The owner of a pallet firm will be disqualified from running vehicles and lose his transport licence from 11 August, after he was found to have been “self-serving” and showed continued ignorance of...
Driver CPC
Roofing business Proteus Waterproofing has taken delivery of its first fleet vehicle, a Renault Range C rear-steer rigid, citing the dealer’s service and ability to customise the truck’s...
Rigids
Aggregates and bulk haulage firm Lime Logistics has taken delivery of its first lower cab Mercedes-Benz Arocs and says it will “definitely be going for the reduced height version” in the future.
Rigids
Wetherby-based Suttle Transport Services has acquired three lifting, sliding-roof Krone Profi Liner curtainsiders to carry its diverse high-cube loads.
Trailers
Anglian Water says it is expecting the implementation of Jaama’s Key2 software to be “a game-changer” for the management of its entire fleet, including 100 HGVs, 1,800 vans and seven workshops.
Driver / People Management
Plant hire business CBL has renewed its fleet with 11 Iveco Stralis rigids and four Daily Hi-Matic light commercials, after a seed Stralis “delivered on all fronts” during its first year in operation.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Carrier Transicold Glasgow has taken top spot in the 2017 Carrier Safe awards, scoring a near-perfect 98% in the organisation’s health and safety programme.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Dealer Sandown Mercedes-Benz is using Maxoptra routing and scheduling software linked to in-cab telematics and navigation to boost efficiency and improve customer service.
Telematics
Asset Alliance has launched a new vehicle hire division, called Total Traffic Management, after signing a £3m deal with bodybuilder Martin Williams for 170 specialist vehicles.
Finance & Leasing
Asset and energy service provider Lakehouse has signed a deal with Teletrac Navman to implement the Director fleet management solution for its fleet.
Fleet Management Systems
Fleet managers are being urged to encourage drivers to discuss work-related stress and anxiety.
Driver CPC
Logistics-to-agricultural-product supplier WCF has a new fleet of Mercedes-Benz Actros tractors fitted with Fleetboard telematics, which the operator says is “the icing on the cake”.
Telematics