Automania Garage Services (AGS) has been appointed as an authorised repairer for Mercedes-Benz Trucks, providing vehicle maintenance and support for operators based in and around London’s Heathrow Airport.
Workshop
Buffaload Logistics is rolling out the Ecogen electric generator system across its fleet following a successful trial, and expects to achieve payback in less than two years.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Fleet and workshop software provider r2c Online has launched a new digital stock management tool, called Stock, promising smarter stock control and parts allocation.
Fleet Management Systems
IVECO has announced it is to begin production of Eurocargo glider chassis at its factory in Brescia, Italy, as part of its collaboration with Blackburn-based converter Electra Commercial Vehicles.
Electric Vehicles
Felixstowe-based Maritime Transport says it paid out a record £1.4m to its drivers at the end of 2019 under its safety bonus scheme.
Driver / People Management
Food transporter NH Case has taken delivery of new rigid reefer, with the truck body built by Schmitz Cargobull.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Liquid waste disposal business DM Boyles has taken delivery of its first DAF truck, a CF410 FAQ tridem with stainless steel vacuum tanker body, by Whale Tankers.
Rigids
UPS has ordered 10,000 bespoke electric vehicles from UK-based Arrival, for delivery between 2020 and 2024, with an option to double the order in the same period. The vehicles will be deployed in the UK, Europe and North America.
Electric Vehicles
DPD has ordered 300 electric Nissan e-NV200 vans, describing it as “a landmark day” for the parcel industry’s move to a sustainable future.
Electric Vehicles
Paul Neal, a driver from O’Donovan Waste Disposal, has won the driver of the year category at the Future Fleet Awards, held in London on 22 January.
Driver / People Management
Doncaster-based agricultural machinery manufacturer Amazone has put two new crane-equipped Volvo FH tractor units into operation.
Tractor Units
Aberdeen City Council has replaced almost half of its commercial vehicle fleet with 214 Renault Pro+ vans and conversions.
Light Commercial Vehicles