Universal Tanker Group has taken the first of 38 new Volvo FMX rigid trucks that are set to join its fleet throughout the next 12 months.
Truck Efficiency
CheckedSafe, UK vehicle compliance and fleet management system, has recently become a partner of the free-to-access and government-backed Driving For Better Business scheme.
Operator Compliance Risk Score
Transport specialist Glasgow Car Movers is using a 6x2 rigid truck paired with a drawbar transporter trailer from Fraikin that can carry 10 vehicles at a time.
Truck Efficiency
Best UK Transport is now using a second eight-wheeled Mercedes-Benz Econic concrete mixer to operate in and around London.
Concrete MixersThree companies have been fined by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in November after two separate incidents involving unloading trailers resulted in fatal injuries.
Loading/Unloading Equipment
Turbine Commercials has replaced its brake testers with Maha’s MBT 7250 Eurosystem, a solution that is said to measure brake system performance accurately.
Brakes & Braking Systems
Parcel delivery company DPD has completed a series of engineering tests with the full-electric Volta Zero, as part of wider beta trials for the new, 16-tonne vehicle.
Electric Vehicles
The Go-Ahead Group has agreed to buy Dartline, a bus and coach operator based in Exeter, which will build on the group’s position as a leading local transport operator in Devon and Cornwall.
Bus & CoachThere is a possibility that the urea injection system will not function as required by regulations in low ambient temperature. Remedy: replace the urea reservoir tank assembly. Number affected: 268. Manufacturer reference: CI22-034 – XFB37. Vehicle IDs: YARVEEHTMGZ193200 - YARVAYHVMGZ204274.
Recalls
The major German trade show IAA is usually seen as indicating the future direction of the industry, though when exactly those developments will reach these right-hand drive shores is a moot point.
Alternative Fuels
Consolidation among commercial vehicle suppliers is leading to a shorter supply chain. Is that a good thing or not, asks Richard Simpson
Brakes & Braking Systems
As the commercial vehicle sector moves increasingly towards electrification, electric power steering technology is going to become more important, as was seen at IAA Transportation, writes Dan Parton
Steering Systems