Newspaper and magazine logistics firm Menzies Distribution has signed a new five-year deal with Fraikin.
Finance & Leasing
Nottingham City Transport’s Mark Fowles, Trentbarton’s Jeff Counsell, and Reading Buses CEO Martijn Gilbert will be among headline speakers in the Euro Bus Expo 2016 (1—3 November, NEC, Birmingham) Master Class Theatre, sponsored by SmartDrive Systems.
Bus & Coach
Scottish timber haulage firm E M & T Rapson has taken delivery of a 44-tonne Renault Trucks Range T520 tag with Comfort Pack, and says the vehicle is proving its worth on the tough Highlands terrain.
Tractor Units
Continental says it will unveil game-changing close-coupled exhaust gas aftertreatment technology for HGVs at the 66th IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover, Germany (22—29 September 2016).
Exhaust systems, Filters & Catalysts
Long term Iveco trucks operator BOF has expanded its furniture delivery fleet with five New Eurocargo 4x2 rigids, describing Iveco vehicles as “ever-reliable workhorses”.
Rigids
Continental haulage business Hannon Transport has taken delivery of 40 Schmitz Cargobull refrigerated semi-trailers, each equipped with the manufacturer’s new TrailerConnect temperature and mapping telematics.
Trailers
Wabco has revealed that several of China’s major heavy truck manufacturers are using its OptiRide electronically controlled air suspension (ECAS) system in series production.
Suspensions
Boughey Distribution has taken delivery of 25 Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks – the first phase of a 100-vehicle order, placed after the Actros came out top in a trial of four marques.
Tractor Units
Manchester-based utilities contractor Gallagher has commissioned the first of a new fleet of Mercedes-Benz Sprinters, with the 3.5-tonne model’s high 7.0-tonne gtw among key factors in the choice.
Panel Vans
Carrier Transicold will be unveiling a prototype natural refrigerant trailer unit and a new generation of engineless transport refrigeration systems at the 2016 IAA Show in Hanover (22-29 September).
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Britaniacrest Recycling has taken delivery of its first two fully remote control Hyva skiploaders, citing operating safety and vehicle productivity as key factors in its decision.
Consultancy Transolva says operators can boost fleet efficiency and achieve maximum compliance, with its customised implementation of TruTac’s tacho analysis software.
Fleet Management Systems