Holdsworth Foods has taken delivery of 14 Isuzu Forward 7.5-tonne rigids, with a further five on order for delivery in September.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Bus operator RATP Dev London has signed a letter of intent to buy 36 BYD ADL Enviro200 10.8m electric buses, following a technical evaluation of a number of suppliers. The commercial terms for the supply of the vehicles are currently being negotiated, with contract signature due shortly, for vehicle delivery in spring 2018.
Electric Vehicles
Postal and retail logistics business Secured Mail is reporting savings of £160,000, after implementing a driver behaviour programme underpinned by Webfleet telematics, from TomTom.
Driver / People Management
Tower Transit is rolling out 20 new Wrightbus StreetLite vehicles, after reporting “impressive” fuel savings from its first 11 StreetLites, which went into service in 2015.
Bus & Coach
A new white paper has been released to give commercial fleet operators up-to-date information on best practice and compliance for wheels.
Wheels / Wheel fixings / Trims
O’Donovan Waste Disposal, one of London’s leading independent waste management companies, was recognised twice by the Tip-ex Tank-ex Exhibition awards, in recognition of a successful year.
Tippers
German Deutsche Post subsidiary StreetScooter and Ford-Werke GmbH are entering a partnership for the manufacturing of battery-electric delivery vehicles.
Electric Vehicles
Luxury car manufacturer Porsche has taken delivery of a state-of-the art MAN TGM 18-tonne 4x2 rigid to deliver vehicles nationwide.
Light Commercial Vehicles
The director of a haulage firm has been disqualified for two years after using a magnet to falsify driving hours.
Driver CPC
Trailer rental business Deans Transport has acquired two more Schmitz Cargobull trailers, in response to customer demand for the brand.
Trailers
Dyce Carriers, of Aberdeen, has taken delivery of 13 Volvo FH-500 trucks – 12 of which are 6x2 tractors and one specialised 8x2 rigid fitted with a Fassi 820 crane and drawbar trailer capability.
Rigids
The Road Haulage Association is now giving UK haulage and logistics firms (whether or not they are RHA members) the chance to sign up to its legal action for compensation against truck manufacturers found guilty of illegal price fixing by the European Commission.
European Commission