Eminox has opened a new retrofit service and support centre in Stoke-on-Trent, to meet growing demand for its emissions control products.
Emissions Control
Continental Tyre Group has acquired R&J Strang Tyre Service, a family-run business servicing commercial vehicle fleets across Scotland from its four depots.
Tyres & Retreads
A number of new products and configurations were highlighted last month at Harrogate’s construction vehicle and bulk haulage-oriented exhibition.
TankersThere are numerous reasons why the construction industry and aggregate hauliers should and could make more use of articulated tipping vehicles, instead of rigids. So why don’t they? Peter Shakespeare investigates
Truck Rollovers
Services to download drivers’ hours data from tachograph cards are becoming increasingly standard, finds Steve Banner. But that doesn’t mean that they are all made the same
Tachometers
Apologies if you received the phishing email that was inadvertently forwarded last month. Looking back, there were all kinds of signs that suggested that the PDF link was fake.
Security Equipment
Telematics business SmartDrive Systems has announced the death of Aidan Rowsome, its vice president EMEA, following a light aircraft accident on 14 June.
Fleet Management Systems
First West Yorkshire, part of FirstGroup, has retrofitted exhaust aftertreatment systems to 21 buses operating on three routes in Calderdale.
Emissions Control
Hereford-based logistics operator Arthur Oakley Transport says it has boosted payload and flexibility since adding a Krone Coil Liner curtainsider to its HGV fleet.
Trailers
Nottingham City Council is opening an electric vehicle service centre this summer – believed to be the first in the UK run by a local authority – saying its fleet team will be able to tap into a market “on the verge of rapid growth”.
Electric Vehicles
Recycling and skip hire business D&E Roberts has taken delivery of four new tipper trucks, all equipped with Loadmaster bodies from Thompsons.
Bodies & Bodywork
Fly By Nite, international haulier for the entertainment and events industry, has added five more DAF XF 480 FT low-deck tractor units to its fleet, citing the marque’s reliability.
Tractor Units