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Month: February 2019

Truck Parking Europe launches Book & Pay in UK

Truck Parking Europe has launched its new Book & Pay feature in the UK market for secure truck parking.

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TotalKare to debut three new products at CV Show

The UK’s leading provider of heavy-duty vehicle lifting solutions is launching three new products at the Commercial Vehicle Show in April, expanding its range to capitalise on a sustained period of growth.

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TIP’s new secure parking and maintenance facility

TIP Trailer Services has completed the construction of a brand-new secure parking facility for heavy goods vehicles, located in Dourges, northern France. The facility is due to open officially in April 2019 and will provide 150 HGV spaces for transport operators from around Europe, whose drivers require a safe and...

FTA happy to work on tyre ban consultation

The government announced today (26 February 2019) that it will consult on options to ban 10-year-old tyres from use on buses, coaches, heavy goods vehicles and mini-buses to help keep road users safe.

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Bulk haulier equips fleet with Michelin telematics system

Following a successful eight-month trial, family-owned bulk haulage company Ronnie S Evans has equipped its entire fleet of trailers with Michelin’s Effitrailer telematics system.

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Cartwright delivers bespoke trailer to new customer

When TAG Forklift Truck Services Ltd was seeking a special bespoke trailer for its future distribution requirements its first choice was the Cartwright Group, a major trailer and commercial vehicle body manufacturer.

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Transdek to launch new trailer at CV Show

Transdek UK is launching a new 52-pallet Curtainside Wedge double deck trailer at the CV Show, NEC Birmingham on 30 April to 2 May. The company will also be exhibiting a 10.6-metre Urban Wedge double decker and one of its latest V2G modular loading pods on stand 3C40.

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ICS Distribution expands fleet with Krone 

Birmingham-based ICS Distribution, the garment processor specialists, have recently branched out into exhibition equipment transport and says the company, the combined success of both sides of the business has led to the addition of a further 10 Profi Liner curtainsiders from Krone.

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Cartwright to promote innovation at CV Show

Leading commercial body and trailer manufacturer, Cartwright Group, is promoting the theme of Innovation at this year’s Commercial Vehicle Show at the NEC (April 30 to May 2) showcasing a diverse range of new and innovative products.

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Agreement on CO2 emissions cut on HGVs

The European Parliament and Council have agreed to limit the carbon emissions of HGVs.

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How to make international ecommerce transparent

Cross-border ecommerce provides organisations with, theoretically, a low-cost opportunity to break into new markets. Yet from the cost of air freight to the complexity of international returns plus consumer expectations for full disclosure of import tariffs at checkout, successful global ecommerce is significantly more complex than it might first appear....

First electric Volvo trucks

Volvo Trucks has delivered its first all-electric vehicles – a refuse truck to the waste and recycling company Renova and a distribution truck to the logistics company DB Schenker and its partner haulier TGM, operating in Sweden.

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