Fleet engineers choosing from the array of competing money-saving interventions now have evidence-based, independent data on tap. Brian Tinham reports from the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight
Alternative Fuels
Low ground clearance poses problems for vehicle recovery operators, particularly those serving the automotive sector. But a new design could provide the answer, says John Kendall
Recovery Vehicles
Training moves to the next chapter of funding on 1 April this year, as the government imposes its controversial apprenticeship levy along with new qualifying standards for schemes, under the trailblazer programme. And, while neither measure appears to have been uppermost on boardroom agendas, both are going to bite.
ApprenticeshipsDr Will Murray, research director of eDriving Fleet, an expert in commercial road risk management and a visiting fellow at universities in the UK and Australia, has died. He was a founding member of the charity Brake.
People
The EU referendum, and subsequent debate about how exactly the UK will detach itself from the European Union, is likely to mean the country facing considerable uncertainty throughout 2017. John Challen looks at transport operators’ likely lot
Driver / People Management
As truck and engine OEMs look to a future regulated by Euro 7, their supply chains are thinking about innovative fuel injection and combustions strategies, and how to deliver them. Brian Tinham reports
Engine/Transmission Management
Irish logistics business Virginia Transport has taken delivery of three 44-tonne Renault Range T tractors, citing fuel efficiency and driver comfort as key factors in the vehicles’ selection.
Tractor Units
Lucketts Travel has ordered six new Scania Interlink HD Finesse 12.8-metre coaches all specified with Scania’s 13-litre 410bhp engine.
Bus & CoachChanging driver behaviour – and accurately monitoring such changes – is the only way to successfully reduce road traffic accidents.
Road Safety
Concrete pump hire business MixIt (Modern Mix) has seen a 60% reduction in claims against its fleet of drum mixers, concrete lorries and mix-on-site trucks after fitting the Exeros TrackEye vehicle camera solution.
Telematics
Mercedes-Benz’s new Vito Taxi has been unveiled in London today (4 January 2017), offering what the company describes as “unrivalled levels of space and comfort for the driver and up to six passengers”.
Bus & Coach
Commercial vehicle lifts specialist Totalkare reckons its £60,000 investment in a job scheduling system will boost efficiency by around £40,000 per annum – cash being ploughed back into customer support.
Lifting Equipment