Global logistics operator Suttons Group has improved maintenance administration for its fleet of 500 vehicles and 1,000 trailers in the UK, after installing a solution from Freeway.
Fleet Management Systems
Volvo Buses has announced that it has passed the 3,000 mark for global sales of its hybrid, electric hybrid and all-electric buses – with the UK accounting for almost half of this total.
Electric Vehicles
Staffordshire-based RJK Logistics has taken delivery of three MAN tippers, delivered ‘road-ready’ from the manufacturer’s Trucks to Go offering.
Tippers
LPG distributor Flogas has taken delivery of six 7.5-tonne Isuzu N75.190 trucks, increasing its fleet of Isuzu vehicles to 10% of the 500-strong fleet, delivering bottled propane and butane gas across...
Rigids
The Road Haulage Association is calling for a major overhaul of the operator licensing system, urging the government to audit all HGV operators.
O Licence
Birmingham-based On Point Logistics has expanded its all-Mercedes fleet with a new 26-tonne Mercedes-Benz Actros with steering tag axle.
Rigids
Retailer Iceland has placed an order for 79 Renault Range T tractors, and has appointed two Renault dealers to run its vehicle maintenance units (VMUs) in Enfield and Swindon.
Tractor Units
Aggregate and recycling business JSH has taken delivery of two 32-tonne Renault Range Cs, citing exceptional reliability and highly competitive cost of ownership as reasons for the deal.
Rigids
Sureway Express Transport has taken delivery of four Volvo FH tractors – its first new Volvo vehicles for five years.
Tractor Units
Iveco’s Stralis NP, the first natural gas truck for long-haul operations, has beaten four rivals from a range of industries to clinch the award for ‘project of the year’ at the European Gas Awards of...
Alternative Fuels
Europe’s largest zero-emission hydrogen bus project was launched earlier this week (25 January) in Cologne, Germany, with the €125m scheme set to deliver 144 hydrogon fuel cell buses and seven large...
Alternative FuelsInternational Diesel Service (IDS) – part of Kuwait Petroleum International – has upgraded its fuel management solution, iAccount, describing it as “the most technologically advanced solution of its...
Fleet Management Systems