European News
FTA Ireland appoints head of policy
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010FTA Ireland, a new multi-modal transport trade association for Ireland, has appointed Declan McKeon as its Head of Policy to ensure that the views and interests of FTA Ireland’s members – among them some of the country’s largest businesses – are expressed loudly and clearly.
New environmentally-friendly truck tyres
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010The introduction of its new environmentally-friendly truck tyre for the European market and an extended tyre service range means that Bridgestone will provide a particularly strong message for vehicle fleets at the Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (International Automobile Exhibition) from the 23rd to 30th September 2010.
A Herculean task
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010German market-leader in heavy-haulage trailer innovation Goldhofer and US transport specialist Berard Transportation have teamed up to provide a solution to a Herculean task: the transportation from Louisiana to Alaska of two steel oil platforms weighing 4,000 and 3,500 tonnes respectively.
Tyre pressure monitoring on your smart phone
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Continental is making driving safer and more economical for the future with a new application that reports tyre pressure directly to a smart phone.
