Family-run greengrocers, Bonners, which has been based out of the historic Oxford covered market for the last 70 years is just one of many businesses forced to diversify their offering to stay open during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Panel Vans
The successful candidate will be part of a very busy Fleet Support Services department, whose role will be to adjudicate and authorise repair activity for vehicles and tanker trailers including scheduled and unscheduled maintenance. Candidate’s need to be technically qualified and able to utilise their knowledge and expertise when reviewing repair activity to ensure work that is carried out is proportionate with the defects reported, symptoms identified and in-line with cost expectations.
Orbcomm has introduced a new trailer weight feature to solve the problem of overloaded trailers by accessing data from the electronic braking system (EBS) module.
Braking Systems
Environmental services firm Urbaser has been utilising digital display screens installed on its refuse collection vehicles to broadcast health messages to locked-down residents of the London Borough of Waltham Forest and Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council.
Municipal Vehicles
The Volvo FH500 GT 8x2 unit incorporates a Hiab 1058 crane featuring ten hydraulic extensions, giving the vehicle a lifting capability of 2.5 tonnes at a reach of almost 24m.
Cranes
DAF Trucks, local dealer Motus Commercials, Solomon Commercials and a number of strategic third-party suppliers have combined to fast-track a delivery of eight DAF LF 180 rigids for NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) as it embarks upon crucial COVID-19 convalescent plasma trials.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
JGas, the Bathgate, Scotland-based energy provider, has added a second Renault Trucks Range T tractor unit after a positive experience with a seed vehicle.
ADR Vehicles
Fraikin has added seven 3.5-tonne Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans and six new mobile technicians to its national network, bolstering the capabilities of its maintenance service.
Maintenance
Doncaster-based haulier McGregor Logistics has taken delivery of ten tri-axle, straight-frame bespoke curtainsiders from Tiger Trailers.
Semi-Trailers
Vision Systems’ Safety Technologies division, which specialises in driver assistance systems and driver protection doors, has developed a screen to help protect bus and coach drivers from possible transmission of the virus when in contact with passengers.
Driver / People Management
Colchester, Essex-based EWD Recycling has bought an order for four new Volvo FMX 8x4 rigids from Volvo Truck and Bus Centre East Anglia for its waste disposal and waste recycling services for industrial and domestic users across the east of England.
Tippers
Parcel carrier Yodel is rolling out a new generation of all-season tyres on 550 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans as part of a new three-year fully-managed Effitires contract with Michelin.
Tyres & Retreads