UK property services company PH Jones is taking delivery of 850 Citroen Berlingo and Dispatch vans as part of a total replacement of its fleet
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Ipswich-based GMA Warehousing and Transport has set up a new operation at Felixstowe to focus on short sea trailer work and deep sea container business
Trailer manufacturer Cartwright has turned to computational fluid dynamics, commonly used in Formula 1 car design, for its new Cheetah Fastback trailer
Cummins, the world’s largest independent designer and manufacturer of diesel engines for commercial vehicles, is to develop Euro 6 engines at its Darlington plant from January 2013.
Eaton hybrid commercial vehicles have now completed more than 30 million miles saving, the company calculates, some 1.18 million gallons of diesel – equivalent to the emission of about 12,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Hermes is trialling two commercial vehicles with Bevan21 aerodynamic bodies, which promise fuel savings of more than 15 per cent, to measure their effectiveness.
Demand for new vans rose by 8.81 per cent to 8,978 in February.
Over the past few years the growth of globalisation has challenged logisticians to deal with the massive changes of moving from local to international supply chains.
SMMT chief executive Paul Everitt has called on the government to use the upcoming budget to encourage new investment in capital goods and help rebuild business confidence.
Online retail is offering the recession-hit express market a lifeline, according to analyst Datamonitor.
