Salford's 10

• Salford Van Hire of Manchester has bought 10 Levland Oaf 45 Series 7.5-tonners for its spot hire fleet. The 3.6m and 4m-wheelbase vehicles have been fitted with box bodies by......

Tunisian Order 111 Scania Has Won An Order To Supply

2,000 truck kits to the Tunisian state-owned automotive assembly company STIA over the next five years.......

Farmer Buys Cooler Outfit

• This J-reg Scania 143 tractive unit and York 13.6m tri-axle Thermostar reefer trailer are the latest additions to Peterborough-based farmer Russell Burgess's fleet, It is the......

Parts Keeping Western Busy

• Mack importer Western Trucks of Preston has had its busiest three months for seven years, despite not having sold a vehicle in the UK for nearly two years. Exports of parts......

Renault Fires Up Midliner

• Renault is returning to the fire engine market after a break of two years with a 13-tonne 4x2 Midliner chassis. A Type B 1,000-litre tender, bodied by Saxon of Sandbach, will......

Porter Call

• Isle of Wight-based Steve Porter Transport has bought its first tractive unit and trailer after winning a contract with Phoenix Moulding. The 28-tonne Mercedes 1729S and......

Eagle Poised

• ERF will build its first tractive unit fitted with the 298kW (400hp) Perkins 400 Tx Eagle engine in September.......

Further Fall N I Production Of

commercial vehicles in July fell by 23% from the same month's figure last year, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.......