Vehicle recycling business Charles Trent is reporting positive performance with six new Volvo trucks delivered last year.
Car Transporters
Food distribution business Fowler Welch has taken delivery of 56 Schmitz Cargobull reefers as part of a replacement programme for its 780-strong fleet.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Gatwick Airport has replaced two 11-year-old Mercedes-Benz Sprinters with two new Sprinters, this time with crew cabs, citing the brand’s “all-important reliability”.
Light Commercial Vehicles
O’Donovan Waste Disposal has taken delivery of more Mercedes-Benz Econic skiploaders. The latest arrivals, according to the waste management business, make it the largest operator of direct vision skiploaders in the UK.
Road Safety
Thompsons has launched a new 8x4 side-tipping grab truck aimed at the utilities sector and is promising “dramatically improved versatility and productivity”.
Tippers
Haulage firm V Fraser & Sons has taken delivery of one of 50 special Volvo FH ‘Aisla Edition’ trucks released by the manufacturer to commemorate its 50th anniversary.
Tractor Units
Calor Gas says TruTac’s tachograph analysis technology is underpinning the company’s fleet compliance and safety strategy.
Driver / People Management
Ray Moran International Transport has taken delivery of ten Krone trailers for its fleet, citing quality and flexibility as reasons for the selection.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Forward Trucking Services has taken delivery of its first new Mercedes-Benz vehicles, two Actros tractors, one of which has special gold livery to mark the operator’s 50th anniversary.
Tractor Units
With just over three months to go until the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), too few operators have got to grips with their new responsibilities.
Standards & Practices
Vegetable grower and distributor Huntapac has taken delivery of five Mercedes-Benz Actros tractors, following “highly impressive” fuel performance from a demonstrator unit.
Tractor Units
Plant hire firm Ardent Hire Solutions has taken delivery of the first of a 32-strong order for new Volvo trucks, as part of its strategy to double the size of its operation in the next five years.
Rigids