Family-run haulier MJ Close & Son has taken delivery of a new semi-trailer, from SDC, citing build quality and ability to customise as key reasons for the deal.
Semi-Trailers
Bruntingthorpe Logistics has taken delivery of two Scania P450 rigids fitted with the new Odyssey trailer bodywork, by Transporter Engineering of Essex.
Car Transporters
Continental Tyres is merging its Conti360° Fleet Services network with Bandvulc’s fleet services under a new unified 360° brand.
Tyres & Retreads
The latest version of the FORS Standard includes measures for air quality and noise improvement, and guidelines to help operators tackle the threat of terrorism.
FORS
Emissions-control systems provider Eminox has announced plans for a “multi-million pound” expansion of its Gainsborough manufacturing headquarters.
Emissions Control
Renault Trucks has announced that Ryan Thorne from its Exeter dealerpoint is about to embark on the prestigious Master Technician programme.
Apprenticeships
The Ministry of Defence has signed a £53 million deal with MAN Truck & Bus UK for the modernisation of its logistics fleet.
Lifting & Handling
Rushlift’s ground support equipment (GSE) division is using bespoke wireless mobile column lifts, from TotalKare, to maintain equipment at Gatwick Airport.
Workshop
Parcel delivery company DPD has opened the UK’s first all-electric parcel depot in Westminster, central London, and unveiled plans for seven more all-electric sites in the capital.
Electric Vehicles
Recycling business Warrens Group has taken delivery of a 16-tonne IVECO Eurocargo Natural Power, which it is fuelling with biogas produced from its own food waste collections.
Alternative Fuels
Derbyshire-based operator RM Hadfield Haulage has taken delivery of the first four of a 14-vehicle order of Volvo FH-500 6x2 Lite tractors, citing payload, fuel economy and total cost of ownership as reasons for the deal.
Tractor Units
Heavy machinery transporter Joseph Merritt Group is investing £1.4 million in additional transport and lifting equipment, as part of its five-year growth strategy.
Lifting & Handling