Scania is reporting a surge in demand for its flexible maintenance plan, with more than 70,000 contracts signed in 2018 – up by 68% on 2017.
Repair & Maintenance
Fleet Service GB has launched Achieve Fleet Management, the latest in its line of Achieve intelligent dashboards for monitoring and control of vehicles and drivers.
Fleet Management Systems
Bedford Borough Council has a started a six-month trial to assess the benefits of Shell GTL fuel in some of its fleet vehicles.
Alternative Fuels
Alpha Recovery has put a new high-spec Volvo FH-540 rigid recovery vehicle into service as part of its fleet upgrade programme.
Rigids
Haulier and specialist lifting firm NDC Services has taken delivery of a new Volvo FH crane truck featuring NATO stabilising legs, customised and delivered by MV Commercial in just six weeks.
Rigids
The John Lewis Partnership has pledged to have a carbon-free transport fleet by 2045 as part of its wider zero carbon strategy.
Alternative Fuels
Freeway Fleet Systems has announced that it can now integrate its vehicle maintenance solution with the Omnibus passenger transport software, providing bus operators with “the final missing link in the information chain”.
Fleet Management Systems
Commercial vehicle maintenance business Riverside Commercial Services is reporting sales growth of 20% in the past year, and is managing this with help from invoice finance provider Skipton Business Finance.
Workshop
Consumer website HonestJohn.co.uk is calling for van MOTs to be carried out after two years, following the publication of government data showing one in four vans fails the first MOT.
Road Legal
EnerSys has launched the Odyssey Performance Series batteries for buses, trucks and other large commercial vehicles, promising “a true technological alternative” to batteries currently in use.
Battery Technology
Building materials supplier Cemex has ordered 57 new tipper lorries, all of which are specified with Edbro hydraulic systems from Jost UK.
Tippers
A trial is underway of the UK’s first full-sized autonomous bus, at the Sharston, Manchester depot of Stagecoach.
Bus & Coach