Remit’s new heavy goods vehicle academy in Derby opened three weeks before the COVID pandemic hit. Good timing it wasn’t, but despite that temporal misstep, the group is going from strength to strength, finds Will Dalrymple
Apprenticeships
When planning vehicle maintenance, you can opt for a time, mileage basis or a combination of both.
Repair & Maintenance
Over the past two decades, supermarkets have perfected a new intraurban duty cycle, for delivery vehicles. They are worked hard: driven up to 18 hours per day, every day, by a small army of drivers. Will Dalrymple learns how Ocado organises its operation
Light Commercial Vehicles
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Road Safety
Civil engineering and specialist plant hire business Waitings Limited has added a 150-tonnes gross train weight, double-drive STGO Category 3 Scania 650 S heavy haulage prime mover to its Cliburn, near Penrith, Cumbria-based fleet.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
National recycling company WasteCare has run the Isuzu marque at 7.5 tonne and above across its business for over a 20-year period. However, recently the company has expanded its relationship with Isuzu by adding its first ever Isuzu Grafter 3.5 tonne trucks to its nationwide fleet.
Light Commercial Vehicles
With automated manual gearboxes dominating the heavy truck market, is there room for innovation lower down the weight scale? Richard Simpson investigates
Engine/Transmission Management
Automatic stop-start systems that kill the engine in queues or when the traffic lights are at red while making it easy to restart are almost commonplace on diesel light commercials, finds Steve Banner
Transmissions
TomTom, the mapmaker and location technology specialist, has launched TomTom GO Expert, which is said to offer smart routing for large vehicles and accurate traffic information to help make every drive more efficient.
Routing
RoadTech has launched a digital maintenance recording system for commercial vehicles that includes walk-round checks and maintenance calendar.
Maintenance
National distribution and warehousing firm Romac Logistics has become one of the very first operators in the UK to press the new IVECO S-WAY Natural Power into service.
Alternative Fuels
Nationwide steel stockholder and processer, Barrett Steel, has extended its contract with Continental’s UK-based retread tyre brand, Bandvulc, with a new two-year agreement.
Tyres & Retreads