Whitehead Building Services has taken delivery of 33 Mercedes-Benz Citan vans, following a swift and professional response to its tender by dealer Euro Commercials.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Controlled Power Technologies has invested £1 million to further industrialise its CO2 and NOx reduction capabilities for the global automotive and transport sectors.
Alternative Fuels
Ward Recycling has taken delivery of two Volvo FH-500 6x2 tractors, declaring them the ideal vehicle for fuel efficiency and performance.
Tractor Units
Taxi operator Blueline has taken delivery of 20 Euro 6 Vito 114 BlueTEC Tourers, after reporting good performance from 20 previous Vito models it acquired two years ago.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Haulier Fagan & Whalley is reporting “considerable savings” since a move to Continental tyres at its Coventry operation.
Tyres & Retreads
Fast freight business JJX Logistics has expanded its fleet with four Profi Liner curtainsiders from Krone.
Trailers
Transport Exchange Group says more than 300 transport businesses have joined its freight exchange platforms in the past three months, bringing the total number of active members to 4,000.
Fleet Management Systems
West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) has taken delivery of a high-spec Isuzu 7.5-tonne truck, which will be an incident command vehicle and replaces three other vehicles.
Emergency Service Vehicles
Todds Highway Maintenance has taken delivery of three lightweight half-pipe tipper trailers from Schmitz Cargobull to meet increased business demand.
Trailers
Clentons (Removals), of Walsall, will lose its operating licence this month, after a public inquiry at which the traffic commissioner described the firm’s MOT record as “appalling”.
Driver CPC
Plastows Coaches has taken delivery of a Euro 6 Volvo B11R coach, the first of this type that the Oxford-based operator has acquired but its 10th new Volvo vehicle.
Bus & Coach
Birmingham-based haulier Steve Benton Transport has signed a five-year exclusive deal with tyre manufacturer Goodyear, after seeing good results last year from trailers fitted with KMax tyres.
Tyres & Retreads