Tasked with increasing sales by optimising sales structures and customer service, De Haan brings with him many years of managerial experience in the logistics sector, acquiring expertise in vehicle sales, rental and service.

T&BB spoke to representatives of Saietta – a British e-powertrain developer – and its Dutch subsidiary (formerly known as e-Traction) about how the group came to make its first steps into the market for heavy-duty vehicles.

A JV called Terberg Tractors Malaysia Sdn Bhd (TTM) of Puchong, Selangor, is testing an autonomous terminal tractor in a container terminal in Johor this month, using artificial intelligence (AI) and software supplied by Aidrivers Ltd of Uxbridge, UK.

The standardised interface of Schmitz’s TrailerConnect telematics has been integrated into the ‘TIP Insight’ system, and customers may choose to allow trailer data to automatically transfer from one to the other.

The Terberg Group subsidiary returns to the name it formerly had before its merger with the Ros Roca Environment group of companies in 2016.

The Advancer A-400 trailer refrigeration units will serve Wolter Koops' fresh and frozen cold chain logistics in Europe.

Dutch trailer manufacturer Knapen Group of Deurne, The Netherlands (a subsidiary of Krone Commercial Vehicles Group), has announced that Peter Ahlers will step down as Managing Director of the company.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, has announced that it will adopt 100% renewable energy at most of its plants across Europe and Turkey. This is the first stage of the company’s multi-phase plan to use exclusively renewable energy across all its facilities across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa by the end of 2022.

Hübner GmbH & Co KG (Hübner Group) of Kassel Germany has acquired Dutch electro-hydraulic chassis steering specialist, V.S.E. Vehicle Systems Engineering B.V. of Veenendaal, Netherlands, for an undisclosed sum from Weber-Hydraulik Group, which has owned VSE since 2014.

A project researching an aerodynamically optimised articulated tractor-trailer combination initiated by Dutch international food producer, Vion NV of Boxtel, The Netherlands, started trials on German roads in mid-March with expectations of reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by 8%.

Nooteboom Trailers BV of Nieuweweg, Netherlands has expanded its SMART programme with the new OSDS-48-03V(EBW) extendible lightweight semi low loader with wheel wells. This 3-axle extendible lightweight low loader semi-trailer with self-tracking axle has a payload of up to 39 tonnes at 80 km/h. By applying a new concept of this semi low loader with 4,750mm extendable loading floor, a very low deadweight of only 8,700kg has been achieved.

Broshuis BV, the Overijssel-based manufacturer of trailers for specialist heavy haulage applications, has developed a range of ‘blade’ trailers to meet the challenges of transporting wind turbine blades.