With the VW scandal dominating the headlines, as we go to press transport engineers are wondering why one of the planet’s giants of engineering could have allowed software to cheat emissions tests. They might also wonder how much more than the £4.7 billion VW has set aside this is likely to cost the company when lawyers around the world get stuck in. Current estimates top £11.5 billion in US Environmental Protection Agency fines alone.
Corporate LiabilityCILT (Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport) has welcomed four new board members: professor Richard Wilding, Margaret Everson, Jane Green and Helen Gallimore, together bringing a broad range of experience from across logistics and transport. Five women and five men stood in the recent election and the successful candidates will serve a four year term.
People
Go Ahead London received the keys to the first of a 39-vehicle order of Volvo B5LH Euro 6 hybrid double-deck buses earlier this week, at Coach & Bus Live (NEC, 30 September – 1 October).
Bus & Coach
Contract haulage business Gerrards of Swinton has taken delivery of seven 32-tonne Renault Range C430 8-wheel tippers.
Tippers
Deeset Logistics has ordered 11 tri-axle van trailers from Tiger Trailers, following delivery earlier this year of five step frame van trailers from the manufacturer.
Trailers
The UK’s largest coach operator National Express has signed a deal to deploy the Lytx Drivecam technology across its fleet of 720 vehicles to improve driver behaviour and road safety.
Driver / People Management
Transdek UK will be exhibiting its latest urban double-deck trailer for Eddie Stobart at the Freight in the City Expo later this month (Alexandra Palace, London; 27 October).
Trailers
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) has published the 2016 edition of its Professional Development Directory which, for the first time, includes bespoke training for the bus and coach sector.
Continuing Professional Development
Coach operator Beestons has taken delivery of a Euro 6 Volvo B11R, describing the vehicle as a “clear front runner”.
Bus & Coach
Malcolm Group CEO Andrew Malcolm is replacing his five-year-old Volvo FM horsebox with a new high specification 460bhp Volvo FH Globetrotter XL 6x2 rigid that is a real thoroughbred inside and out.
Rigids
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans and Mazda 6 cars are top of automotive after-treatment recondition specialist DPF Clean Team’s league table of vehicles showing DPF (diesel particulate filter) problems this year (2015).
Road Legal
Commercial vehicle rental, hire and leasing firm Dawsonrentals is adding another 70 Mercedes-Benz Sprinters, all 5.0-tonne gvw models, to its 2,000-strong rental fleet.
Bus & Coach