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Semcon develops emission-free electric power for milk tankers

A Scandivavian technology company, Semcon, has developed an electrically powered PTO system which prevents milk tankers having to run engine during loading.

Owens Group welcomes DAF back into its fleet

The Owens Group has purchased 36 XF480 6x2 mid-lift tractors from Watts Truck & Van in Cardiff, the first DAFs to enter its fleet in more than a decade.

Volvo Trucks releases engines for Euro-6 Step D

Volvo Trucks has launched new engine variants that are compliant with the forthcoming Euro-6 Step D emissions standard.

Waste haulier Whites Recycling fined £20,000 after stream turns black

Whites Recycling has been fined £20,000 after a stream was polluted following a land spreading operation in wet weather at a farm in the north-east.

Used Truck of the Week 17 January 2019

Our Used Truck of the Week is a 65-plate Renault T460

Haulier fined £44,000 after worker severely injured

Building materials company Tudor Griffiths has been fined £44,000 after it failed to keep fixed guards in place on moving machinery at a quarry, causing serious injuries to an employee’s arm.

End of life for failing haulier

Blackburn-based Hesketh Transport Services has had its O-licence revoked for multiple failings including the discovery that its transport manager had been working elsewhere.

Pierre Lahutte leaves role as brand president of IVECO

Pierre Lahutte has stepped down as brand president of IVECO after more than four years in the post.

10 O-licence applications and decisions that caught our eye this week - 15 January 2019

CM picks out some of the latest O-licence decisions issued in the North East of England traffic area.

Arrests made following Northern Ireland fuel fraud raid

Two men have been arrested and a suspected fuel laundering facility dismantled as part of an HMRC investigation into what is believed to be a multi-million pound fraud.