Williams Haulage has purchased its first Cartwright trailer – a double-deck curtainsider for its contract with a cupcakes customer – following its “excellent” experience renting the company’s trailers.
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Recalls
Eddie Stobart is rolling out a new telematics solution across its 2,000-strong fleet, which will include in-cab ruggedised tablet devices.
Telematics
New Milton Sand and Ballast has taken delivery of the first two of a six-vehicle order for Iveco Eurocargo rigids.
Rigids
Investigations are continuing at the RHA (Road Haulage Association) into the impact on UK operators of the truck manufacturers’ cartel discovered last year (2016) by the European Commission.
Finance & Leasing
Hydrogen Mobility Europe (H2ME) has announced that the first 100 fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are now on the road in Germany, France and the UK.
Alternative Fuels
A fleet of 10 new Scania CNG (compressed natural gas) trucks, offering what the company describes as a “game-changing” 500-mile range, started operations last month (January 2017) with Waitrose.
Alternative Fuels
Drinks distribution business LWC Drinks has taken delivery of a new 11-tonne Isuzu rigid, describing it as “a particularly effective option” for deliveries in and around London.
Rigids
Bus operators East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS) and Shuttle Buses have updated their fleets, with fuel efficiency topping the list in both cases.
Bus & Coach
Collier Haulage of Pontypool has added five Volvo FH-500 6x2 tractor units to its now 18-strong 100% Volvo fleet, and has since ordered another four from dealer Truck and Bus Wales & West, Newport.
Tractor Units
Furniture retailer IKEA is now using specially-designed Scania tractor units with the Swede’s low-entry cab variant as well as fully automatic Allison 3000 Series transmissions at its distribution centres in Sweden.
Gearboxes
Belgrade Insulations has signed a seven-year full-service contract hire deal with Fraikin, to supplying an additional two 26-tonne DAF curtainside trucks, each with a rear truck-mounted forklift.
Rigids