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The soaring popularity of battery-powered vans meant Dale Fleet Logistics needed a reliable transporter with which to deliver them – cue the arrival of the company’s first Mercedes-Benz truck, which it is also using to stay on top of demand for diesel-engined vehicles from the constantly expanding home delivery sector. …

Mercedes-Benz Trucks is striving to complete its switch to electrically powered trucks in Europe by 2039. With the eActros, Mercedes-Benz Trucks is making a major step towards achieving the aims of the Paris Agreement. The eActros is now “Charged & Ready” and forms an integral part of a business-oriented eco-system. …

Barrachander Quarry boss Calum McCrae has been so impressed with the rugged reliability of the 8×4 Mercedes-Benz Arocs he set to work three years ago that he has just commissioned another two from Western Commercial. The Dealer’s customer-focused back-up was also crucial in convincing the Argyll-based operator to add more …

Safety and compliance are top priorities for Forward Trucking Services, so given that its trucks work regularly in and around London the Hertfordshire-based operator chose a new fleet of Mercedes-Benz tractor units that achieve four Direct Vision Standard stars “straight out of the box”. Economy is crucial, too. Not only …

A Teesside-based group that provides highly specialised services to the oil, gas and petrochemical industries has made its latest investment in Mercedes-Benz truck technology – the 65-tonne, tag-axled Actros tractor unit is now in service with Poole Process Equipment. Over the last 12 months the privately-owned ASL Group has developed …

As one of the oldest members of the construction and industrial machinery leader’s franchised dealer network, Gunn JCB knows all about the importance of fast, efficient customer back-up – which explains why it is now running its first Mercedes-Benz vans. The company’s 30 new Sprinter 314 CDIs are being kitted …

Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK has appointed Katie Purcell to the position of Head of Special Trucks – Unimog. In her new role Katie reports to Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK Managing Director Mike Belk, and is responsible for driving sales within the Special Vehicles sector. Although she is based in Milton Keynes, Katie …

Outstanding reliability from its first Mercedes-Benz Actros steered Teesport owner PD Ports back to North-East Dealer Bell Truck and Van with a follow-up order for another nine. Commissioned in 2017 as part of an evaluation exercise which also involved tractor units by two other manufacturers, the initial vehicle has lived …

More than half of respondents feel safer when they can see a motorist’s face Four in five (88% motorcyclists and 82% cyclists respectively) agree that they need to see a driver’s face in order to feel safe on the road Nine in ten (94% motorcyclists and 93% cyclists respectively) state …

Mercedes-Benz Trucks will be celebrating the start of production of the new Actros with the “Edition 1” – a special model, limited to 400 vehicles worldwide, of which at least 35 will come to the UK. Aside from being equipped with the impressive innovations that come as standard in the …