An app version of Microlise SmartFlow management software is now included within the Mercedes-Benz Truck App Portal system, allowing Actros trucks to run it without extra hardware.
Truck Efficiency
Connected fleet data specialist VisionTrack has launched NARA (Notification, Analysis and Risk Assessment), a solution to help vehicle operators reduce road deaths and injuries.
Road Safety
Lincolnshire-based national grain marketing and arable inputs co-operative Openfield is taking the delivery of 36 sloper smoothsider tippers from Fruehauf as part of its expansion plans.
Tippers
French dealership Saga Mercedes-Benz has expanded into the UK through the acquisition of Kent-based Sparshatt Truck & Van.
Truck Efficiency
Alexander Dennis has announced enhancements to its AD24 Training Academy courses for apprentices with the aim of closing a widening skills gap.
Apprenticeships
The Go-Ahead Group has ordered 104 electric buses to operate in Oxford as part of a £30 million investment.
International logistics company DB Schenker is to add 100 electric trucks from MAN Truck & Bus to its fleet by 2026.
Truck Efficiency
Stertil Koni has supplied a recessed 20-tonne galvanised outdoor washbay Skylift and a 7-tonne four-post life for Grampian Continental’s new workshop in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Lifting Equipment
Voices in motor vehicle repair have partnered with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to warn of the dangers of working under vehicles without proper equipment.
Safety systems
Breakdown call centre specialist TNS 365 has strengthened a partnership with a company that is said to achieve a first-time fix rate of around 96 percent.
Tail Lifts
Axtec has installed two Dynamic Axle Weighbridges following a contract in which Rig Construction was appointed to refurbish Wiltshire Council’s depots in Warminster and Chippenham.
Trailers
Maintenance company Public Sewer Services has renewed its contract with Lightfoot, having saved more than £58,000 in fuel bills and reduced carbon dioxide by 102 tonnes.
Maintenance