Volvo Trucks has begun 2013 with a multi-media marketing campaign that aims to "showcase the company's user-friendly suite of solutions" available for operators to maintain 'O' licence compliance and...
Driver / People Management
Hertz, ATS Euromaster and Route Monkey have become industry partners of the Freight Transport Association (FTA)-backed Van Excellence scheme.
Road Legal
Nissan has delivered 138 of its Primastar vans to bolster British Gas' service fleet – 80 for the home services division and the remaining 58 for its business services.
Panel VansStuarts Truck & Bus, in Plymouth, has become the 300th ATF (authorised testing facility) and has been presented with a certificate from VOSA (the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency) to prove it.
VOSA Testing
KBC Logistics is expanding its use of GreenRoad driver performance management systems to cover its entire fleet following the success of a trial on 20 HGVs last summer .
Telematics
MC Truck and Bus has stuck with Stertil Koni vehicle lifts, replacing 19 sets of cabled, mobile column lifts with the company's latest 8.2-tonne wireless versions, type ST1082FWF-4.
Lifting Equipment
Andrew Wilkinson, who owns H2O Cleaning Contractors in Lincoln, is the first to take delivery of a Ford Transit Custom, buying it from Evans Halshaw Ford and driving it away the same day.
Panel Vans
Tippers bodybuilder Thompsons has started 2013 with a new range of demountable bodies, aimed at 6x4 and 8x4 trucks working in site clearance, scrap metal, waste and recycling.
Municipal Vehicles
Figures released yesterday (7 January 2013) confirm that Vauxhall has retained its place at the top of the commercial vehicle sales stats for retail customers.
Car Derived Vans
Commercial vehicle hire company BRS has won a contract that sees Trans Haul Europe taking the first Renault trucks into its 30-strong mixed fleet of Scania, Iveco, Volvo and DAF tractor units.
Rigids
A 12-tonne DAF LF45 in the Pollock (Scotstran) vehicle fleet is proving to be as flexible as a 7.5 tonner, says the Scottish operator, but with the advantage of carrying more than twice the payload.
Rigids
Burton Upon Trent independent fleet company CBVC Vehicle Management has signed ATS Euromaster to support customers' tyre management.
Tyres & Retreads