North Yorkshire bulk haulier Quinns Transport has secured a £700 reduction on its insurance premium after choosing the Safety Pack option for its new Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor.
Road Safety
The owner of a Bristol chilled food transport firm has been banned for three years after two of his drivers were jailed for falsifying their driving records.
Transport CPC
This video reviews the essentials of fitting a pull-type clutch with snap on/snap off mechanical bearing.
Maintenance
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (EFSA) has approved the Road Haulage Association’s application to become an End Point Assessment organisation.
Apprenticeships
Ford Brazil’s heavy truck division has developed an innovative technology to help alert truck drivers to travel fatigue.
Road Safety
Bus and coach operators transporting school children and special needs passengers now have a new route planning tool at their disposal, thanks to an upgrade by QRoutes of its web-based Transport Planning tool.
Telematics
TruckEast technician Colin Woodcock has been recognised for his work identifying quality deviations in Scania vehicles, winning a golden spanner for his efforts.
Repair & Maintenance
Recyling business Environcom has taken delivery of its first Montracon tipper and BMI moving floor trailer, supplied by Ryder.
Finance & Leasing
Cartwright has created what it believes to be the most advanced Insuliner trailer for Scottish freight, distribution and transportation operator Northwards, one of the main operators on the routes to Orkney and Shetland.
Trailers
Temperature-controlled distribution business AGRO Merchants Group is rolling out fleet maintenance software from Freeway Fleet Systems at its Irish headquarters in Co Armagh, Northern Ireland, and is reporting “tens of thousands of pounds” of savings from improved efficiency and stockholding.
Fleet Management Systems
Platooning, low carbon vehicles and London’s Direct Vision Standard are among the topics to be discussed at FTA’s Fleet Engineer Conference, sponsored by Brigade Electronics, Goodyear Tyres, Texaco and Volvo Trucks.
Road Safety
An Oswestry-based potato merchant has been denied an operating licence until January 2018, after running vehicles illegally for 18 months under another licence.
Transport CPC