Maxi Haulage says it has agreed a fleet deal with Bridgestone largely because of its retreading facility in Lincolnshire and the tyre company’s Total Tyre Care approach.
Tyres & Retreads
Builders merchant giant Travis Perkins is rolling out Microlise’s electronic proof of delivery system on Android across some 2,150 devices across its massive delivery fleet.
Fleet Management Systems
ATS Euromaster technician Michael Vasey has scooped the REACT Roadside Technician of the Year award from the National Tyre Distributors Association (NTDA) – the ‘Oscars’ for the tyre industry.
Tyres & Retreads
London’s new transport commissioner Mike Brown and Sir Peter Hendy, chairman of Network Rail, today (13 October 2015) launched the London Freight Enforcement Partnership with the express aim of making the capital’s streets safer for all road users.
Fixed Penalties
Information storage and management business Iron Mountain is reporting a 36% decrease in its insurance premiums over the past five years, thanks to its partnership with GreenRoad – resulting in both organisations winning the fleet safety partnership award from road safety charity Brake.
Road Safety
When the Bloodhound SSC supersonic car was unveiled last month, it had a lift from Totalkare, which donated a set of its S6cf cable-free lifts to the project.
Lifting Equipment
Retailer Pets at Home has taken delivery of six double-deck step frame curtainsiders from Cartwright.
Trailers
Kersey Freight has deployed 15 new Dry Liner box trailers, from Krone Trailers, which, says the company, are yielding additional load capacity but also security against migrant stowaways.
Trailers
Luton Borough Council is replacing its fleet of 26 RCVs (refuse collection vehicles) with new Euro-6 DAF CF 290 FAG 6x2 twin-steer rigids – 23 mid-steer and three rear-steer, all fitted with all fitted with Allison 3200 series fully-automatic gearboxes.
Municipal Vehicles
Location: Witham House, Lincoln
Salaries: £25,401 to £29,016 plus shift and weekend allowances
Hours: Full Time - 37 hours
M&J Plant and Transport has taken delivery of a Volvo FH 6x2 tag-axle tractor, the operator’s first ever new truck.
Tractor UnitsTransport refrigeration equipment maker Thermo King has announced its acquisition of Celtrak, the Galway-based telematics system provider.
Telematics