The post is based within the Fleet Section at the Council's Hollingdean Depot Vehicle Workshop. The post is a multi skilled role requiring the post holder to have a flexible approach to all vehicle/plant repairs.
PeopleTelematics provider Tracker has launched a fuel savings guarantee – promising a 10% minimum fuel saving in the first year, or the subscription cost refunded.
Telematics
Servicing, maintenance and installation firm Heatcare Oil & Gas is reporting improved productivity and lower fuel bills since installing the Fleetmatics GPS vehicle tracking system.
Telematics
Manufacturer Mereway Kitchens has taken delivery of 11 Scania Streamline G235 4X2 Euro 5 rigid trucks.
Rigids
Family-run haulage firm Robert Burns has ordered six Vector 1950 MT (multi-temperature) systems, from Carrier Transicold, after seeing how well the units performed on trailers it hired to transport fresh meat and perishables.
Refrigeration
Terberg DTS Fire and Rescue Division has launched another rapid response vehicle – a custom-built 4x4 airside firefighting vehicle based on the Isuzu D-Max 2.5litre chassis cab.
Emergency Service Vehicles
Independent truck dealership MC Group has picked up prizes in three categories at Volvo Truck UK's annual awards for dealers, which took place last month.
People
Streetlighting equipment supplier Marwood Electrical has taken delivery of a Euro 6 Mercedes-Benz 18-tonne Actros with the new 6700mm extra-long wheelbase option.
Rigids
Bosch has launched a new stop-start function, which it says can be used with any combustion or hybrid engine to deliver fuel savings of 10%.
Engines & Engine Parts
Nottingham City Council is to buy 11 more electric buses, thanks to £1.5 million of funding from the Department for Transport.
Electric Vehicles
Alcoa has launched a commercial truck wheel which, it says, is more durable, easier to maintain and corrosion resistant than its predecessors.
Wheels / Wheel fixings / Trims
With UK operators reporting fuel savings of more than 5% from DAF LF trucks equipped with Paccar Aerobody, bodied versions of the new Euro 6 LF are now being produced for other European markets.
Rigids