Goodyear Dunlop has launched a new web portal to help fleets improve efficiency and environmental impact. As part of its campaign to help commercial fleets improve fuel economy, Goodyear Dunlop has launched a website www.fleet-fuel-efficiency.eu dedicated to providing fleets with information to reduce their costs and improve their carbon footprint.
A Portuguese truck driver, driving for the Spanish haulage company Transportes Pepe El Correcaminos, from Murcia in South East Spain, appeared at Carlisle Crown Court on 23/01/12 where he pleaded guilty to four charges of forgery in October 2011 relating to the manipulation of his tachograph charts.
Organisers of Transaid’s 500km fundraising cycle ride in Madagascar hope to sign up even more volunteers this month, as people vow to get fit for the New Year. Only 10 places are left for the nine-day ride along the country’s north-east coast, which is hoped will raise £150,000 for the charity’s projects.
Maru International, one of the UK’s leading independent multi modal logistics and freight forwarding specialists, has recently added a further four Krone trailers to its 40–strong trailer fleet. Carrying a wide variety of cargo across virtually all industries, including steel, IBCs, pallets, and individual small packages, the new Profi Liner curtainsiders from Krone Trailers...
Pirelli has launched another addition to its highly successful Series 01 truck tyre range, the G:01 gravel tyre, designed for mixed use on roads and in construction sites.
The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is hosting the Euro Control Route (ECR), Disproportionate Fines & Sanctions online complaints desk as a cornerstone of the public-private partnership between the IRU and the EU Enforcement Community, aiming to create a harmonised and efficient enforcement of EU road transport legislation.
With a fleet now totalling 15 trucks, Mark and Lynda Lonergan were delighted to accept delivery of four new Volvo FH460’s at Irish Commercials, Naas, Co. Kildare recently.
Northern Ireland Environment Minister Alex Attwood MLA has reassured the Freight Transport Association that he is confident Operator Licensing will be introduced by April. Following industry pressure, the scope for the new ‘O-licensing’ regime was passed in January 2010, but since then the leading trade body has been frustrated by a lack of progress....
With a first, second and sixth place in the overall truck ranking, Iveco dominated the 33rd Dakar, the world’s most important rally, where most of the European and Asian Truck OEMs participated.
Axtec (Axle Weight Technology Ltd), an independent British company dedicated to providing a range of products to combat vehicle overloading, is once again showing its range of market leading axle weighing systems at the CV Show 2012. Axtec has been at the Show every year since it started and can be found on stand...
A new dedicated coach and lorry park, serving Birmingham city centre, is now open to hauliers and coach operators, nearly ten years after the closure of the city’s last such dedicated facility.
Norman Baker, Britain’s Local Transport Minister, will host the Government’s first ‘Satnav Summit’ to thrash out solutions to end the misery caused when lorry and car drivers follow out-of-date directions from their satnavs.
To help keep the MOT test as simple as possible, VOSA is bringing in the “option to jack” steered axles in the spring, rather than it being mandatory.
IMS Limited, the exclusive distributor of SAF Axle Systems in the UK and Ireland now have available a large steering angle of 30 degrees for its self-steering axles. It is believed to be the widest steering angle currently available as a specific wide angle self-steering axle, it is not a modified unit in any...
The Road Haulage Association in Britain has now published the 2012 edition of RHA Haulage Manual; the road transport operator’s ‘bible’.
