The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has launched two training courses for van operators.
Driver / People Management
Bus giant First Aberdeen has set a new recycling record, with 86% of its entire waste now being recycled.
Waste Management
In a bid to secure consistent and competitive tyre pricing nationwide for its truck and trailer fleet, haulier HB Holt & Sons has appointed ATS Euromaster.
Tyres & Retreads
F Edmondson & Sons has just stood down one of its first Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks after 14 years and more than a million kilometres.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Ecolution – the Scania service aimed at enabling operators to improve transport economy and operational efficiency for their fleets – is now available in the UK.
Green Vehicles
Barloworld Handling has announced an investment of £3million in 150 new Hyster forklift trucks for its short-term hire fleet.
Forklift Trucks
A Volvo FM road sweeper, equipped with a Globetrotter cab and a host of driver amenities, has entered service with Brooking Hire.
Municipal Vehicles
Commercial vehicle hire firm Alltruck has added 12 Iveco Stralis Active Space Super tractor units to its rental fleet.
Tractor Units
First has revealed that 260 of its bus and coach employees around the UK have been taken through the irtec (Institute of Road Transport Engineers Certification) engineer licensing scheme.
Irtec
Grocery distribution firm Lenham Storage has joined the government-backed longer semi-trailers trial in a bid to deliver efficiencies and cost savings.
Longer Semi-Trailers
Steel stockholder Cumberland Reinforcements recently ordered another Isuzu 3.5 tonne Grafter, following two years' good experience running Isuzu trucks at both 18 tonnes and 7.5 tonnes.
Flatbed
Ashwoods Automotive has delivered its first hybrid minibus in England – a 17-seat vehicle built on a Ford Transit chassis for Bluebird Tours.
Bus & Coach