A transport company has been fined after a worker was fatally injured when the pallet of stone tiles he was attempting to deliver fell onto him.
Tail Lifts
Tests of a full-electric rigid urban truck prototype developed in 2019 by Spanish bus and coachbuilder Irizar and Spanish waste management firm FCC Medi Ambiente are to begin in Badajoz, a city in southwestern Spain.
Electric Vehicles
Law firm PGMBM (Pogust, Goodhead, Mousinho, Bianchini & Martins, formerly SPG Law) has issued a case in the High Court of Justice against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles that also implicates IVECO trucks over diesel emissions defeat devices.
Emissions Control
One of the UK’s specialist collectors of surplus food product has strengthened its operations after investing in a MULTILIFT hooklift trailer
Trailers
Vehicle converter Fleet Service Ltd has delivered what it called the UK’s first full-electric cash vehicle, based on a Nissan e-NV200 panel van.
Panel Vans
Tipper bodybuilder Thompsons has announced a range of new appointments, the most significant of which being key staff positions at its factory at Kirkliston near Edinburgh.
Tippers
Following new Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance published in August, H&S consultancy Inspire International offers advice to commercial vehicle dealerships about the risks of hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) caused by prolonged exposure to vibration tools.
Workshop
Wincanton’s construction operations received its first 14 new-generation Actros models from East Anglia dealer Orwell Truck & Van, a supplier to Britain’s largest third-party logistics company for more than 10 years.
Rigids
The two German trailer makers have opened their standard telematics interfaces to each other to help customers with mixed fleets.
Telematics
The battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eActros truck is now being used by the chocolate manufacturer Alfred Ritter GmbH to run between its production site in Waldenbuch near Stuttgart and a warehouse in Dettenhausen 7km away, as well as a factory outlet shop at the company headquarters.
Electric Vehicles
MAN Truck & Bus has announced an electric and hydrogen roadmap. The company is entering into several partnerships for this purpose.
Alternative Fuels
The first two Enviro500 buses have been unveiled by Berlin bus operator Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (“BVG”), ahead of a new fleet of double deckers for the transport operator of Berlin, Germany.
Bus & Coach