Harrow Council is upgrading its refuse collection vehicle fleet with 30 Olympus RCVs from Dennis Eagle.
Municipal Vehicles
Transport and logistics business Paul Ponsonby has taken delivery of a 26-tonne Mercedes-Benz Actros, with specialist body built by Ekeri.
Bodies & Bodywork
TruckEast Norwich has been crowned Scania’s depot of the year, outscoring all other Scania dealerships on aftersales service criteria.
Dealerships
Dutch operator Tinie Manders Transport has taken delivery of a DAF CF Electric to use on its contract with DHL around the Eindhoven region.
Electric Vehicles
Go Plant Fleet Services has expanded a workshop to support its commercial vehicle operation, which has almost doubled in the last year due to the company’s acquisition of SM Sweepers.
Workshop
Amber Valley Borough Council has taken delivery of its first Isuzu vehicles, with two 3.5-tonne Isuzu Grafter Green dropside rigids joining the council’s ground maintenance services fleet.
Drop Side
Trailer maker and commercial vehicle bodybuilder Tiger Trailers has moved into its new, £22 million manufacturing facility in Winsford, Cheshire, and says it now has scope to double production within the next 12 months.
Trailers
A new partnership between Highways England and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency means commercial vehicle drivers in the West Midlands could now be stopped by a Highways England traffic officer.
Road Safety
Craigavon-based logistics business Manfreight has ordered 100 Schmitz Cargobull refrigerated trailers, adding to 70 it acquired from the trailer maker last year.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Bronze bearings and bushes manufacturer Leeds Bronze Engineering has taken delivery of its first Volvo truck, an FL rigid, citing fleet efficiency with the new addition replacing two smaller vehicles on its fleet.
Rigids
Peterborough-based Chiltern Distribution has taken delivery of two temperature-controlled Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans, converted by CoolKit.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Birmingham City Council has launched a website to help fleet managers and owner-drivers to prepare for the city’s forthcoming clean air zone (CAZ), which will be implemented in January 2020.
Low Emission Zones