Textar brand owner TMD Friction has awarded some of its key customers special status as an approved commercial vehicle brake relining centre, in the first-of-a-kind accreditation by the braking friction specialist.
Brakes & Braking Systems
SICK has developed the flexLock, an RFID-monitored safety lock with a 180° actuation radius, creating a versatile protective device for safe locking of doors, flaps and gates. The SICK flexLock has been designed with a high locking force to achieve a performance level up to PLe/SIL3, all in a rounded, slim, and rugged housing.
Safety systems
The Joint Approvals Unit for Periodic Training (JAUPT) is to bring its functions in-house to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).
Driver CPC
Ainscough Crane Hire has recently invested in its fleet with the addition of 18 new single-fuel-tank Scania trucks.
Tractor Units
VEHICLES AS ASSETS
An annual survey of 360 asset managers across industry, including a sector labelled transport and storage, with 24 respondents, provides some food for thought. (For more details about the 2021 Ultimo EAM Trend Report conducted for the software provider, see www.is.gd/buyaxe.)
Zenobē is to fund the batteries for 41 electric buses in Scotland as part of an extended partnership with bus operator McGill.
Bus & Coach
A Birmingham-based steel stockholder has become one of the first customers in Britain for a vehicle from the latest FUSO Canter light truck range.
Rigids
Transport managers are personally responsible for making sure operators follow the obligations of their licence. Although not an easy role by any means, it can be a very satisfying one, as three IRTE fleet engineer of the year awardees tell Will Dalrymple
A happy apprentice narrowly avoided falling into an office job for the wrong reasons. Later, unable to get a placement in lockdown, he nearly switched to surveying. Despite it all, he’s since found a place as a valued member of the team at Fraikin’s Warrington depot
Apprenticeships
Elddis Transport is rolling out new mobile working technology from Freeway Fleet Systems to gain a real-time insight into the status of its fleet.
Fleet Management Systems
Electrification specialist Equipmake has been awarded a contract to convert 12 First York electric Optare Versa buses.
Bus & Coach
Bradford Council’s Waste Collection Service is using an electric refuse collection vehicle (RCV) which is said to drive roughly 100 miles with a fully charged battery.
Electric Vehicles