BT has taken delivery of a further 1,000 vans from Ford in the first three months of this year, as part of a major fleet replacement and extension programme.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Countrywide Farmers has become the 100th operator to be accredited to the Van Excellence scheme.
Standards & Practices
Weavaway Travel has extended its 80-strong fleet with eight Volvo B11R coaches, all with Jonckheere bodywork.
Bus & Coach
A new servo, designed to improve the accuracy, repeatability and correlation of test pulses to a real vehicle crash, will be the first facility of its kind in the UK when it is installed at Millbrook next month.
Safety systems
Montracon has sprung a CV Show surprise by announcing a last minute exhibit – its first 44-pallet, double-deck, wrap around curtainsider.
Trailers
Essex-based recycling, recovery and waste management specialist PF Ahern (London) is pleased with its first Renault rigid.
Municipal Vehicles
Arriva London has placed an order for seven fully-electric, zero emissions Optare MetroCity single-deck buses, which are due to operate on the first London route to go entirely electric.
Electric Vehicles
The bus, coach and HGV trailblazer, set up by the government late last year to develop standards for apprentice technicians, has released three draft standards for consultation.
Apprenticeships
IPL Haulage has returned to DAF Trucks as its preferred truck supplier, with the delivery of four new Euro 6 XF 460 FTG 6x2 tractor units.
Tractor Units
The City of London Corporation and Amey are reporting positive results from their trial of vehicle safety technology from Innovative Safety Systems (ISS), describing it as “markedly better” than other systems.
Road Safety
Coach operator Centaur says the Backeye 360 camera system from Brigade Electronics is “absolutely going to save lives”, after trialling the technology on one of its 100-strong fleet.
Road Safety
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has launched the anticipated New Caddy Maxi Mini – an ultra-compact van for urban deliveries that’s cheap to run and bristling with smart technology.
Car Derived Vans