Volvo Trucks
Carter’s Volvo FH16-660 follows rising plant weight trend
Carter Haulage and Storage of Norfolk have responded to a rising trend in the weight of construction plant used by customers for their growing heavy-haulage business by adding a 125 tonne GCW, Euro 4 compliant Volvo FH16-660 into their 14-strong, mixed fleet. Says the company’s owner Shaun Carter. “Plant weights are going up and up and we have to follow.”
Volvo starts project with hybrid-drive refuse vehicles in Gothenburg and Stockholm
The Swedish Energy Agency has granted SEK 9.8m (£ 715,000 approx) in financial support to AB Volvo for a project within the development of new hybrid technology for heavy vehicles. The project comprises development and testing of hybrid technology in two refuse collection trucks in Gothenburg and Stockholm. The aim of the project is to achieve fuel savings of up to 30%.
Volvo launch ‘Genuine Volvo Service’ and debut FH16-540 at CV Show
Volvo Truck and Bus will once again be exhibiting at the Commercial Vehicle Show to be held at the NEC, Birmingham from 24th to 26th April 2007.
Midlands’ first Euro 5 Volvo at G S Logistics
Northampton-based G S Logistics has taken delivery of the Midlands’ first Euro 5 specified Volvo – an FH-520 6x2 tractor unit, running at 44 tonnes GCW. Highly specified in the interests of driver appeal and company image, the truck joins a small, but growing mixed fleet undertaking general haulage.
Bolton Council takes delivery of new fleet of Volvo gritting/snow clearing vehicles
Bolton Council have recently taken delivery of eight new 4x2 new model Volvo FL-H fitted with “Econ” 6 cubic metre Gritter bodies and new easy-fit demountable snowploughs.
First Volvo FE’s in UK go into service with Veolia
The first batch of new Volvo FE’s in the UK has gone into service with Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Plc, the UK’s leading waste management provider.
Church Farm Surfacing purchase five new Volvo Trucks
Middlewich-based, Church Farm Surfacing Ltd have replaced five of their current fleet with new Volvo trucks – making the majority of their fleet Volvo.
Biffa celebrate 1,000th Volvo in style - with focus on safety
Biffa, one of the best known brands in the growing waste management and recycling sector and the leading name in waste collection in the UK, celebrated the recent acquisition of the company’s 1,000th Volvo truck with a specially built FM-400 8x4 fitted with Heil Front End Loader (FEL) bodywork.
Volvo Trucks celebrate record year in 2006
Volvo Trucks had a record year in 2006 by delivering more than 105,000 trucks worldwide - two per cent more than in 2005.
Volvo Truck Center in the Netherlands to start distribution of Nissan light commercial vehicles
Volvo Nederland and Nissan Nederland have agreed on the conditions to start the distribution of three of Nissan’s light commercial vehicles in the Netherlands. This agreement concerns Volvo Truck Center Rotterdam, which is a wholly-owned dealer of Volvo Truck Corporation. The co-operation will include sales and aftermarket activities.
100 not out for Milbank’s Volvo FH-400
Colchester-based crane truck specialists Milbank Trucks have taken delivery of their 100th truck – a Volvo FH-400 christened “Centurion”. The I-shift automated gearbox equipped 8x2 rigid is the latest in a line of Volvo’s going back to 1983, and will carry out a variety of work from machinery to site cabin transport, running at 32 tonnes GCW normally or at 44 tonnes GTW when a triaxle trailer is hitched to its drawbar coupling.
Red is the new ‘green’ with Kingswood’s Euro 5 FH-400
Bracknell-based pallet recycling specialist Kingswood Pallets has taken delivery of a Volvo FH-400 4x2 tractor unit finished in a striking Ferrari Red. The vehicle, which is fitted with a Euro 5-compliant engine - just three months after the Euro 4 regulations took force - and an I-Shift automated gearbox, will operate at 34 tonnes GCW.
The Simpsons go green with latest Euro 4 and 5 Volvo trucks
Sheffield-based fresh produce distribution company R W Simpson has decorated one of their latest SCR technology-equipped Euro 4 Volvo FH trucks with a striking series of air-brush murals featuring characters from the famous cartoon series, ‘The Simpsons’.
Volvo “BeeVan” concept design is ‘ahead of the curve‘
Unparalleled driver visibility and innovative design ideas are seamlessly integrated with advanced safety technologies for Class 8 trucks in a one-quarter-scale model truck concept from Volvo Trucks North America, on display at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit from January 13th – 21st 2007. The Volvo concept is part of the Michelin Challenge Design competition.
Premiere for Volvo Trucks breathalyser on Stena Line ships
On 16th January, Stena Line and Volvo Trucks showed the first breathalyser to be installed on the Stena Scandinavica ferry that operates between Gothenburg (Sweden) and Kiel (Germany). The breathalyser allows drivers to quickly and easily test themselves to verify that they are fit to drive in Sweden.