Renault Trucks has won an award for its work to design part of a truck cab from composite thermoplastic – which could reduce cab weight by 25%.
Bodywork
Ahead of the budget this week (16 March), campaign group FairFuelUK is calling for a continued freeze on fuel duty – or, better still, a 3p cut – claiming that its supporters would prefer to pay more for non essentials such as alcohol, gambling or tobacco.
Fuel Pricing
Pegasus Grab Hire has taken delivery of a Volvo Tridem tipper grab – the first truck of its type to have a body built by Thompsons and which, says Pegasus, offered “unmatched” manoeuvrability.
TippersFleet performance management software firm GreenRoad has been named Fleet Services Provider of the Year in the Commercial Insurance Awards 2016.
Driver / People Management
Nearly half (49%) of all light commercial vehicles in the UK still fail their first MOT test, according to latest DVSA data – and nearly half of those (45%) are caused by “simple-to-fix faults” that should be picked up during routine maintenance.
VOSA Testing
Thermo King and Frigoblock say they will present the widest range of products and services for transport refrigeration applications at this year’s CV Show (26—28 April 2016, NEC, Birmingham).
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Construction, power generation and telecommunications engineering specialist Actavo has taken delivery of a batch of nine new 18-tonne Iveco Eurocargo 180E25S Eurocargo rigids firm Fraikin, on a full-service contract hire deal.
Rigids
Parcel delivery giant TNT has retained DAF Trucks at ‘major supplier’ status following the provision of 150 Euro 6 DAF LF 7.5-tonners and 60 Euro-6 DAF CF 400 tractor units during last year (2015).
Rigids
Used truck and contract lease provider Hanbury Riverside has taken delivery of its 1000th new Volvo truck, a specially liveried FH tractor.
Tractor Units
Solihull Council has replaced three old lease-hire vehicles with specialist drain and gully cleaning tankers from Whale Tankers.
Tankers
Today marks one year since the £21 million Aberdeen Hydrogen Bus Project went into operation, with the fleet – the largest in Europe – reportedly covering 250,000 miles in that time.
Alternative Fuels
Horiba MIRA is building a £6m, 12,000 sq ft dedicated advanced emissions test centre at its Nuneaton headquarters.
Emissions Control