Matthews Haulage has taken delivery of four Mercedes-Benz Actros vehicles, with their arrival now making the 15-strong fleet 100% Mercedes-Benz. The operator cites dealer support and vehicle quality as key reasons for the policy.
Rigids
Trailer leasing, rental and repair business TIP Trailer Services has signed a deal with WABCO for trailer telematics and digital fleet management services for its 70,000-strong fleet across Europe and Canada.
Fleet Management Systems
Frozen food storage and logistics business NewCold has introduced a fully-automated handling solution which, it says, is setting new standards in temperature integrity and efficiency.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Aberdeenshire-based fish transporter Lunar Freezing has taken delivery of a new Gray & Adams trailer equipped with Carrier Transicold’s new flagship Vector HE 19 multi-temperature refrigeration unit.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Wimbledon-based haulier ELB Partners is celebrating achieving FORS Gold accreditation for the fifth year in a row – a result, it says, of continued investment in its fleet and drivers.
FORS
Volvo Group and Samsung SDI have entered into a strategic alliance to develop battery packs for Volvo’s electric trucks.
Electric Vehicles
Temporary access equipment provider TPA has taken delivery of its first Fuso Canter to use for deliveries of pontoon systems, citing the truck’s impressive payload and manoeuvrability.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Bus planning, telematics and ticketing software supplier INIT says a three-year research project into electric bus charging infrastructure has concluded with “impressive” results.
Fleet Management Systems
Fleet operators are being urged to participate in an online survey designed to prove the need for access to online CPC training course attendance data for drivers.
Driver CPC
Sister companies 4S Distribution and Hallam Express have placed a combined order for ten more Mercedes-Benz Actros tractors, less than six months after taking delivery of one trial unit each.
Tractor UnitsKnorr-Bremse and Continental have announced they have completed initial platooning trials comprising three trucks from different manufacturers.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Parker Hannifin has launched the Par Fit toolkit, a filter element selection system.
Filtration Equipment & Systems