Truck registrations for October showed a significant jump and van registrations continued their steady rise
London,EN;UK -Road Transport (UK), by Kevin Swallow -4 November 2010: ... According to the SMMT, there were 2,788 heavy truck (6.0 tonnes and over) registrations in October 2010, up 123.4% on 2009. However, truck registrations slumped in October 2009 to 1,248 units on the back of dealers and operators rushing to register trucks before the Euro-5 RPC deadline at the end of the previous month... Year-to-date figures for 2010 now stand at 21,631 units, just 12.6% down on 2009. Only two European truck manufacturers have posted an increase in registrations this year - Renault Trucks and Scania... The French manufacturer is up 27.6% to 1,630 units, which is 7.5% marketshare, up 2.1%... Scania is up 12.9% this year to 2,906 units and has struck several notable deals with Eddie Stobart, AW Jenkinson and Asda... The van market up to 3.5 tonnes continues to enjoy success with October 2010 up 22.4% to 18,147 units, and the year-to-date numbers rising to 186,701...
* Cumbria - Stobart to spend £5m on 265 trailers
Penrith,Cumbria,EN,UK -Road Transport, by Christopher Walton -2 November 2010: -- Stobart Group is set to spend £5m on new trailers after it agreed a funding deal with Barclays Corporate Asset Finance... Stobart will acquire 265 skeletal and curtain-sided trailers in two deals as a result of the funding arrangement... Eddie Stobart, the road transport arm of Stobart Group, runs some 3,150 trailers as well as 1,870 tractor units... (Picture from wikimedia/wikipedia: Eddie Stobart lorries on the M6 on 14 September 2007)
* UK - TGM Environmental orders fifth MB vehicle this year
London,UK -Road Transport, by Kevin Swallow -4 Nov 2010: -- East London-based waste paper company TGM Environmental has added a new Mercedes-Benz Axor to its fleet, the fifth vehicle bought from the manufacturer this year... The 26-tonne Axor 2533 is fitted with a JC Payne (UK)-built curtainsider body Moffett Mounty fork-lift to collect bales of paper and cardboard. It joins two Axor 2543 high-roofed tractor units, a 13-tonne Atego and a 3.5-tonne Sprinter, both with box bodies and tail-lifts... TGM Environmental's new vehicles have five-year Mercedes-Benz repair and maintenance contracts. It also has a sixth order in the pipeline, a 26-tonne Atego 2529 which will have a Dennis Eagle refuse body for collections from commercial printers...Labels: truck sales UK and Ireland
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