To commemorate its 80th anniversary, UD Trucks is opening a “UD Experience Center” within the test course of the Ageo Headquarters in Saitama, Japan. The center will help customers, business partners and media learn more about UD Trucks’ heritage as well as its products and after services to enhance further understanding of the UD Trucks’ […]
DAF Trucks N.V. has concluded an agreement with Truck World Auto Assembly (T.W.A.A) in Port Klang for the marketing, sales and service activities of DAF Trucks in Malaysia. DAF Trucks has thus extended its presence in the Far East, building on its success in places such as Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore and Hong Kong. Malaysia […]
Special transport calls for special vehicles. That’s where the Arocs SLT comes in – a range of tractive units designed and built for operation up to 250 tonnes. From first sight and for a very long time to come, the new cabs offer the living and working comfort required in heavy haulage. Powerful, reliable Euro […]
Concern over the rising number of road accidents in Malaysia, Volvo Trucks recently organised a safety forum for companies and truck drivers to discuss and raise road safety issues, which also served as a reminder to all on the importance of maintaining good driving behaviour. Part of Volvo’s Globe Truckers initiative, the safety forum also […]
Oxidation, can still bring a truck to its knees, even a large prime mover. Points you should note for your truck’s well being. Don’t ever use a test light with a piercing probe. Those poke holes in the wire that open up a gateway for moisture. Once wire is wet, corrosion sets in immediately. Don’t […]
UD Trucks has launched its new Quester extra heavy range truck in South Africa, its largest market outside of Japan. Semi-knocked down kits imported from the plant in Thailand will be assembled in South Africa. Quester will also be launched in 8 other neighboring markets in the region this year. South Africa is UD Trucks’ […]
Iveco Bus has been chosen to equip the French Ministry of Defence with over 150 coaches. The first key handover ceremony took place in April at the military site of the Quartier Général Estienne in Rambouillet, which lies southwest of Paris. Sylvain Blaise, Global Head of the Bus Division at CNH Industrial was present at […]
UPS Freight, one of the world’s largest heavy freight carriers, announced today the addition of 64 liquefied natural gas (LNG) tractors to its fleet. The prime movers join UPS’s worldwide fleet of more than 2,500 natural gas vehicles. “Even though UPS has used LNG tractors in package operations for more than a decade, it’s still […]
Volvo Trucks is making a new heavy-duty bumper available for spec’ing on its FH and FH16 chassis to make the truck more suitable for rugged roads and rougher applications such as construction work and timber transportation. “The Volvo FH with the heavy-duty bumper boosts the effectiveness of our flagship truck by adding additional protection […]
Tata Motors, India’s largest automobile manufacturer, today launched six new next-generation Prima heavy commercial vehicles for the very first time in Kenya with partner Tata Africa Holding Kenya. The launch of these new next-generation commercial vehicles marks Tata Motors continued efforts towards changing the trucking landscape and rough roads in Kenya’ and consisting of a […]
