Exhaust engineering firm Eminox is congratulating Lothian Buses for winning Contribution to Sustainable Transport at the National Transport Awards 2013.
Selective Catalyst Reduction
UK pet and aquatic wholesaler Pedigree Wholesale has upgraded its 27-strong distribution fleet and included an Isuzu 7.5 tonne rigid in the mix for the first time.
Rigids
Former Isuzu Trucks UK chief executive Nikki King OBE is to appear on tonight's Question Time (10.35pm, Thursday 14 November 2013), being staged by the BBC at Portsmouth, where shipbuilding is about to end with the loss of almost a thousand jobs.
People
Freight Transport Association Ireland (FTAI) has told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications that banning vehicles over 4.65m high from Ireland's roads will "substantially increase the total number of vehicle movements".
Longer Semi-Trailers
Asda has contracted Pullman Fleet Services – Wincanton's independent repair and maintenance provider – to maintain around half of its growing home shopping fleet of 1,800 vehicles.
Rigids
TNT Express UK & Ireland has taken delivery of 220 box vans from Cartwright, all designed with updated aerodynamics and a lighter weight specification, as part of its fleet replacement programme.
Rigids
Brian Yeardley Continental reports annual insurance premiums reduced by more than £25,900 since spending just £7,000 installing Smart Witness incident cameras in May this year.
Security Equipment
Ford says it has capped the price of servicing older vans, with the launch of a programme aimed at making maintenance more affordable.
Maintenance
DHL Supply chain now has a total of 101 LNG (liquefied natural gas) and diesel dual-fuel tractor units in the UK, with another 51 already on order – making this the largest dual-fuel HGV fleet in the country.
Alternative Fuels
Scania has completed its Euro 6 truck line-up with the launch of two more Euro 6 engines, additional fuel-saving measures and developments of its Scania Fleet Management service.
Tractor Units
TNT Post is reporting success with what is being hailed as one of Europe's biggest single-deal dual-fuel diesel and LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) HGV conversion projects, with Prins Autogas UK.
Alternative Fuels
Allison Transmission's new TC10 tractor unit gearbox is now being offered on Navistar's International ProStar and TranStar trucks with MaxxForce 13 engines equipped with SCR (selective catalytic reduction.
Gearboxes