carbon footprint with…

MAN Truck & Bus took the wraps off their new electric TGX tractor unit by showing it being driven for the first time as they prepare for the truck to run through pre-production trials. Due to be launched on the market in 2024, the big news is the truck’s capacity for future megawatt charging. ABB…

A Scania has once again – for the sixth year in a row – been named “Green Truck” for its outstanding transport efficiency and fuel performance. This time Scania entered a truck with the new Super-based powertrain. All the manufacturers of heavy trucks in Europe are invited to this prestigious comparison test that is organised…

The first of the large-cabbed DAF XG trucks are hitting the UK’s roads. One more has just arrived with its new owners – who have a further five to come shortly. JSP Hauliers in Manchester has taken delivery of its first New Generation DAF truck – a DAF XG+ 530 FTG – as part of…

Dean Hall, truck salesman at Renault Truck Commercials can count this as a good day.  One day earlier, a local haulier with 120 trucks, Knowles Transport, had no Renault trucks on their fleet.  Today he has sold the first two T440 tractor units into the fleet and, no doubt, has sights set on the rest….

They are reliable and they are good on fuel. That’s the view of Bulk transport operator M E Saunders & Sons who have taken delivery of a new Volvo FM 500 Globetrotter 6×2 tractor unit, with two more set to follow. The business runs other brands but believes that Volvo make the right truck for…

Boxer, Goliath and Tommy Boy are names that hark back to a bygone era of road transport. They’re also the names chosen by Black Country haulier FSW Storage & Distribution to adorn its latest Mercedes-Benz trucks. The fourth-generation family concern is proud of its long history, so decided to call its new Actros tractor units…