3PL supplier RCS Logistics has taken delivery of a Scania P250 DB 4x2 MNA day cabbed 18-tonner, supplied by local independent dealer TruckEast, to help match growth in its palletised freight distribution business.
Rigids
TNT, High Speed Two and Highways England are the latest organisations to join the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme’s governance and standards advisory group.
FORS
FTA (Freight Transport Association) chief executive David Wells was at Westminster yesterday (18 January 2016) pressing the case for encouraging professional HGV driver recruitment.
Driver / People Management
Preston-based Richard King Haulage has taken delivery of its second new Volvo truck, an FH16-750, which is receiving much praise from driver Paul St John who describes it as “light years ahead”.
Tractor Units
When transport firm SE Broscombe secured new business calling for a heavy-duty, truck-mounted crane, it chose a DAF CF 8x2, describing it as its “truck of choice”.
Rigids
A logistics manager at Glassolutions, part of Saint-Gobain, is the 400th practitioner to be certified under the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS).
Driver / People Management
Panther Warehousing has taken delivery of 40-plus HGVs – a mix of 26 7.5 tonners, four 18 tonners and 10 tractor units – all MAN – as well as 75 SDC trailers.
Rigids
Iveco has triumphed again in the Dakar Rally, with Dutch driver Gerard De Rooy, leader of Team Petronas De Rooy Iveco, winning the world’s most challenging motorsport endurance rally in his Iveco Powerstar.
Rigids
The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) has announced £74 million of joint government-industry funding for low-carbon engine projects, which could result in a reduction of more than four million tonnes of carbon emissions.
Emissions Control
The work of Think Logistics – the transport sector’s initiative to attract youngsters into the industry – is to feature on Truck World TV.
Apprenticeships
Twenty of the country’s best commercial vehicle drivers will be tested at Millbrook in May, as part of the DAF Transport Efficiency Driver Challenge.
Driver / People Management
Gregory Distribution has taken delivery of 10 trailers fitted with Vector 1550 systems, from Carrier Transicold, to transport products for Cadbury’s.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles