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Earlier this year Stena Line announced an increase to its freight capacity on the route Rotterdam-Europoort to Harwich (January 2018) by replacing the current two RoRo vessels by two larger ships. Stena Line has now confirmed plans to also increase capacity on the route Rotterdam-Killingholme in January 2018. Stena Line will consequently increase its total capacity from Europoort by approximately 20%
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Leading car transporter company ECM’s 30-year relationship with Goodyear and its FleetFirst services has not only resulted in ensuring minimum downtime for vehicles, reduced administration and lower cost of ownership but also in the development of special unique tyres tailored for its operations. The latest of these tyres went into service recently
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The European Commission has fined Scania €880 million for participating in a trucks cartel. The European Commission has found that Scania broke EU antitrust rules. It colluded for 14 years with five other truck manufacturers on truck pricing and on passing on the costs of new technologies to meet stricter emission rules
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By replacing diesel with liquefied natural gas or biogas, CO2 emissions from heavy trucks can be drastically reduced. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is today used primarily in industrial operations, but it has excellent prerequisites for being a competitive vehicle fuel with considerable environmental benefits. This is the opinion of Volvo Trucks, which is now intensifying its development of gas-powered trucks for heavy regional and long-haul operations
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Daimler Fleet Management (DFM) has strengthened its offering to UK customers by recruiting no fewer than four top sales specialists
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Dynamic businessman Ed Hollands has been nominated in two categories in the 2017 Great British Entrepreneur Awards
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The Mayor of London’s announcemen of the latest version of his safety proposals for HGVs – the Direct Vision Standard (DVS) – in London could be a big step forward in terms of safety for all the capital’s road users, says the Freight Transport Association (FTA), the largest transport trade association in the UK.
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As Transport for London release their interim HGV star ratings as part of their Direct Vision Standard proposal the Road Haulage Association (RHA) welcome the clarity that TfL have brought with this announcement
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UK companies are being urged to compete for up to £15 million of funding to develop technology to reduce harmful emissions from freight
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Leading vehicle CCTV telematics specialist VisionTrack has appointed Richard Lane as Commercial Manager to support and build on the company’s recent growth
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Hankook is getting ready for winter with its SmartControl AW02 tyre – a winter specialist for trucks than can be used both on the steering axle as well as at all other positions
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When a subsidiary of the Altrad Group, Trad Midlands Scaffolding Contractor (formerly MTD Midlands) was looking to replace seven incumbent vehicles within their fleet, the Oldbury based company decided to switch to Isuzu for the first time for this fleet replacement programme
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