Bakery business Hovis has signed a multi-year deal with telematics provider Microlise to deploy the solution across its 450 vehicles and 190 trailers.
Telematics
Giti Tire has extended its GT Radial GSR225 Combi Road multi-use steer axle range with three new 19.5in sizes, as well as upgrading the load index for its next-generation 22.5in tyres.
Tyres & Retreads
Motor Wheel Service Distribution (MWSD) is taking its wheel safety campaign to Coach & Bus Live 2015 (NEC, Birmingham; 30 September to 1 October), where it will also be exhibiting its latest Xlite forged aluminium and Chevron stamped steel wheels.
Wheels / Wheel fixings / Trims
Aberdeen-based haulier Dyce Carriers has extended its 68-strong fleet with two 44-tonne Renault Range T460 6x2 mid-lift tractors, the first Renault vehicles to join the operator’s heavy goods fleet.
Finance & Leasing
BPW has announced that it has passed its 100,000 trailer axle milestone ahead of schedule, after a £1m equipment investment at its Leicester facility.
Axles
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is calling for volumetric concrete mixers to be covered by the same regulatory framework as HGVs, saying that all vehicles operating on public roads should be subject to the same regulations.
Road Safety
The latest two recipients of Scania coaches have both cited service and support as reasons for selecting the manufacturer’s vehicles.
Bus & Coach
Shetland Transport has taken delivery of two more Gray & Adams curtainsider semi-trailers, with another four on order, after its first two units delivered last year performed “flawlessly”.
Semi-Trailers
Transport minister Andrew Jones got behind the wheel of three Mercedes trucks earlier this week (20 July), driving the Euro 6 vehicles around a test track to gain, he said, an “immensely valuable” insight into the challenges facing truck drivers.
Road SafetyAir quality monitoring in London could soon include the impact of auxiliary engines, such as those used to power vehicle refrigeration units – the first time this would be measured and reported by a UK government body.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has taken delivery of 14 Optare Solos to be used on subsidised local bus services across the area, including on its bookable service MyBus.
Bus & Coach
Vehicle rental business SHB Hire has selected ATS Euromaster to manage tyre supply and service for its 14,000-strong fleet.
Tyres & Retreads