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UK haulage industry news

• New Mercedez-Benz Vito E-CELL
  With the first battery-electric van to be introduced ex factory by any automobile manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz is opening a new chapter in drive technology for light commercial vehicles. Thanks to its emission-free drive system, the Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL is ideally suitable for inner-city operations and for particularly environmentally sensitive areas. Th […]
• Quarry firm fined
  A quarry operator has been fined £30,000 after a 30-tonne wheel loader vehicle overturned and slid almost 16ft down a sand stockpile. Humberside Aggregates and Excavations Ltd, of Newport Road, North Cave, East Yorkshire, was also ordered to pay £10,590 in costs after pleading guilty to three separate breaches of Quarries Regulations 1999 in the […]
• Scania appointments
  James Armstrong, currently Aftersales Director for Scania (Great Britain) Limited, has been appointed to the position of Managing Director of Scania South East Asia. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, James will take up his new role on 1 September 2010. Succeeding James is Mark Grant, currently Bus, Coach and Engine Sales Director for Scania (Great […]
• Towing advice from the Highways Agency
  With the summer holiday period upon us the Highways Agency is advising anyone towing a caravan, boat or horse box to take some simple steps to ensure a trouble-free journey. Although most drivers are very responsible, incidents involving towed vehicles can cause disproportionately long delays for other road users as well as distress for their […]
• Highways Agency advises on abnormal loads
  Road users are advised that two abnormal loads are due to be travelling through part of Hampshire this week. The two transformers will be travelling on Saturday 31 July and Sunday 1 August, between Bramley Sub Station, Hampshire, and Southampton Docks. The first transformer is expected to leave Bramley Sub Station at 9.30am on Saturday […]