Features

Progression a key component of company's triumph
Moyle Transport has been involved in the transfer of goods in Northern Ireland over the last thirty years. Developing new ideas and remaining in touch with the haulage industry has been an important part of its success reports Cian O Raghallaigh.

Specialist knowledge provided by Wastetec Waste Management Equipment
Wastetec Waste Management Equipment has been working with Murco Petroleum Ltd for over 5 years, servicing and repairing a specialist fleet of Petroleum Tractor units and trailers.

Heil Customer Days prove a huge success
Heil Europe, the UK‚s leading refuse collection vehicle manufacturer has recently held two Customer Days for the Southern region of their sales base.

GE Tankers displays its volume with a new KiloWhale
GE TIP Tanker Services, the specialist tanker hire division of GE Equipment Services will be taking delivery of a new High Volume JetVac KiloWhale, built by Whale Tankers.  The unit mounted on 6x4 Volvo FM 300 tipping chassis will be displayed at this year‚s CIWM Show in Torbay in June.

Siblings blending well in managing mixers
Danielle and Caol McIvor were presented with a daunting task when their parents decided to take a backseat in the family mixing business, Eurotruckmixers Ltd., but they have risen to the responsibility of being in charge.

JGM goes from strength to strength
Bulk transport is an area in the haulage industry that relies on certain few products to be transported and one such firm, JGM Transport have cornered the animal feeds and coal market.

GE TIP Tankers to add more for the waste market
GE TIP Tanker Services, the specialist tanker hire division of GE Equipment Services, have ordered six new High Volume JetVac units from Whale Tankers to be delivered for August 2006.

GE TIP Tankers pave the way with more street cleansing tankers
GE TIP Tanker Services, the specialist tanker hire division of GE Equipment Services, have continued in its municipal expansion with the introduction of 15 (fifteen) new Medium Volume Combinations (MVC’s) Gully Whales.

GE to bring stability, experience and choice to municipal hire market
Over the last 18 months GE (General Electric) has massively invested in municipal, street cleansing and waste vacuum tankers through its specialist tanker hire division TIP Tanker Services.

Heil win five year maintenance contract
Heil Europe have recently supplied Runnymede Borough Council with eight new vehicles on a five year maintenance and servicing program.

GE TIP Tankers continues to invest in their municipal and waste tanker service
GE TIP Tanker Services, the specialist tanker hire division of GE Equipment Services, have just taken delivery of the seven new High Volume JetVac units from Whale Tankers.

On the Horizon
Horizon Environmental has created quite an impact in the liquid waste management sector since its inception in 2003. Director Seamus O’Dalaigh reviewed the company’s “raison d’etre” with Irish Trucker.

New Crossland water tanker for Northern Ireland Rescue Service
Northern Ireland Rescue Service has recently taken delivery of its second Crossland Water Tanker which has been introduced to manage new requirements and regulations.

The Kings of storage
Many companies often like to branch out into other areas of business to help supplement their income, but not many can rival the Terry King Group.

Morrey Oils gets two tanks in one!
Morrey Oils has taken delivery of yet another Crossland tanker, one of eight new tankers purchased in the last two years to enter its expanding fleet of latest specification vehicles.

Haartz Tanker
Haartz Tanker Rental has recently purchased a fleet of eleven Heil tankers to provide short term support to customers.

GE TIP chooses WHALE
GE TIP Tanker Services, the specialist tanker hire division of GE Equipment Services has taken delivery of the first batch of 20 new medium volume combinations GullyWhales and high volume JetVac’s units ordered from Whale Tankers.

Crossland experience is major factor for Furlong Mills
Furlong Mills, suppliers of processed and blended raw materials to the pottery industry since 1842, has taken delivery of a two compartment 10,000 litre stainless steel tank for delivering clay slip from its factory in Stoke-On-Trent.

C&H Quickmix
The strikingly livered fleet of C&H Quickmix, instantly recognisable in East Anglia, has added a further Kel-Berg truckmixer to its fleet.

Calor Gas - A legacy of safety
Despite intense competition in its market segment, Calor is Ireland’s leading supplier of LPG, servicing residential, industrial, commercial and agricultural customers throughout the island. IRISH TRUCKER hooked up with operations director Tom O’Carroll to find out how the company maintains such an exemplary health & safety record.

Colfix chooses Crossland
Colfix has taken delivery of eight new Crossland tankers to haul its Bitumen and Emulsion products throughout Ireland.

The stakes are high
Stakeholders, including the haulage industry had until the end of January to make a submission to the Department of Transport on whether it is necessary to introduce a maximum height limit for HGVs.

Lawrence of Tralee
When it comes to trailer repairs and maintenance in the Munster region, Michael Lawrence of Irish Truck & Trailer Co. Ltd has few peers. John Loughran reports.

Galway's Greenest
Evergreen Fields Ltd t/a SmythÕs Transport based in Dunmore in Co. Galway has been in the organic waste disposal business for the past 20 years.

Falkland Haulage bulk up
Falkland Haulage UK Ltd a long established Berkshire tipper operator has added to their fleet from Oxfordshire based Kel-Berg Trailers and Trucks a new Kel-Berg bulk tipping trailer.

Toppled cement tanker causes havoc in Limerick
Traffic in Limerick city was thrown into turmoil on Tuesday (April 26) when a bulk cement tanker toppled over on the approach to Shannon Bridge.

Light weight means more litres - one free delivery a week from DAF-Heil combination
The weight saving from combining DAFs low-weight FTP CF85 tractor unit with Heil’s new Evolution ultra light-weight tank semi-trailer offers a significant productivity gain in bulk fuel delivery.

Arla purchases 16 Crossland Tankers
Arla foods UK plc, the UK’s leading dairy company has recently purchased 16 new 28,000 litre farm collection tankers from Crossland Tankers.

Gregory Distribution invests in health and safety with the help of Crossland Tankers
Gregory Distribution Ltd, one of the UK’s most successful regional distribution companies, is continuing to ensure the health and safety of its staff by investing in 20 new milk reload tankers with low-level manways.

GE delivers Tip Tankers for Dairy cooperative fleet renewal
Dairy Farmers of Britain have recently taken delivery of 19 32 tonne, 20,500 litre capacity stainless steel milk collection trucks which have been supplied by GE Equipment Services, TIP Tanker Services for leading milk distributor Lloyd Fraser (Bulk Liquids) Limited.

Heil signs agreement with Formula International
Heil Trailer International has developed rental agreement with Formula International.

Gardai still searching for fuel tanker
Gardai are still searching for a fuel tanker, which left a 35-mile trail of diesel from the south Tipperary town of Bansha all the way to Callan in Co. Kilkenny.

Oil tanker spill causes chaos
An oil tanker shed its load over a distance of 40 miles from Clonmel to Carrick-on-Suir on Thursday (March 24), causing at least a dozen minor accidents in the process.

Texaco chooses Heil
Leading road tanker manufacturer, Heil Trailer International, has recently supplied Texaco Ireland with eight new petroleum semi trailer tankers,which will be used to deliver fuel products throughout the Republic.

Road Tankers makes its mark
Road Tankers Armagh has developed an enviable reputation for the manufacture of high quality truck-mounted fuel tanks since its inception in 2001. Co-owner John Brannigan gave John Loughran an insight into the company's operations.

Calor chooses PM
Following a number of years of extensive research and development Calor, the UK’s leading supplier of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG), and PM Onboard Ltd have announced the successful completion of a project which will revolutionise the way LPG is accurately delivered.

Wessex Petroleum Ltd an ESSO branded distributor achieves maximum volume deliveries with Heil Trailer
Wessex Petroleum Ltd, located in Southampton, has recently taken delivery of a new Triaxle Semi Trailer tanker which has been supplied by Bilston based Heil Trailer International to deliver fuel to commercial, agricultural an marine customers.

Mighty Kilowhale for Holford Contracts
Whale Tankers has designed and built an exceptionally highly specified High Volume KiloWhale JetVac tanker with an overhead boom for Staffordshire based Holford Contracts.

Crossland Tankers keeps promise
When Northern Ireland-based Crossland Tankers, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of road tankers, took over Burnley-based Massey Tankers earlier this year, Crossland promised “significant additions” to Burnley’s production capability. Crossland is currently fulfilling this promise having recently acquired a six metre seam welder and a six metre wide plate roller for the factory in Burnley.

SJ Bargh plumps for Crossland Tankers
Caton-based SJ Bargh Limited, the largest independent milk haulier in the North West of England has recently taken delivery of two new farm collection tankers from Crossland Tankers, with two more to be delivered in October.

Heller chooses Crossland
Joseph Heller, a Nantwich based cheese producer founded in 1957, has just taken delivery of a new 20,500 litre rigid farm collection tanker from Crossland Tankers.

New Crossland ADR GP tankers for Brit European
Brit European Transport, one of the best known road haulage, distribution and warehousing companies in Europe, has just taken delivery of two new 30,000 litre ADR GP tankers from Crossland Tankers.

Whale Tankers in great shape
A new, fully equipped £1 million factory extension is enabling Whale Tankers to make tanker bodies faster and to even higher standards.

Another order for Crossland Tankers
Hereford & Worcester Fire Brigade has taken delivery of a new 9,500 litre water tanker from Crossland Tankers. A second tanker will be delivered in early October.

Clayton wins prestigious award
Clayton Commercials were the winners in the tanker category at the 2002 Commercial Motors Trailer of the Year Awards ceremony, which was held at the National Motorcycle Exhibition, Birmingham.