More than 23,000 drivers have now attended SUD (safe urban driving) courses organised by FORS (Fleet Operator recognition Scheme), while over 43,000 have trained on key aspects of driver safety and maintenance using FORS e-learning.
Driver / People Management
Business relocation specialist Harrow Green’s 80-strong fleet has been boosted by the arrival of a mix of 40 trucks, light commercial vehicles and minibuses under five-year full service contract hire from Asset Alliance.
Finance & Leasing
Topaz Energy Group, Ireland’s largest convenience and fuel retailer, has taken delivery of three rigid Volvo FE tankers and one FM tractor unit, part of a fleet replacement to improve efficiency, reliability and safety.
Rigids
Premium commercial vehicle tyres manufacturer Bridgestone is now marketing ‘The Bandag Contract of Trust’, aimed at reassuring fleet users that Bandag retreadeds are not only a safe and reliable alternative to new tyres, but also a way to cut tyre related costs.
Tyres & Retreads
Renault Trucks will be making its first appearance at Hillhead 2016 later this month (Buxton; 28-30 June), where it will be showcasing a 32-tonne Range K 8x4 tipper and a Range T460 6x2 44-tonne tractor with a new mini mid-lift option.
Rigids
Lincoln Medical says that adding Seven Telematics’ Cool Track system to its existing TranScan 2 data loggers on pan-European distribution vehicles has given the company peace of mind around cool chain traceability.
Telematics
Knorr-Bremse has acquired German business tedrive Steering Systems for an undisclosed sum.
Braking Systems
Iveco’s New Daily Euro 6, and particularly the new 4x4, is taking pride of place on the joint Iveco and North East Truck & Van stand at Tip-Ex 2016 today (2—4 June 2016, Harrogate).
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Recalls
Volvo Trucks has announced that a new concept vehicle – the culmination of a five-year research project – has been shown to cut fuel consumption by almost one third.
Truck Aerodynamics
Austrian volunteer fire department Zell am Ziller has taken delivery of a MAN TGS 18.400 4x4 featuring an EMPL TLF-A 3000/150/50 body and a fully automatic Allison 4000 Series transmission.
Transmissions
Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service has received the last of a delivery of 10 new DAF LF 250 FA emergency response vehicles, replacing a Euro 4 fleet of DAFs which, it said, has provided “unfailing” service.
Emergency Service Vehicles