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 | Norbert Dentressangle UK has appointed Clare Davies as Head of Sales.
Clare (37) joins Norbert Dentressangle from Wincanton, where she has worked in a variety of contract management and development roles with clients including Nestle, Danone and Woolworths.
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 | Freight haulier GB Railfreight (GBRf), part of Europorte, has showcased its newly modified biomass wagons, which will be used for its multi-million pound contract with Drax Power Ltd. Click for more details |
 | Stobart Rail’s transport infrastructure and civil engineering division has just been awarded a package of new rail maintenance contracts from Network Rail that will see waterproofing work undertaken at three major railway bridges across the North-West. Click for more details |
| | The UAE Ambassador to the UK and the CEO of marine terminal operator DP World have visited the London Gateway port development to inspect dredging work being carried out on the UK’s first deep sea port in over 20 years. Click for more details |
 | Stardes, a company which provides logistics services to the entertainment industry, has added two new Schmitz Cargobull FP25 dry freight box trailers to its fleet. The trailers will be used to distribute the equipment used by individual artists and bands on tours around the UK and Europe. Their first job will be to transport instruments, costumes and production equipment required for chart-topping solo artist Mika and leading indie band Kasabian on their forthcoming European tours. Click for more details |
| | VDO recently signed a deal with Jon Jeffress, Fleet & Training Coordinator at Stirling Council, to supply 21 digital tachographs with VDO’s remote downloading equipment. The vehicles are having the equipment installed at the VDO distributor MTH Auto Services Ltd of Falkirk. Click for more details |
 | On 1 December 2010, the IRU is organising, in co-operation with the Belgian EU Presidency, the first joint IRU-EU Presidency Road Transport Conference and Ministerial Meeting in Brussels. It will be on the theme: “Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Road Transport for the Future”. Click for more details |
| | Amsterdam port has been connected to the Betuweroute, a double track freight railway from Rotterdam to Germany originally opened by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in June 2007. The Betuweroute was named after the Betuwe area through which it passes, and the new extension expands Amsterdam’s railway connections to its hinterland whilst demonstrating freight trains to be an efficient, green and sustainable form of multimodal transportation. Click for more details |
| | IRU, together with the International Transport Forum (ITF), has signed a co-operation agreement with the EU-funded LABEL project to stimulate the development of truck parking areas (TPAs) offering sufficient levels of security and comfort. Click for more details |
 | Keltruck hosted their annual customers’ golf day on June 7th at Patshull Park Golf & Country Club at Pattingham, Shropshire.
With over 65 golfers attending the event, Keltruck Events Coordinator, Charlotte Brew had worked hard on the planning along with Kris Benbow, Marketing Manager and Mike Kelly, Fleet Sales Director coordinating the event a few months in advance.
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 | Have you got your Transaid Week Quiz? Call April on 020 7387 8136 or email april@transaid.org to get your Transaid Week Quiz now! You can also visit our website to download the Transaid Week Action Pack which is full of ideas for Transaid Week! Click for more details |
 | Quartix, one of the UK’s leading telematics suppliers, reports that more than 50 per cent of its overall sales are now derived from its high-specification pay-as-you-go vehicle tracking product. Click for more details |
 | TruckEast have become the first company to launch a second VOSA Authorised Testing Facility (ATF) at their Stowmarket Head Office. This follows the successful launch of the first ever ATF at their Wellingborough dealer point in January this year and complements their current range of aftersales services for commercial vehicle operators, aswell as new and used sales of Scania trucks. Click for more details |
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Morayshire-based Spey Bay Salvage Ltd has taken delivery of its seventh bespoke Andover trailer, this one specially designed to carry a 46-tonne screener.
The screener requires an extremely sturdy trailer with an extendable bed, meaning Spey Bay Salvage needed a bespoke trailer manufacturer – and the decision to go back to Andover Trailers was an easy one.
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 | The 2010 British Heart Foundation London to Brighton Bike Ride took place on 20th June. The event was the UK's largest charity bike ride with 29,000 riders cycling the scenic route between London and Brighton on the south coast. Click for more details |
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