The Office for Traffic Commissioners is reminding operators that revised versions of its statutory documents take effect from 1 January 2017.
Price Express Transport has taken delivery of its first Mercedes-Benz trucks – a 12-tonne Atego and an 18-tonne Antos – and is reporting lower operating costs and enhanced dealer service levels.
Rigids
Oxford-based WheelRight’s tyre monitoring technology is being used as part of a US ‘highway of the future’ project.
Tyres & Retreads
Renault Trucks has introduced an Anti-Runaway Automated Park Brake (Anti-RAPB), available as an update to all Range T, C and K models with electronic park brakes.
Braking Systems
Waste management company Alpha Logic has taken delivery of its first refuse truck – a Mercedes-Benz Econic – to provide a direct trade waste service.
Municipal Vehicles
Catering industry oil supplier Proper Oils has taken delivery of its third bespoke-bodied 8.55-tonne Fuso Canter, after the first two – delivered earlier this year – proved ideal for boosting business...
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Chinese bus manufacturer BYD has won Italy’s first public tender for pure electric buses, and will deliver 19 e-buses in a deal said to be worth over €10 million.
Electric Vehicles
Nottingham City Council (NCC) has launched a fleet of 13 BYD advanced pure electric 12m ebuses, along with associated charging equipment – the first such fleet to go into operation in the UK outside...
Electric Vehicles
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust is reporting increased fleet uptime and lower costs since contracting its 19-strong fleet to Fraikin.
Finance & Leasing
Vehicle finance and leasing firms must do more to protect fair competition in the haulage industry. That’s the call from traffic commissioner Kevin Rooney, who has refused to return an impounded...
Standards & Practices
High-end kitchen appliance supplier Sub Zero & Wolf UK has taken delivery of three new top-spec Iveco Eurocargos, making its 18-strong fleet now 100% Iveco.
Rigids
Thomas Hemmerich has been named as Simon Elliott’s successor and will take over as managing director of MAN Truck & Bus UK from 1 February.
People