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10/11/2020
Rivus Fleet Solutions (formerly BT Fleet) and CPL (Cumberland Platforms Limited) have set up a new partnership to provide a service infrastructure network for owners of CPL’s cherry-picker equipment.
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09/11/2020
A partnership between Hiab and Nugent Trailer has seen mushroom grower Connetts Farm benefit from a new electric-powered crane installed on a trailer with solar-charging ability.
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09/11/2020
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Fleet managers in the south-east London borough of Lewisham returned to Mercedes-Benz Dealer Orwell Truck & Van with a second major order to complete its waste collection and recycling vehicle replacement programme.
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06/11/2020
The latest vehicle to join National Museums Liverpool is the organisation’s first-ever Isuzu 7.5 tonne rigid.
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06/11/2020
Lorry tension curtain supplier Structure-flex has launched the Adaico Ada-Slider reinforced sliding curtain.
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05/11/2020
Third-party logistics firm Wincanton has agreed to sell its UK commercial vehicle repair and maintenance company subsidiary Wincanton Pullman Fleet Services Limited to asset management firm Aurelius Investments.
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05/11/2020
Next year, hauliers in Europe will be able to order all-electric versions of Volvo's heavy-duty trucks; volume production will start in 2022.
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04/11/2020
Rotala plc has rolled out a Freeway fleet management system across its Preston Bus, Hallmark Connections and two Diamond Bus operations.
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04/11/2020
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Wrightbus has signed a new contract with French battery supplier Forsee Power, which has supplied the Northern Ireland-based manufacturer since 2013.
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03/11/2020
Diesel particulate filter (DPF) cleaning and refurbishment service provider Ceramex has more than doubled its operating capacity with the opening of a new facility in Reading, which will be able to process more than 2,500 DPFs per week.
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03/11/2020
The Yorkshire council has bought into a service that enables fleet managers to have access to real-time data in one easy-to-use interface, such as vehicle location, driver performance, idling time and fuel usage.
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03/11/2020
Digital 2000 has formed a new business along with the rebrand of its fleet and workshop management system, CheckPro. The new business is called Asset Go Solutions and its software product AssetGo.
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02/11/2020
Dack Motor Group is celebrating the opening of its new van workshop at its headquarters in Lincoln, which is servicing over 500 vans a month and growing.
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30/10/2020
Tests of a full-electric rigid urban truck prototype developed in 2019 by Spanish bus and coachbuilder Irizar and Spanish waste management firm FCC Medi Ambiente are to begin in Badajoz, a city in southwestern Spain.
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30/10/2020
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A transport company has been fined after a worker was fatally injured when the pallet of stone tiles he was attempting to deliver fell onto him.
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29/10/2020
One of the UK’s specialist collectors of surplus food product has strengthened its operations after investing in a MULTILIFT hooklift trailer
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29/10/2020
Law firm PGMBM (Pogust, Goodhead, Mousinho, Bianchini & Martins, formerly SPG Law) has issued a case in the High Court of Justice against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles that also implicates IVECO trucks over diesel emissions defeat devices.
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28/10/2020
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Following new Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance published in August, H&S consultancy Inspire International offers advice to commercial vehicle dealerships about the risks of hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) caused by prolonged ...
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28/10/2020
Tipper bodybuilder Thompsons has announced a range of new appointments, the most significant of which being key staff positions at its factory at Kirkliston near Edinburgh.
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28/10/2020
Vehicle converter Fleet Service Ltd has delivered what it called the UK’s first full-electric cash vehicle, based on a Nissan e-NV200 panel van.
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27/10/2020
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Wincanton’s construction operations received its first 14 new-generation Actros models from East Anglia dealer Orwell Truck & Van, a supplier to Britain’s largest third-party logistics company for more than 10 years.
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27/10/2020
The two German trailer makers have opened their standard telematics interfaces to each other to help customers with mixed fleets.
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26/10/2020
The battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eActros truck is now being used by the chocolate manufacturer Alfred Ritter GmbH to run between its production site in Waldenbuch near Stuttgart and a warehouse in Dettenhausen 7km away, as well as a ...
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26/10/2020
MAN Truck & Bus has announced an electric and hydrogen roadmap. The company is entering into several partnerships for this purpose.
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23/10/2020
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The first two Enviro500 buses have been unveiled by Berlin bus operator Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (“BVG”), ahead of a new fleet of double deckers for the transport operator of Berlin, Germany.
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