Brian Yeardley Continental is adding three of DAF’s New XF 480 FT low-deck tractors to its fleet – the first to be delivered in the UK.
Tractor Units
Lifting equipment manufacturer Penny Hydraulics has completed a £2 million upgrade of its site in Clowne, Derbyshire, which includes a new manufacturing plant and warehousing facility.
Mansfield haulier Alexander Coates has had his licence revoked and been disqualified from holding or obtaining an operator’s licence for six months.
Transport CPC
Zenith Logistics Services UK has taken delivery of five new Legras 13.5m tri-axle moving floor trailers on a five-year deal from TIP Trailer Services.
Trailers
Iveco has announced that it is now taking orders for the right-hand drive version of its Eurocargo Natural Power truck.
Alternative Fuels
Kilsyth-based haulier Annandale Transport will have its operations restricted from the end of this month after it was found to have committed numerous safety breaches and its transport manager threatened government inspectors.
Transport technology provider Trapeze Group has launched a new online portal to help bus operators to communicate more efficiently with drivers.
Driver / People Management
Devon-based transport and warehousing business Gregory Distribution is reporting significant workshop efficiency benefits thanks to software from Freeway Fleet Systems.
Fleet Management Systems
Groundworks and demolition business Hansford Construction has taken delivery of its first trailer from Schmitz Cargobull – an 8.2m light steel half-pipe tipper trailer – citing value and build quality as key reasons for the deal.
Trailers
International coach operator Grayline Coaches is reporting fuel savings of more than £38,000 a year since switching its fleet to fully synthetic Castrol lubricants.
Lubricants & Systems
Hull-based operator East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS) has taken delivery of 12 new Volvo B5TL double-deck buses.
Bus & Coach
Fleet managers should be wary of signing up to long-term telematics contracts that require the ‘plug and play’ technology to be plugged into vehicles’ onboard diagnostic-II (OBD) port, which are shortly expected to become obsolete.
Telematics