East Riding of Yorkshire Council has awarded a deal to Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles for 129 vans, which will be a mix of Caddy, Transporter and Crafter models.
Light Commercial Vehicles
The state-of-the-art fleet workshop at Healthcare Environmental Group’s (HEG) new £10 million HQ, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, is working with Stertil Koni commercial vehicle lifts.
Lifting Equipment
Automotive paint distributor Morelli Group has taken delivery of 15 Citroen Dispatch vans, partly as fleet expansion and partly vehicle replacements.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Plaxton in Scarborough, part of coach builder Alexander Dennis, has commissioned two new energy-efficient commercial spraybooths from Junair.
Bodyshop Equipment
Grimshaw Lane Dairy, in Ormskirk, Lancashire, has taken delivery of four all-electric e-NV200 vans from Crosby Park Nissan, in Liverpool, for daily deliveries to local homes and businesses.
Electric Vehicles
The Metropolitan Police is unveiling a Mercedes-Benz Actros truck today (28 January), which will be used to promote its ‘Exchanging Places’ cyclist safety programme.
Road Safety
Schmitz Cargobull has launched its own refrigeration units, available exclusively on its refrigerated S.KO Cool Executive semi-trailers through Cargobull Finance.
Refrigeration
Granning Axles and Suspensions is now the importer and exclusive distributor for Valx axles in the UK, Ireland, Poland and Scandinavia.
Axles
The director of a Sheerness-based haulage firm is beginning a three-year disqualification today (28 January), after he was found to have blatantly ignored all the basic legal requirements of a transport operation.
Driver / People Management
Scottish demolition specialist MacWilliam Demolition has switched from MAN trucks to Renault Trucks Range K, with its first 32-tonne K430 8x4 starting on the road at the close of last year (2014).
Municipal Vehicles
Heavy haulage business Ruttle Plant has taken delivery of a 155-tonne, 8x4 Mercedes-Benz Arocs – the first of its kind to be ordered in the UK – after a successful trial of a 6x4 version.
Tractor Units
Temperature-controlled distribution business Freshlinc has taken delivery of its first Volvo trucks – 25 FH 6x2 tractor units.
Tractor Units