Northamptonshire-based Panther Warehousing has taken delivery of 23 MAN TGX Efficientline2 tractors, after a trial vehicle revealed potential annual fuel savings of more than £6,000 per truck.
Tractor Units
Nestlé has taken delivery of 70 new trailers fitted with the Traxx vehicle graphics system from RGVA.
Trailers
LWC Drinks has taken delivery of three low-height Mercedes-Benz Antos rigids, part of a seven-strong vehicle order.
Rigids
New van registrations fell by 4.5% last month, compared with October 2015, but sales for the year to date are the highest on record, at more than 318,000 vehicles.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Commercial bee-keeper Woldgate Honey has taken delivery of three Mercedes-Benz Unimog trucks, citing their versatility and off-road capability as key to the decision.
Off Roaders
McQueens Dairies has ordered for 80 VW Transporter dropside vans as part of a strategy to replace its mixed fleet of 100 vehicles.
Light Commercial Vehicles
DAF dealership Ford & Slater has opened a new flagship TRP (Truck Related Parts) parts store on the site of its customer, FW Abbott, at Kettering Business Park.
Vehicle Parts
Operators and transport managers must be extra vigilant for drivers who are using more than one card to hide excessive driving.
Driver / People Management
The RHA (Road Haulage Association ) has welcomed the announcement of a new funding package for Trailblazer apprenticeships from April 2017, calling it “a game-changer”.
Apprenticeships
‘Clean cold’ technology business Dearman has won two prizes at the Innovate UK SME Innovation Awards, held this week (25 October) at the Houses of Parliament.
Alternative Fuels
ATS Euromaster has announced a new health and safety programme, designed to drive home the benefits of health and safety to technicians and to customers.
Health & Safety Legislation
Fresh meat transporter Whites Transport Services has taken delivery of 10 Chereau single-deck trailers fitted with Carrier Transicold Vector 1950 systems, for use on its non-stop European express...
Temperature Controlled Vehicles