Commercial Vehicles

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has put the case for continued investment in key transport infrastructure projects to the government ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), due to be published on the 20th October.

The Road Haulage Association has welcomed the Campaign for Better Transport report which has once again highlighted the issue of road tolls and the long held RHA view that neither public nor private road tolls are a guaranteed revenue earner.

North Warwickshire Borough Council has granted planning consent for IM Properties to develop a 124 acre second phase at Birch Coppice Business Park which will provide up to 2,000,000 sq ft of rail-served warehousing accommodation.

Failure to apply a full risk assessment in the purchase of a commercial vehicle wheel can ultimately lead to a corporate manslaughter charge should the item fail and cause a catastrophic injury, a leading solicitor has warned.

The Intermodal Europe event returns to Amsterdam from 30th November - 2nd December 2010, providing a forum for the industry to plan for the year ahead.

Chicago Pneumatic (CP) has a well established reputation for manufacturing and distributing an extensive range of professional pneumatic tools for the vehicle service and industrial maintenance industries.

irtec, the IRTE’s technician licensing scheme, is staying ahead of the game by asking industry to contribute to the Licence’s direction, following a review by the irtec Steering Committee (iSC).

Red Forge has launched the latest addition to its market-leading range of Axle Load Indication systems. The Axalert Plus has been designed as a simple overload solution for two-axle HGVs up to 18 tonnes GVW.

A new name in logistics has added 20 new Schmitz Cargobull refrigerated trailers to its vehicle fleet.

The escalating price of fuel causes obvious problems for hauliers, and the added problem of the worst recession in many years simply makes matters worse, with customers themselves under extreme pressure and the merest hint of a rate increase sometimes resulting in work being put out to re-tender.