Owner-driver John Vannet has taken delivery of a 32-tonne Renault Range C, saying payload and dealer service made it “a straightforward decision”.
Rigids
Furniture delivery business Unit Movements has taken delivery of a new fleet of Fuso Canter 7.5-tonners, with box bodies by Bevan Group.
Rigids
FORS Professional, the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme’s training brand, is now offering Transport for London’s TruckSmart toolkit.
Driver CPC
Window and door manufacturer SolarFrame Direct has taken delivery of 13 new Volkswagen vans – eight Crafter panel vans and five Caddy panel vans – to support its conservatory installation service.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Career progression is too often overlooked as a benefit of Driver CPC training. That’s the view of industry training body RTITB, whose managing director Laura Nelson says: “It doesn’t have to just be about maintaining a driver’s qualification or compliance.
Driver CPC
Pets At Home has worked with trailer manufacturer Cartwright on a particular solution to enable deliveries to an area with low bridges.
Trailers
Punchard Haulage has taken delivery of a new Volvo FH16-750 tractor, with the option of a 10-tonne rated front axle sealing the deal for the Uttoxeter-based operator.
Tractor Units
Findley Roofing & Building has taken delivery of ten 3.5-tonne Mercedes-Benz Sprinters with a further ten Mercedes-Benz Vito vans to follow, at which time the Washington-based operator’s fleet renewal to all-Mercedes will be complete.
Drop Side
Somerset-based haulier AJ Brunt has taken delivery of a new tri-axle step frame trailer from Andover Trailers – the latest order in a 20-year relationship, with AJ Brunt rating Andover’s bespoke build offer and “honest nuts and bolts engineering”.
Trailers
Hiab has announced the release of Hiab HiConnect, a ‘connected solution’ to give customers real-time data on its equipment.
Telematics
Aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete supplier Hanson UK is reporting “resounding success” from its trials of a DAF CF 6x2 mid-lift tractor with Muldoon trailer and McPhee mixer combination.
Concrete Mixers
Inverclyde Council has installed cameras, from Sentinel Systems, on to 11 of its refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) and is already reaping the benefits with improved safety and access to insurance-related evidence.
Telematics