The latest batch of coach orders includes a Volvo B11R for Three Star Coaches, an Irizar i6 Integral for Barnetts Coaches and another Irizar i6 for Chandlers Coach Travel.
Bus & Coach
Cosham Plant Hire’s fleet has been augmented with a new Andover Trailers plant body mounted on a 32 tonne Volvo FM420 8x2 rear-steer rigid truck.
Trailers
Scania has announced it has delivered three more of its Irizar i6 coaches to operators, with the recipients citing reliability and service package as factors in their decision.
Bus & Coach
Renault Trucks has been voted supplier of the year by commercial vehicle rental firm Fraikin Group, which rated its customer service and technical support for Euro 6 in particular as “excellent”.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Carrier Transicold Glasgow has won a group award for its high standards of service delivery.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Bulk haulage and excavation business Allied Plant has taken delivery of a Loadmaster Lite tipper, to operate alongside its heavy-duty version, and says taking both models provides it with excellent versatility and cost efficiency.
Tippers
Agricultural machinery supplier Oakes Bros is replacing its mobile service van fleet with Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 313 CDIs, supplied by Rygor.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Commercial drivers’ agency Drivers Direct has launched a logistics division which, it says, is aimed at improving services to clients.
Driver / People Management
Private hire firm Arnald Cars has taken delivery of one of the first new Mercedes-Benz Vito Tourers, and says the ability to carry eight passengers is a key factor in the vehicle’s selection.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Newly acquired (and renamed) Horiba MIRA says it will be demonstrating its capabilities in low-carbon vehicle engineering and test at the Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV) 2015 event (9-10 September).
Alternative Fuels
Commercial vehicle hire and hot box specialist ND Brown is now offering improved safety on its rental truck fleet, with the fitment of equipment from Sentinel Systems.
Safety systems
Iveco is reporting “exceeded expectations” from its trial by European logistics firm SMET of a longer 18-metre articulated Stralis truck running on LNG (liquefied natural gas).
Longer Heavier Vehicles