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1. VOSA officer assaulted on A14 2. Noel Zwecker to close 3. DHL Supply Chain staff face TUPE transfer to ND 4. Stennett’s saves £200,000 with Mandata 5. Eddie Stobart runs first longer semi-trailer in UK 6. WA Clark O-licence suspended over extra lorry 7. Wincanton and Unite talks fail to reach agreement 8. Stoke-on-Trent fashion haulier enters liquidation 9. ND wins House of Fraser contract 10. M6 toll set to rise to £11 per journey for LGVs Eddie Stobart and AW Jenkinson Forest Products have ordered another 1,000 trucks from Scania in a joint-procurement agreement. The deal is similar to the order placed by the two operators in 2010, which represented Scania’s largest supply agreement in the UK. Vehicles are due to be delivered between March 2012 and December 2013, and about 300 will enter service this year. The vehicle mix will comprise mainly R-series units but will also include a significant number of G-series trucks.
Truck registrations were up 45.4% year-on-year to 3,586 in January, meaning that for the rolling year registrations are up 24.6% to 44,063. The SMMT adds that overall registrations in 2012 are likely to be marginally up on 2011.