Trucks and lorries news articles 
Freight Transport Association joins forces with TruckersWorld to prevent truck theft
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is to join forces with online truckers’ community TruckersWorld to prevent and protect against truck theft. From October 2009, FTA will be supporting TruckersWorld’s Truck Theft Text Alert (TTTA) as part of the logistics sector’s bid to bring down truck theft and bring those guilty of it to justice. The TTTA scheme passes the details of trucks or trailers which have been stolen to HGV drivers by text an... [more]
The truck of the future will have a digital co-driver on board
Weekends, accidents, bad weather or road-works. There are many reasons for traffic jams, but they all have one thing in common: where there are queues, there is also a risk of accidents. A survey by the European Truck Accident Causation Study shows that 47 per cent of all truck accidents take place in monotonous situations such as traffic jams, with vehicles travelling in the same direction, or in stressful situations such as crossroads and road-... [more]
Volvo Trucks technology helps reduce accidents
40,000 people die on Europe’s roads every year - i.e. more than 100 per day - according to a recent report from ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association). However, despite a three-fold increase in traffic over the past 30 years, the number of fatalities in Europe during this same period has been halved, largely thanks to technological developments. “We’ve made significant progress in technology in recent years. In the longer term, ... [more]
Volkswagen reports record sales in 2008
Despite the dramatic deterioration in its business environment, the Volkswagen Group met its unit sales, sales revenue and earnings targets last year and recorded the best figures in its history. Sales revenue grew by 4.5 percent to €113.8 billion on the back of a 1.3 percent rise in unit sales to 6.3 million vehicles. At €6.3 billion, operating profit was up by 3.0 percent year-on-year. Profit after tax amounted to €4.7 billion (+13.7 percent). ... [more]
GAZ Group unveils MAXUS electric vehicle
GAZ Group has premiered its very first MAXUS electric vehicle. The fully driveable prototype is currently on test with key customers, as the company finalises specifications, launch plans and markets across Europe. The new electric vehicle prototype has been developed by GAZ Group’s UK business, LDV Group. The vehicle has been specified by a major home delivery fleet operator with the following specification: • Payload of up to 1446 kg • Fiv... [more]
Trucks and lorries in the news
Truckloads of Chinese rice enter N.Korea: activist
Long convoys of Chinese lorries laden with rice were seen entering North Korea after Beijing reportedly agreed to provide major food aid to Pyongyang's new regime, according to a South Korean activist.
Pulse seizure near border
A source said: "Essential commodities are brought from Delhi to Muzaffarpur. They are smuggled to Nepal via Darbhanga, Madhubani and Jainagar."
Truckloads of Chinese rice enter N.Korea
SEOUL: Long convoys of Chinese lorries laden with rice were seen entering North Korea after Beijing reportedly agreed to provide major food aid to Pyongyang's new regime, according to a South Korean activist.
NATIONWIDE EXPRESS INJECTS RM6 MIL TO IMPROVE COURIER SERVICE
SHAH ALAM, Jan 18 (Bernama) -- Nationwide Express Courier Services Bhd isinjecting RM6 million to buy 29 new pick-up trucks and container lorries toimprove its courier service operations country-wide.Chairman Rozilawati Basir said the additional investment in the operationalcosts entailed the vehicles'' purchase and their four-year maintenance by OrixAuto Leasing Malaysia Sdn Bhd."Today we ...
TV cameras follow women behind the HGV wheel
A SMALL production company based in north Northumberland has completed its first commission for a major television channel, with a documentary about women who drive lorries.
Council says recycling is ‘not going to landfill’
NORTH Somerset Council has reassured members of the public their recycling is not being taken to landfill, despite the council’s contractors using refuse lorries to clear the backlog.
Truck ban eyed for Talisay
A truck ban to be enforced during weekdays is being considered for implementation by Talisay City officials.
Bad roads driving parents up the wall
DRIVING on the uneven and dusty road to school daily has been a normal routine for teachers and staff of the Real Schools’ Cahaya campus in Section U9, Shah Alam.
Nationwide Express injects RM6 million to improve local courier service operations
SHAH ALAM: Nationwide Express Courier Services Bhd (Nationwide Express) is injecting RM6 million to buy 29 new pick-up trucks and container lorries to improve its courier service operations country-wide.
Workers on holiday lead to garbage pile-up
MPAJ public relations officer Norhayati Ahmad said the council had used their own workers and lorries to collect garbage in areas that were badly affected.
