CE Electric UK, the company responsible for delivering electricity to more than 3.8 million properties across NE England, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire, has added four more MAN TGM trucks to its fleet.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Plant and skip hire specialist Shorts Group has taken delivery of a new DAF LF55 4x2 rigid, mounted with a bespoke plant body for transporting diggers, dumpers and access platforms, manufactured by Andover Trailers.
Trailers
Construction of the first Flybus hybrid prototype – aimed at demonstrating the viability of a cost-effective alternative to battery-hybrid buses – has begun, with test results due next year.
Gearboxes
Peterborough-based truck-mounted crane manufacturer HMF has launched a sales drive in the UK by unveiling two new loaders and appointing its first dealers.
Cranes
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Bus & Coach
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire-based agricultural and aggregate specialist Finedon Bulk Haulage has switched to a 100% Michelin policy, following a successful 12-month trial, which saw tyre longevity increase by 60%.
Tyres & Retreads
Balfour Beatty has decided to install Axtec on-board weighing systems as a standard on all its new 3.5-tonne vehicles.
Weighing Equipment
Allegedly notorious dangerous driving by 'white van man' may be on the wane, as tracking firm Masternaut reports 70,000 vehicles now in its sights on UK roads.
Telematics
Ocado, the online supermarket home delivery firm, is currently trialling two Isuzu Forward N-series electric five-tonne light trucks in London's White City area.
Light Commercial Vehicles
A deal to supply 25 Volvo FH-500 tractor units has been signed by the Swedish manufacturer and Currie European Transport.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
SDC Trailers has completed structural testing on a curtainsider and boxvan trailer to EN12642XL, meaning that it can now offer certified strengthened body structures up to an internal height of 3.2m.
Trailers