West Yorkshire-based haulier James Wilby has taken delivery of the first Iveco Stralis to join its current fleet, supplied by local dealer Northern Commercials. The arrival of the Stralis Active Space Super³ tractor unit introduces a second truck marque into the 38-strong fleet, which comprises tractors, rigids and drawbars. Keith Shaw, Managing Director of James [...]
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Following its inaugural purchase of Renault Trucks in 2009, leading British food retailer, Iceland, has placed a major order for a further 80 vehicles through Renault Trucks UK. Nine more 18t 270.18 Renault Midlum rigids with Optitronic gearbox and refrigeration bodies went on the road in July, with 71 Renault Premium 4×2 460.18 EEV tractor [...]
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Euroway has just completed a long-term contract hire deal to supply a new Isuzu Forward N75.190 7.5 t refrigerated truck to Banbury fresh and frozen meat wholesaler Tadmarton Products Ltd. Tadmarton Products are a long-standing customer for Euroway, who now supplied over 50% of their current transport and distribution fleet requirements. The decision by Tadmarton [...]
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Cheshire-based specialist vehicle company Rojac (UK) Ltd has recently taken delivery of its fifth DAF LF55 from North West Trucks Liverpool. The company, which has operated since 2006, will put the 300hp skiploader into operation at a prominent Blue Chip company. Phil Bourne, Transport Manager at Rojac, said, “Rojac is able to offer a wide [...]
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Britain’s biggest developer of new-build retirement homes has launched a dedicated removals service with a new fleet of modern Luton vans. The service is being co-ordinated and delivered by removals specialist House to Home UK, which commissioned the vehicles. The ten 3.5-tonne Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 313CDIs are fitted with streamlined ICON bodies with market-leading payloads of [...]
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MAN Truck & Bus is providing 185 MAN TGX 26.440 BLS 6×2 tractor units to Ford Motor Company. The vehicles will be leased to Ford for a period of five years. A change of equipment package has also been agreed, meaning a further 185 units will be delivered in 2013 to replace the fleet. In [...]
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A dozen Toyota Hilux double cab pickups are on their way to energy company E.On for its boiler repair and maintenance technicians to reach customers who are left without heating and hot water this winter. The 12 Toyota Hilux were supplied by Toyota World in Birmingham under a fleet partnership agreement for three years. They [...]
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The Midcounties Co-operative’s funeral service has become the first UK customer for the electric Mercedes-Benz Vito van. The Long-bodied Vito E-CELL was supplied by Blackburn dealer Ciceley Commercials, having undergone conversion to private ambulance specification by Wilcox Limousines, of Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire. Ciceley Commercials is additionally processing orders from Midcounties Co-operative Funeral for eight [...]
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Waitrose stores in central London are now receiving deliveries from the first of a new breed of low-emission Mercedes-Benz trucks. Operated by shared user distribution specialist Lenham Storage, the groundbreaking Atego BlueTec Hybrid employs a Euro 5/EEV diesel engine and an electric motor, which can power the vehicle individually or in tandem. Depending on the [...]
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Potato haulier AB Texel UK has taken delivery of five new Mercedes Actros tractor units. All are premium specification Actros 2446 Long Distance models with small-wheeled (17.5in) mid-lift axles that offer a weight saving of around 250kg compared to the standard, 22.5in version, and 550-litre fuel tanks in place of the usual 450-litre items. Peterborough-based [...]
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