The third generation of Haldex's Fleet+ system, which analyses the condition of trailer tyres, chassis and axles, has won the Smart Trailer category at the Trailer Innovation Awards 2013.
Diagnostic Equipment
A fleet of Mercedes-Benz New Actros trucks is already beating previous average fuel returns by a full two miles per gallon for Ken Mallinson & Sons.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
The Commercial Vehicle Forum 2012, which takes place at the IMechE in London on 15 November, aims to review key transport industry issues, including the challenges of new legislation, skills and operators' uptake of new technologies aimed at improving performance, emissions and economy.
Fleet Operating Costs
Tanker operator BP McKeefry has introduced an interesting purpose-built tanker combination to its Basingstoke fleet, for operation in inner London.
Municipal Vehicles
Former commons chief whip Patrick McLoughlin is the new Secretary of State for Transport, following the departure of Justine Greening in the recent Cabinet reshuffle.
PeopleTemperature-controlled truck bodies by Gray & Adams have been fitted to Pilgrim Foodservice's latest fleet additions. But that's only part of the story.
Rigids
So it's all change again at the DfT, with Patrick McLoughlin the new Transport Secretary, replacing Justine Greening, who leaves after just 10 months. Word is that her intransigence over Heathrow was too much for business-friendly George Osborne.
Longer Semi-Trailers
As diesel-electric hybrid buses move beyond trials and into the mainstream, new diesel-mechanical (flywheel) hybrids are offering another way. Time to reassess, writes Brian Tinham
Electric Vehicles
Animal feeds manufacturer Wynnstay has added three new Volvo FM11-410 tridem eight-wheelers to its fleet of 80 LGVs – its first Volvos for 12 years.
Rigids
Steel haulage specialist Randall Barber Transport reckons it's saving eight pence per kilometre per tyre since using Continental – with each tyre travelling up to 10,000km further, compared against the fleet's previous tyre brand.
Tyres & Retreads
West Yorkshire-based logistics firm Brian Yeardley Continental has taken delivery of its first Schmitz Cargobull trailer – a Mega Euroliner – as part of a benchmarking exercise against its existing trailer fleet.
Trailers