Delegates at next month’s IRTE Conference (Chesford Grange, 16-17 September) will be able to find out about the Freight Transport Association’s training and inspection services for fleet engineers and workshop managers.
Telematics specialist CMS SupaTrak has launched a training academy aimed at commercial vehicle operators wanting to improve fleet efficiency and reduce operating costs.
Continuing Professional Development
Vehicle test, validation and engineering service specialist Millbrook has completed upgrades of its powertrain test facilities, following an invedstment of £1.83 million.
Diagnostic Equipment
Telematics firm Microlise has joined the fuel pricing pressure group FairFuelUK as a corporate supporter.
Telematics
Privately owned temperature-controlled logistics firm Chiltern Cold Storage has contracted Michelin solutions for a fully-managed tyre facility, which, it believes will result in significantly improved fleet efficiency.
Tyres & Retreads
Dudley, North Tyneside based civil engineering firm Owen Pugh has taken delivery of the first of 34 Mercedes-Benz eight-wheelers ordered from Mercedes-Benz under a £3.4 million deal.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Alnwick-based L&A Reinforcements has taken delivery of a high-specification Scania R490 rigid bodied with a Sterling Cheesewedge low profile plant body and Fassi F275 truck-mounted crane.
Rigids
Suncor oils business Petro-Canada Lubricants says it is expanding its distribution for bulk premium oils in Europe, following several years of growing demand from the continent.
Lubricants & Systems
Truck driver Graham Barnes, who delivers furniture for an unnamed operator, is urging other drivers to use WheelRight’s automatic tyre pressure monitoring system at Keele Services on the M6 – and encouraging more motorway services to install the equipment.
Road Safety
ContiTech has developed cold-resistant air springs – based on a novel rubber compound – for trucks and semi-trailers running in extremes of temperature.
Shock Absorbers & Springs
The IRTE (Institute of Road Transport Engineers) and the three leading trade bodies in the UK representing logistics are to work together to improve the transport industry’s image – and to attract more staff.
Apprenticeships
Barnstable, Devon based haulier William C Hockin (Transport) has taken delivery of its first Iveco trucks – two Euro 6 Stralis Hi-Way 6x2 twin-steer (AS440S46TXP) tractor units.
Tractor Units