Biffa has taken delivery of 43 new refuse collection vehicles, by Dennis Eagle, for a waste and recycling contract in East Sussex.
Municipal Vehicles
Widnes, Cheshire-based logistics business Suttons International has supplied a tank container to Border Force, the Home Office law enforcement agency.
Tankers
Protean Electric has developed an electric ‘corner module’ concept to integrate powertrain, steering and suspension technologies within a single product, and says this will help next-generation urban...
Axles
A driver for Wilkin & Sons says he was “blown away” by the emergency braking system on his Mercedes-Benz Actros, when the system activated to prevent the vehicle hitting a pedestrian.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Bus operator Abellio is launching its first fleet of electric buses in London next year, and will be partnering with Zenobe Energy for battery management.
Electric Vehicles
Bunzl Catering Supplies, supplier of non-food consumables to the catering and hospitality sector, has appointed Prohire to supply and manage its 110-strong fleet of delivery vehicles operating from...
Finance & Leasing
Staffordshire-based Hawkins Logistics has put three new Volvo FH-500 tractor units into service, with different powertrain options which the operator is testing for performance and fuel economy.
Engine/Transmission Management
Waste management business Biffa has deployed ten new Isuzu 3.5-tonne Grafter Green trucks on the streets of London and Manchester this summer, working in the operator’s industrial and municipal...
Rigids
VMS Fleet Management is taking delivery of 37 Isuzu dual-compartment refrigerated 7.5-tonne rigids for its rental division, VMS Vehicle Hire, in a deal said to be worth over £2 million.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
SB Components, Priden Engineering and McPhee Mixers are collaborating under a new umbrella group to provide engineering solutions to the commercial and industrial vehicle sector.
Concrete Mixers
Hampshire-based John Stacey & Sons has specified Thompsons Loadmaster bodies with AutoLift tailgates for all eight of its recent tipper fleet additions.
Tippers
CML Fulfilment & Logistics, a division of the Culina Group, has taken delivery of 20 of Carrier Transicold’s latest trailer refrigeration unit, the Vector HE 19.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles