Trucks

Gas – A bridge to CO2-neutral transportation

Swedish truck maker Volvo Trucks regards gas as the most viable alternative to oil as a fuel for diesel engines. Above all, it offers considerable potential as a bridge to greater use of climate-neutral biogas.

Stobart and Tesco help promote THINK! safety messages

A joint venture between the Government's THINK! campaign and one of the country's largest lorry fleets is taking safety messages to the roads.

Euro 5 Fuso Canter fleet digs in for Gallagher

Utilities contractor T&K Gallagher is aiming high by going low with a new fleet of 13 Fuso Canter light trucks.

Volvo Trucks offer Bio-DME fuel for road-going vehicles

Volvo Trucks is the first manufacturer in the world to use Bio-DME (Di-Methyl-Ether) as a vehicle fuel with the inauguration this week of a DME filling station in Stockholm by Swedish fuel distributor Preem. As a consequence, the first five Volvo DME trucks in commercial operation are now taking to Sweden’s roads.

Volvo Truck and Bus East Anglia open Daventry Dealerpoint

Volvo Truck and Bus Centre East Anglia have opened a new Dealerpoint in Daventry. It is the 11th Dealerpoint to be opened by the wholly-owned Dealership and is located within easy reach of the A5 and A45 trunk roads and the M1 motorway at Drayton Fields Industrial Estate.

Fiftieth Volvo for Davies National Transport features EEV engine

Having acquired its first Volvo in 2005, Davies National Transport (DNT) of Oswestry, Shropshire, recently witnessed the delivery of the 50th unit into their fleet.

Mercedes-Benz Axors lead A&L’s new recycling drive

When you’ve just spent the best part of £10 million on creating a state-of-the-art recycling centre, you want the very best trucks to service your new facility.

DAF XF105s for Moorhouse

Long established Yorkshire operator Tom Moorhouse & Son Ltd has replaced a dozen DAF XF95’s with a baker’s dozen of its ‘Truck of the Year’ successor, the XF105.

Iveco assembles wide-ranging green fleet for low carbon show

Iveco will be exhibiting a five-strong line-up of alternative fuel and traction system vehicles at the third Low Carbon Vehicle Show, being held at the Millbrook Proving Ground on 15 and 16 September 2010.

Mercedes-Benz Atego drafted in for major incidents

Expert scientists who advise Scottish firefighters at the scenes of major contaminations have a new mobile base, in the shape of a very special Mercedes-Benz truck.

DAF CF85 tractor units for Hutchison’s Flour

It’s going to be a Highland life for a pair of DAF CF85 tractor units that have entered service with Scotland’s leading flour millers, Hutchison’s Flour of Kirkcaldy, part of the Carrs Milling Group. The new trucks will spend their days entirely in Scotland and for much of the time in the Highlands.