Author: John Loughran

The Freight Transport Association of Ireland (FTAI) has told operators of heavy goods vehicles to take advantage of the one month ‘toll holiday’.

The Coach & Bus Live 2013 took place this week at the NEC in Birmingham with big crowds attending on both days. TransportParts.ie attended on, Wednesday, the first day of the show. Show highlights Day 1: • Volvo and Plaxton introduced the new Volvo B8R Plaxton Leopard. The vehicle, developed for the low-cost sector of the market, promises to

Motorway tolls for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) will be lifted for the month of November on four roads to see if it reduces the number of trucks diverting to regional roads and through villages to avoid tolls, Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar has confirmed. “I am concerned that large numbers of HGVs continue to use regional and local roads

The CD Group is partnering with Ulster Rugby as official sponsors of the Ulster ‘A’ team known as the Ravens, that compete in the Inter-provincial series and the British and Irish Cup. The new two year deal will see The CD Group logo feature on the front of the Ravens jersey and also at Ravenhill

The Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth, Germany is celebrating a half-century of truck production where over 3.6 million vehicles have been built to date since the first units rolled off the line in 1963. At, 2.9km squared, it is the world’s largest truck assembly plant where daily, some 12,000 employees assemble up to 470 trucks from

Topaz, Ireland’s largest convenience and fuel retailer is poised to invest €8 million in two new motorway sites on the Dublin Cork and Dublin Waterford motorways. One of the stations will be located at Junction 3 on the Dublin Cork motorway (M8) near Ballacolla in County Laois. The other will be situated at Junction 5 on the Dublin Waterford motorway (M9). Topaz

ATE is offering garages a comprehensive service system for professional brake fluid changes. The ATE product range includes DOT 3 and DOT 4 brake fluids for near-classic and classic cars as well as high-performance brake fluids for ESP® systems and racing. Most manufacturers now fill their brake systems in the factory with a low-viscosity DOT

Vibrations can be a real problem in industrial vehicles. Absorber systems from ContiTech Vibration Control not only ensure selective reduction of vibrations but also enhance comfort and user-friendliness – even when retrofitted. Absorbers can be specially modified in line with specific requirements and installation space. “Their operating principle is really quite simple,” says Dr. Stefan

Sealey’s new BSCU25 Battery Support Unit & Charger is a high frequency inverter type unit designed to both charge a battery and provide support for the battery during prolonged electronic diagnostic checks. The unit’s charge cycle has nine profiles designed to optimise the condition of the battery and the speed of the charge.

The UK auto trade is frustrated with van stock shortages, price rises and zero margin, according to UK auto trade valuations business MyCarCheck.com/Trade. It regularly highlights the most significant trends in the UK light commercial vehicle (LCV) market based on cutting-edge industry data and feedback from independent and franchised dealers.

Texa has confirmed its participation at the Coach & Bus Show, which takes place at the NEC in Birmingham, October 2-3. Texa will be using the opportunity to discuss in detail with operators their current requirements for service and diagnostic tools. As Texa provides a range of OE diagnostic tools for large coach manufacturers, its