Volvo Buses has announced that it has passed the 3,000 mark for global sales of its hybrid, electric hybrid and all-electric buses – with the UK accounting for almost half of this total.
Electric Vehicles
Staffordshire-based RJK Logistics has taken delivery of three MAN tippers, delivered ‘road-ready’ from the manufacturer’s Trucks to Go offering.
Tippers
LPG distributor Flogas has taken delivery of six 7.5-tonne Isuzu N75.190 trucks, increasing its fleet of Isuzu vehicles to 10% of the 500-strong fleet, delivering bottled propane and butane gas across the UK.
Rigids
The Road Haulage Association is calling for a major overhaul of the operator licensing system, urging the government to audit all HGV operators.
O Licence
Birmingham-based On Point Logistics has expanded its all-Mercedes fleet with a new 26-tonne Mercedes-Benz Actros with steering tag axle.
Rigids
Retailer Iceland has placed an order for 79 Renault Range T tractors, and has appointed two Renault dealers to run its vehicle maintenance units (VMUs) in Enfield and Swindon.
Tractor Units
Aggregate and recycling business JSH has taken delivery of two 32-tonne Renault Range Cs, citing exceptional reliability and highly competitive cost of ownership as reasons for the deal.
Rigids
Sureway Express Transport has taken delivery of four Volvo FH tractors – its first new Volvo vehicles for five years.
Tractor Units
Iveco’s Stralis NP, the first natural gas truck for long-haul operations, has beaten four rivals from a range of industries to clinch the award for ‘project of the year’ at the European Gas Awards of Excellence 2017.
Alternative Fuels
Europe’s largest zero-emission hydrogen bus project was launched earlier this week (25 January) in Cologne, Germany, with the €125m scheme set to deliver 144 hydrogon fuel cell buses and seven large hydrogen refuelling stations across Europe.
Alternative Fuels
Tachograph compliance and the proposed Birmingham clean air zone (CAZ) topped the agenda at a regional meeting of the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT).
Standards & Practices
Organic food producer Soyfoods has taken delivery of a Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid, citing its fuel-saving and environmental credentials as key to the vehicle’s selection.
Rigids