Logistic service provider AB Texel has put its 1,000th New Generation DAF into operations: a DAF XF 350 Electric, the ‘International Truck of the Year 2026’.

For the second consecutive year, the New Generation DAF XB has been awarded ‘TOP Light Truck’ by the leading transport magazine Transport a Logistika from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Bimson Haulage, the UK’s premier brick-and-block transport specialist, is taking delivery of 20 new DAF XG 530 ‘FAN’ 6x2 rear-steer drawbar trucks as part of a major fleet investment programme.

At the annual Fleet Transport Awards, the DAF XD with powerful yet economic PACCAR PX-7 engine has been crowned ‘Irish Distribution Truck of the Year 2026’ in the medium duty rigid class.

DAF Trucks was privileged this week to support Radius Group’s management of Norway’s gifted Trafalgar Square Christmas tree, supplying a zero-emissions DAF XF Electric 4x2 tractor unit for the final leg of the journey into London, operated by long‑standing delivery partner David Watson Transport.

DAF’s New Generation XD and XF Electric trucks have been awarded ‘International Truck of the Year 2026’.

Major DAF fleet operator, Turners (Soham) Ltd., has become one of the first DAF customers in the UK to take delivery of models from the market-leading truck manufacturer’s full range of vehicles.

DAF Trucks has revealed that all its 33 UK DAF Truck Sales Dealers have achieved Platinum status on the Maintenance Provision Rating Scheme (MPRS); the performance indicator initiative raising standards at workshops and maintenance facilities across the commercial vehicle industry.

Hamilton-based Yuill & Dodds has taken five DAF XG 530 tractor units supplied on a three-year contract hire deal, including full repair and maintenance, from Asset Alliance Group.