Gray & Adams will be unveiling an insulated and refrigerated panel van conversion at next week’s Commercial Vehicle Show (NEC, Birmingham; 26-28 April).
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Multi-drop two-man home delivery service firm Breezemount UK has chosen CV hire specialist TOM Vehicle Rental to supply a fleet of 47 Vauxhall Movano MaxiQube panel vans.
Finance & Leasing
Doncaster-based McGregor Logistics has taken delivery of 20 fixed-roof curtainsider trailers from Schmitz Cargobull – the first of their type to go into service in the UK.
Trailers
Latest to break cover and reveal their intentions for the CV Show (26—28 April, NEC, Birmingham) include Asset Alliance, Coolertech, Giti Tyyre, Jaama, Isuzu, TruTac and VisionTrack.
Finance & Leasing
A new apprenticeship body for the transport sector has been launched today (15 April), tasked with supporting the government’s pledge to deliver 30,000 new apprenticeships in transport by 2020.
Apprenticeships
Volvo dealer Truck & Bus Wales & West is supporting a major South Wales cancer charity by having its demonstrator vehicle liveried in pink and sporting the organisation’s logo.
DealershipsThe increasing amount of in-vehicle technology should not result in fleets relinquishing control of their vehicles’ data.
Fleet Management Systems
Independent paper merchant Premier Paper has taken delivery of 17 DAF 18-tonne and 26-tonne rigids – all with Day Cabs and bodied by Alloy Bodies – from the commercial vehicle contract hire specialist Ryder.
Finance & Leasing
O&H Vehicle Conversions is today (13 April 2016) launching a new welfare concept vehicle, claimed to deliver a minimum 200kg higher payload than its predecessor across multiple vehicle platforms, due to conversion weight reductions.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Dearman, the company that is well on the way to developing engines that run on liquid nitrogen, says it has now increased its in-house engine prototyping capability.
Alternative Fuels
Two Renault Range C trucks have joined the 30-strong fleet of Scottish demolition, asbestos removal and recycling specialist Central Demolition.
Tippers
Michelin has added five new tyres to its range of X Works tyres for the construction sector, with two more tyres to be launched next month.
Tyres & Retreads