Macfarlane Packaging has signed a £3.3 million contract hire deal with Fraikin for 41 commercial vehicles – the start of Macfarlane’s move to full Euro VI compliance.
Finance & Leasing
Owner-driver Daìre Maher has switched to Michelin’s X-Multi tyres on his Scania truck after rising fuel costs prompted him to remove a competitor set with 13mm tread remaining.
Tyres & Retreads
Renault has expanded its range of customised used vehicles with the Range T X-Road 460, designed for non-standard haulage on mixed terrains.
Tractor Units
Hovis driver Richard Barnes has won the Microlise driver of the year award for 2018, beating more than 180,000 other UK drivers to take the top spot.
Driver / People Management
DAF Trucks has announced that its CF Electric truck will begin field tests with customers later this year.
Electric Vehicles
Sales of heavy goods vehicles in the UK fell in the first quarter of 2018, with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) pointing the finger at economic and political uncertainty.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Recovery truck bodybuilder Recovery World has ordered 13 Isuzu Forward 7.5-tonne rigids, adding to the 250-plus Isuzu vehicles it has ordered since it began working with Isuzu in 2001.
Rigids
Finance and leasing business Asset Alliance has placed a £35 million order with Mercedes-Benz for 430 Actros models.
Finance & Leasing
Bodybuilder Thompsons has revealed details of its new Loadmaster X-Lite, ahead of the vehicle’s launch later this month at TIP-Ex 18 (31 May to 2 June; Harrogate Convention Centre).
The European Commission has published its first ever CO2 emissions standard for heavy-duty trucks, with the aim to cut emissions by a third by 2030.
Emissions Control
Heavy transport operator John Somerscales has taken delivery of two new Volvo FH-540 6x4 tractors, both featuring I-Shift Crawler gearboxes and Tandem Axle Lift systems.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Reading Buses has renewed its contract with MiX Telematics for a further three years, saying the system has “proved itself thoroughly”.
Driver / People Management