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07/01/2003	26 tonne EuroTechs for Charles Wilson	Contract and plant specialist Charles Wilson Engineers just took delivery of two new lveco EuroTech 26 tonne rigids. The two new three‑axle trucks have lifting tag axles and beaver tail plant bodies, the latter built by Andover Trailers. The new EuroTechs will run out of Charles Wilson's Birmingham depot, each doing some 50,000 miles a year delivering generators and other contractors plant. More from John Procter on +44 (0)1 923 259 526 or procter@iveco.com
16/12/02	£32 million down the drain	The RHA has condemned to the Government's £32 million multi-modal studies programme as a waste of money. The programme was set up in 1998 to look at traffic growth along the M1 and M6 corridors. The RHA says that from the outset they felt this an unwarranted delay before doing the obvious - up grading the motorway as the preferred option. More from Kate Gibbs on +44 (0)1 932 838 917 or www.rha.net
16/12/02	32 new ERF tractors for BP	ERF just delivered the first of 32 three-axle ECT tractors to BP Oil. At the same time ERF says BP Oil is the first UK operator to sign a national all-makes CV parts supply agreement. The new trucks have 385 bhp Cummins engines all fitted with the Jacobs brakes. More from Trevor Longcroft on +44 (0)1 564 775 078 or tlongcroft@aol.com
07/05/03	£3 million fridge fleet upgrade	Lex Transfleet says it will spend £3 million on a mixture of 7.5, 18 and 26 tonne trucks, adding these to its 30,000 strong CV fleet. Lex manages this fleet on behalf of a very wide range of customers, mainly in the UK. Solomon Commercials is to supply in the fridge bodies and, Lex says, the chassis too. More from Anne-Marie Payne on +44(0)1 494 818 981 or anne-marie@nobull-communications.co.uk
25/02/05	40 year Transit time-tunnel	Ford says it will have a time-tunnel on its stand 9-630 at the CV Show. This, the firm says, means means visitors can travel through 40 years of Transit success. In pride of place will be Ford's 40 year special edition Transit van range. Jon Fisher, commercial vehicles marketing manager, said: 'Transit is unique. No competitor has a product that has enjoyed market leadership its entire lifetime. That success comes from continued re-investment in an outstanding product that has stood the test of time. Transit touches everyone's life and Ford has created a great British icon, built to work hard for businesses and individuals throughout the country.' Fisher says the stand will preview a number of new models and concepts, including Transit Connect Crew Van, Transit Shuttle Bus, a Ranger Tipper and those Transit special editions, launched to mark 40 years of Transit success More from Anne-Marie Chatterton on +44 (0)1 277 253 944 or achatter@ford.com
25/11/03	£4m Actros fleet for Marks and Sparks	Mercedes-Benz says it won the ‘lions share’ of Marks & Spencer’s latest fleet replacement order. The retail giant is adding 100 new trucks to its 500-strong tractor fleet, more than four-fifths of them new-generation Mercedes Actros, supplied via south coast dealer, Pentagon. It is the first time Marks & Spencer has invested so heavily in Mercedes trucks. It bought 10 Actros last year and their performance and popularity with drivers proved an important factor in the decision to buy more. The new deal will put 82 Actros on the road by the year end. Most are ‘special order’ 4x2 Fleet specification Actros 1836LS models, run by Marks & Spencer’s fleet management partner, Gist. Christian Salvesen will run eight 44-tonne Actros 2544LS Long Distance models on frozen food deliveries. All the new Actros have automated transmissions. The 360bhp Fleet tractors are plated for operation at 32 tonnes and will run seven days a week, 364 days a year, on trunking and store delivery work. More from Ian Norwell on +44 (0)1 908 245 949 or ian.norwell@daimlerchrysler.co.uk
18/08/03	500 Citroens for new Sheffield partnership	Citroen just won a deal for over 500 light commercial vehicles for Kier Sheffield LLP, a new limited liability partnership between the Kier Group and Sheffield City Council. This year the bulk of Sheffield City Council's maintenance fleet will be replaced with over 400 new Citroen Berlingo, Dispatch and Relay vans as well as a lot of Relay tippers…These will have either standard and crew-cabs. Citroen will deliver the remaining 100 or more during 2004 and 2005. The new public and private sector partnership venture has taken over all Sheffield City Council's building maintenance work will replace its entire CV fleet with Citroens. More from Phil Reed on +44 (0)2 086 684 048 or leadingpr@aol.com
06/06/05	60 tonne trucks please	Motor Transport reports that RHA boss Roger King plans to ask for formal, licensed tests of longer and, heavier trucks when the Road Haulage Forum meets next month. More from Andrew Brown on +44(0)2 086 523 285 or andrew.brown@rbi.co.uk
05/08/03	65 per cent of truckers won't use M6 toll	The FTA says 65 per cent of replies to its latest Quarterly Transport Activity Survey said that because of the high fee their trucks won't use the new M6 Toll road as an alternative to the M6, even during rush hour. The toll road, due to open in January 2004, is a bypass for the busy M6 between junctions 3a and 11a. Trucks will pay £10 per trip, cut to £9 at night. Vans will pay £5, cut to £4 at night. The fee for cars is just £2. The prices include VAT. FTA chief economist Simon Chapman said, 'Our research shows that if the truck toll was dropped to £5, the total income from trucks would rise by 12 per cent. The message is simple - a lower price means more truck traffic and greater revenue.' More from Louisa Bellée on+44(0)1 892 552 244 or lbellee@fta.co.uk
04/12/03	80 Years in Norfolk	Barker & Sons, hauliers from North Norfolk, finally closed its doors in 2000, ending more than 80 years in business. The history of the firm is the subject of a book, 'Norfolk Carrier' by Brian Barker, the last owner of the business and David Lowe. Reviewed in the December edition of Roadway, the RHA's magazine, the book tells how the firm overcame a world war, unreliable vehicles, poor roads, bad weather and many other problems to be a successful business in and through the 1980s. Editor Hugh Sorrill says: 'Brian brilliantly defines the atmosphere of trade in 1950s Norwich – the aromas from Caley’s chocolate factory and from Potter’s Perfect Pickles and the days when open trays of medicine and cigarettes could be left out for collection without fear of theft. This powerful reminder of a carrier’s life will stir many memories.' More from Hugh Sorrill on +44(0)1 603 627 294 or hs@interregional.co.uk

07/01/2003

26 tonne EuroTechs for Charles Wilson

Contract and plant specialist Charles Wilson Engineers just took delivery of two new lveco EuroTech 26 tonne rigids. The two new three‑axle trucks have lifting tag axles and beaver tail plant bodies, the latter built by Andover Trailers. The new EuroTechs will run out of Charles Wilson's Birmingham depot, each doing some 50,000 miles a year delivering generators and other contractors plant.

More from John Procter on +44 (0)1 923 259 526 or procter@iveco.com

16/12/02

£32 million down the drain

The RHA has condemned to the Government's £32 million multi-modal studies programme as a waste of money. The programme was set up in 1998 to look at traffic growth along the M1 and M6 corridors. The RHA says that from the outset they felt this an unwarranted delay before doing the obvious - up grading the motorway as the preferred option.

More from Kate Gibbs on +44 (0)1 932 838 917 or www.rha.net

16/12/02

32 new ERF tractors for BP

ERF just delivered the first of 32 three-axle ECT tractors to BP Oil. At the same time ERF says BP Oil is the first UK operator to sign a national all-makes CV parts supply agreement. The new trucks have 385 bhp Cummins engines all fitted with the Jacobs brakes.

More from Trevor Longcroft on +44 (0)1 564 775 078 or tlongcroft@aol.com

07/05/03

£3 million fridge fleet upgrade

Lex Transfleet says it will spend £3 million on a mixture of 7.5, 18 and 26 tonne trucks, adding these to its 30,000 strong CV fleet. Lex manages this fleet on behalf of a very wide range of customers, mainly in the UK. Solomon Commercials is to supply in the fridge bodies and, Lex says, the chassis too.

More from Anne-Marie Payne on +44(0)1 494 818 981 or anne-marie@nobull-communications.co.uk

25/02/05

40 year Transit time-tunnel

Ford says it will have a time-tunnel on its stand 9-630 at the CV Show. This, the firm says, means means visitors can travel through 40 years of Transit success. In pride of place will be Ford's 40 year special edition Transit van range. Jon Fisher, commercial vehicles marketing manager, said: 'Transit is unique. No competitor has a product that has enjoyed market leadership its entire lifetime. That success comes from continued re-investment in an outstanding product that has stood the test of time. Transit touches everyone's life and Ford has created a great British icon, built to work hard for businesses and individuals throughout the country.' Fisher says the stand will preview a number of new models and concepts, including Transit Connect Crew Van, Transit Shuttle Bus, a Ranger Tipper and those Transit special editions, launched to mark 40 years of Transit success

More from Anne-Marie Chatterton on +44 (0)1 277 253 944 or achatter@ford.com

25/11/03

£4m Actros fleet for Marks and Sparks

Mercedes-Benz says it won the ‘lions share’ of Marks & Spencer’s latest fleet replacement order. The retail giant is adding 100 new trucks to its 500-strong tractor fleet, more than four-fifths of them new-generation Mercedes Actros, supplied via south coast dealer, Pentagon. It is the first time Marks & Spencer has invested so heavily in Mercedes trucks. It bought 10 Actros last year and their performance and popularity with drivers proved an important factor in the decision to buy more. The new deal will put 82 Actros on the road by the year end. Most are ‘special order’ 4x2 Fleet specification Actros 1836LS models, run by Marks & Spencer’s fleet management partner, Gist. Christian Salvesen will run eight 44-tonne Actros 2544LS Long Distance models on frozen food deliveries. All the new Actros have automated transmissions. The 360bhp Fleet tractors are plated for operation at 32 tonnes and will run seven days a week, 364 days a year, on trunking and store delivery work.

More from Ian Norwell on +44 (0)1 908 245 949 or ian.norwell@daimlerchrysler.co.uk

18/08/03

500 Citroens for new Sheffield partnership

Citroen just won a deal for over 500 light commercial vehicles for Kier Sheffield LLP, a new limited liability partnership between the Kier Group and Sheffield City Council. This year the bulk of Sheffield City Council's maintenance fleet will be replaced with over 400 new Citroen Berlingo, Dispatch and Relay vans as well as a lot of Relay tippers…These will have either standard and crew-cabs. Citroen will deliver the remaining 100 or more during 2004 and 2005. The new public and private sector partnership venture has taken over all Sheffield City Council's building maintenance work will replace its entire CV fleet with Citroens.

More from Phil Reed on +44 (0)2 086 684 048 or leadingpr@aol.com

06/06/05

60 tonne trucks please

Motor Transport reports that RHA boss Roger King plans to ask for formal, licensed tests of longer and, heavier trucks when the Road Haulage Forum meets next month.

More from Andrew Brown on +44(0)2 086 523 285 or andrew.brown@rbi.co.uk

05/08/03

65 per cent of truckers won't use M6 toll

The FTA says 65 per cent of replies to its latest Quarterly Transport Activity Survey said that because of the high fee their trucks won't use the new M6 Toll road as an alternative to the M6, even during rush hour. The toll road, due to open in January 2004, is a bypass for the busy M6 between junctions 3a and 11a. Trucks will pay £10 per trip, cut to £9 at night. Vans will pay £5, cut to £4 at night. The fee for cars is just £2. The prices include VAT. FTA chief economist Simon Chapman said, 'Our research shows that if the truck toll was dropped to £5, the total income from trucks would rise by 12 per cent. The message is simple - a lower price means more truck traffic and greater revenue.'

More from Louisa Bellée on+44(0)1 892 552 244 or lbellee@fta.co.uk

04/12/03

80 Years in Norfolk

Barker & Sons, hauliers from North Norfolk, finally closed its doors in 2000, ending more than 80 years in business. The history of the firm is the subject of a book, 'Norfolk Carrier' by Brian Barker, the last owner of the business and David Lowe. Reviewed in the December edition of Roadway, the RHA's magazine, the book tells how the firm overcame a world war, unreliable vehicles, poor roads, bad weather and many other problems to be a successful business in and through the 1980s. Editor Hugh Sorrill says: 'Brian brilliantly defines the atmosphere of trade in 1950s Norwich – the aromas from Caley’s chocolate factory and from Potter’s Perfect Pickles and the days when open trays of medicine and cigarettes could be left out for collection without fear of theft. This powerful reminder of a carrier’s life will stir many memories.'

More from Hugh Sorrill on +44(0)1 603 627 294 or hs@interregional.co.uk

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