Container logistics operator Monahans Transport has taken delivery of two Box Liner container carriers from Krone – said to be the first in operation at Southampton Port.
Trailers
East Anglian retailer Jarrold has taken delivery of two Atego trucks, from Mercedes-Benz, for its furniture deliveries.
Rigids
In Norway and Sweden, Volvo Trucks is introducing a cloud-based service that allows Volvo trucks and Volvo cars to automatically alert each other to hazardous traffic situations in real time.
Road Safety
Mercedes-Benz Trucks dealer City West Commercials has achieved a long-held ambition by opening a new service centre in Exeter.
Workshop Management Systems
Bridgestone UK has secured the company’s biggest-ever commercial fleet partnership across Europe, after signing a five-year supply and service agreement with Stagecoach.
Tyres & Retreads
A visit to RoadEfficiency LIVE event helped convince Port Express that its next batch of trucks should be equipped with the latest, state-of-the-art Mercedes-Benz safety technology.
Road Safety
IVECO has launched its own second-generation parts line providing operators of light commercial vehicles and trucks – typically six years old or more – with a competitively priced and growing range of new parts.
Brakes & Braking Systems
Slicker Recycling of Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire has taken delivery of two new Volvo FM 8x4 Tridem rigids to join its fleet of 130 vehicles.
Rigids
The agreement is an extension of a contract signed in 2015, and will involve the provision of tyres from Goodyear’s KMAX, RHT, TreadMax and Omnitrac ranges, for Suttons’ UK fleet of 380 tractor units.
Tyres & Retreads
DAF Trucks’ in-house finance division, PACCAR Financial, has reacted quickly to ease concerns of DAF operators with rental agreements with TOM Vehicle Rental after the Airdrie, Scotland-based, nationwide rental firm entered into administration at the end of March.
Finance & Leasing
England and Wales lorry loader crane distributor T H White has acquired Falkirk-based Outreach Truck, the Palfinger distributor for Scotland. The newly-combined company is now trading as Palfinger UK.
Bodies & Bodywork
A year after converting the world’s first bus depot from diesel to electric outside of China, Go-Ahead Group’s Waterloo Bus Garage racked up a million electric miles by February. Will Dalrymple visited
Alternative Fuels