Carrier Transicold UK has launched short operator training videos for its range of truck and trailer refrigeration units, including its Vector, Supra and Pulsor.
RefrigerationCoach operator Cooper's Tourmaster has ordered its second Volvo B11R coach with Jonckheere bodywork, after a similar model "exceeded expectations" on fuel economy compared with the rest of its fleet.
Bus & Coach
Vac-Con UK distributor Tutex has selected an Iveco Trakker Hi-Land 6x4 rigid as the platform for its new Vac-Con X-Cavator – a powerful vacuum and high-pressure water system which allows companies to locate and safely excavate around utilities.
Rigids
A group of talented young designers is celebrating after winning Volvo Trucks' Truck of the Future 2050 competition.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Midland Expressway (MEL), which is responsible for maintenance ontheM6 toll route through the West Midlands, has taken delivery of first Euro 6 truck, a 7.5-tonne Mercedes-Benz Atego.
Rigids
Prohire's first DAF Euro 6 trucks (DAF LF250 and CF290), which have now been central to its short-term commercial vehicle rental business for six months, are proving a popular choice among clients, according to the company.
RigidsVehicle engineering, R&D and testing establishment MIRA has added a second, twin-axle, dynamic suspension parameter measuring machine (SPMM).
Suspensions
Volvo's FL truck is now available in a permanently engaged four-wheel drive (4x4) version, offering payloads of 6—8 tonnes, for service and off-road applications.
Rigids
"Give us the problem, and we will solve it for everyone. We all applaud schemes such as FORS, CLOCS, SLS and the London Low Emission Zone, but let us deal with emissions, protecting vulnerable road users, etc."
Sales FiguresTrials of potentially life-saving 360° camera technology designed not for rigids but much larger articulated HGVs, have been hailed a success by developers Brigade and Continental.
Road Safety
Northern Irish snack food manufacturer Tayto Group has revealed that it has slashed its annual fuel bill by £72,000 and reduced its carbon footprint since using TomTom Telematics technology to transform driver behaviour.
Telematics
Canadian gas engines specialist Westport Innovations has acquired Netherlands-based alternative fuel conversion systems developer Prins Autogassystemen Holding for eur 12.2 million.
Alternative Fuels