Whale Tankers has taken on four more apprentices this month, with the latest cohort set to study a wider range of disciplines.
Apprenticeships
McCulla Ireland has taken delivery of a Renault Range T520, one of the first right-hand drive models in Ireland and the first for the temperature-controlled logistics firm.
Tractor Units
German firm Skeleton Technologies has signed a five-year deal with bus maker Wrights Group for the supply of graphene-based ultracapacitors.
Bus & Coach
Fleet Service GB has launched an online solution to provide a real-time risk profile of every driver, by integrating all aspects of driver and vehicle data.
Driver / People Management
Commercial vehicle rental business Ryder has announced that Jim Ryan, from Birmingham, is the winner of its annual UK Top Tech competition.
Workshop
Flintshire-based Edge Transport has taken delivery of a Volvo 26-tonne FE 6x2 rigid chassis, with special livery to mark the operator’s 85th year in business.
Rigids
Andreas Öhman, from Sweden, has won the world crane championship, hosted by Hiab and held at the IAA Commercial Vehicles event in Hanover this weekend (22 and 23 September).
Cranes
Pie and pasty maker Chunk Of Devon has taken delivery of a third Renault Master temperature-controlled van from CoolKit, citing the van converter’s customer service as key to securing the deal.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Industrial gas supplier Air Products has taken delivery of 90 new Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks, ordered after a multi-marque tender showed the Actros to be “clearly the best buy”.
Rigids
Volvo is exhibiting its new platform for long-distance coaches at the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover (20-27 September).
Bus & Coach
Refrigerated transport operator McCulla is reporting savings of £200,000 per year since installing a vehicle camera system from ProVision.
Telematics
Logistics business Grocontinental has signed a three-year deal for Michelin’s Effitires tyre management across its 180-strong fleet of trucks and trailers.
Tyres & Retreads