PDQ Specialist Courier Services is now running a Mercedes-only vans and truck fleet, since acquiring another seven vehicles all fitted with Carrier Transicold refrigeration and Seven Telematics...
Telematics
Rochester-based Alltask is switching to Mercedes-Benz Vans from dealer Sparshatts of Kent, having acquired three more Citan Dualiners with two rows of seats – bringing its total to 15 of Mercedes’...
Car Derived Vans
Glenn Saint, formerly deputy CEO at bus manufacturer Optare, has emerged as technical director at new venture Charge R&D – and is promising a “revolutionary range extended electric truck and bus...
Alternative Fuels
Bridgestone has scooped the Tyre Manufacturer of the Year award as well as the Industry Marketing Campaign of the Year prize in the National Tyre Distributors Association’s 2015 Tyre Industry Awards.
Tyres & Retreads
DAF is the first truck manufacturer to approve Goodyear’s new Ultra Grip Max truck winter tyres as factory-fit options.
Tyres & Retreads
Chartrange has taken delivery of its first Volvo trucks – three Volvo FMX 8x4 tippers with 15m3 Boweld Taperlite HD tipper bodies – and is achieving 19.5 tonne payloads.
Tippers
Since 1 October 2015, it has become illegal to smoke in vehicles where children (under 18 years-old) are present, and Mercedes-Benz is reminding owner drivers and operators that the van includes vans....
Health & Safety Legislation
A safety system thaqt automatically applies handbrakes if drivers forget and attempt to leave their vehicles – launched at the RWM Show (15-17 September, NEC, Birmingham) – has been successfully...
Braking Systems
The RHA (Road Haulage Association) is giving delegates at this year’s Conservative Party Conference a chance to test their truck driving skills on a simulator.
Driver / People Management
Telematics specialist Masternaut and vehicle cameras company SmartWitness have entered into a ‘strategic partnership’ to integrate their respective technologies.
Telematics
Prospect Coaches, which operates vehicles out of the West Midlands, has qcquired the 12.9-metre Irizar i6 being shown at last week’s Coach and Bus Live Show (30 September to 1 October, NEC,...
Bus & Coach
Duncan Adams, one of the largest privately-held transport and distribution companies in Scotland, has upgraded its fuelling management control, with a new system Cameron Forecourt.
Fuel Systems