Waste management company Alpha Logic has taken delivery of its first refuse truck – a Mercedes-Benz Econic – to provide a direct trade waste service.
Municipal Vehicles
Catering industry oil supplier Proper Oils has taken delivery of its third bespoke-bodied 8.55-tonne Fuso Canter, after the first two – delivered earlier this year – proved ideal for boosting business efficiency and environmental credentials.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Chinese bus manufacturer BYD has won Italy’s first public tender for pure electric buses, and will deliver 19 e-buses in a deal said to be worth over €10 million.
Electric Vehicles
Nottingham City Council (NCC) has launched a fleet of 13 BYD advanced pure electric 12m ebuses, along with associated charging equipment – the first such fleet to go into operation in the UK outside the capital.
Electric Vehicles
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust is reporting increased fleet uptime and lower costs since contracting its 19-strong fleet to Fraikin.
Finance & Leasing
Vehicle finance and leasing firms must do more to protect fair competition in the haulage industry. That’s the call from traffic commissioner Kevin Rooney, who has refused to return an impounded vehicle – the third such vehicle impounded from a UK national running under a Bulgarian authorisation.
Standards & Practices
High-end kitchen appliance supplier Sub Zero & Wolf UK has taken delivery of three new top-spec Iveco Eurocargos, making its 18-strong fleet now 100% Iveco.
Rigids
Thomas Hemmerich has been named as Simon Elliott’s successor and will take over as managing director of MAN Truck & Bus UK from 1 February.
People
Mackworth Vehicle Conversions is offering a new cycle safety door, called the Mackworth Cycle Vision, available immediately on selected DAF, Renault and Volvo vehicles.
Road Safety
Successful carbon reduction is 50% belief and 50% belligerence. So says Chris Newsome of Anglia Water, and a member of the Green Construction Board.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
More than a quarter (27%) of transport professionals do not have the necessary systems or technology to benefit from the DVSA’s Earned Recognition scheme.
Fleet managers are being urged to consider cleaning diesel particulate filters (DPFs) instead of scrapping them – and by doing so boost their environment credentials as well as saving money.
Filtration Equipment & Systems