North Lincolnshire Council and vehicle tracking firm Masternaut Three X have developed a web-based telematics system that, they say, is increasing refuse collection and gulley cleansing performance.
Telematics
Total UK is now offering AdBlue HGV additives from a pump dispenser on five of its UK forecourts.
Fuel Pricing
MAN is supplying 14 new TGX 26.440 full-air 6x2 rigids to temporary access system supplier Eve.
Rigids
Optare, which recently reported an eur13 million contract to supply 66 hybrid buses to Greater Manchester, has now confirmed the repair and maintenance contract.
Bus & Coach
The first two Volvo narrow-track fuel tankers in the UK capable of carrying 11,000-litres have been successfully plying their trade with Tincknell Fuels of Wells in Somerset.
Tankers
GITI Tire (UK) has gone on record, saying that it was "extremely pleased" with the Commercial Vehicle Operator show.
Tyres & Retreads
Keltruck displayed three vintage Scanias at the 'Help for Heroes' Action Day at Throckmorton Airfield, Pershore, last Sunday (13 June), as part of the Throckmorton Air Show.
Emergency Service Vehicles
Distribution firm Hickmans of Kidderminster says its new Mercedes-Benz trucks – the first it's bought for 27 years – were acquired for the brand's reliability and after sales support.
Tractor Units
Larger vans and minibuses are likely to be included in London's Low Emission Zone restrictions by January 2012, with the statutory public consultation now underway and due to close on 28 June.
Social / Corporate Responsibility
Coca-Cola Enterprises has begun trials of a 21-tonner truck fitted with an aerodynamic Bevan21 fast access curtainslider body.
Rigids
Central Auto Supplies (CAS – a founder member of the UK Parts Alliance) has taken delivery of a major Citroën LCV order that, it says, is aimed at improving the fuel efficiency and emissions of its...
Fuel Pricing
HomeServe, which provides mobile emergency plumbing services, is buying a fleet of Euro 5 Mercedes-Benz Sprinters, after a demonstrator beat its competitor in fuel trials.
Light Commercial Vehicles