Transport for London (TfL) has awarded the engineering quality monitoring contract for London's bus fleet to Passengerfta, part of the FTA (Freight Transport Association).
Road Legal
Michelin has launched a range of high-grip 17.5-inch drive axle tyres for medium weight trucks and midi-coaches which, it says, are safer, more fuel-efficient, 50% quieter and more durable than its previous tyres.
Tyres & Retreads
LowCVP (the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership) has upgraded its website, with new functionality for members and non-members.
Alternative Fuels
TNT has finally built its city centre parcels deliveries concept vehicle – a bespoke, twin-axle semi-trailer fitted with a side lift and an expanding side section that slides out.
Semi-Trailers
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People
FMCG logistics provider Fowler Welch has acquired five Euro-6 compliant Volvo FH tractor units, ahead of a major fleet renewal next year.
Trailer manufacturer Cartwright is for the first time building new trailers for its rentals fleet – driven by record growth in the rentals division—and adding longer semi-trailers (LSTs) into the mix, with a choice of double deck or standard.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
In a bid to prove the manoeuvrability of its FL distribution truck, Volvo has released its latest live test film which shows the 12-tonne vehicle being chased by bulls through a Spanish medieval town.
Middlesex-based Coyle Haulage is using a new four-axle 13.2m step frame trailer to deliver a range of heavy road construction equipment throughout the UK.
Trailers
Senior traffic commissioner Beverley Bell is reminding operators there must be "absolute transparency" when it comes to who is operating licensed vehicles. Company directors, she adds, have "one opportunity only" to provide clarity to her office.
O Licence
Aggregate and waste material haulier TJ Transport has taken delivery of an Iveco eight-wheeler Trakker rigid tipper, one of the first in operation in the UK after its launch at the CV Show earlier this year.