Kent-based Go-Coach is rolling out Wheely-Safe technology across its fleet after a trial installation on an Optare Solo bus flagged a potentially dangerous issue with brake temperatures.
Bus & Coach
Car parts manufacturer Fras-le has entered the UK through the acquisition of Juratek, a company specialising in the commercial vehicle distribution aftermarket.
Vehicle Parts
Bedfordshire-based Miniclipper Logistics has confirmed two of its drivers are now qualified as Class 2 licence holders following the launch of its Warehouse to Wheels campaign.
Truck Efficiency
Facilities management company Vertas has chosen Trakm8 to install telematics systems on its fleet of 280 vehicles to support its plans to become carbon neutral by 2030.
Telematics
MV Commercial has supplied four Scania P450s with Thompson tipper bodies to MD Aggregate Supplies as part of a three-year contract hire agreement.
Tippers
The Department for Transport has launched a consultation about proposed reforms to the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (DCPC) qualification.
Driver CPC
Youngs Transportation and Logistics is using two Renault Trucks artics to work on general and container haulage out of its head office in Essex and Southampton.
Truck Efficiency
Volvo Trucks has supplied an electric heavy-duty concrete mixer to Cemex’s concrete plant in Spandau, Berlin, as part of a collaboration to deploy electromobility solutions.
Concrete Mixers
Fraikin has appointed Regan Greeff technology solutions manager to educate customers on connected fleet management.
Fleet Management Systems
Stagecoach has launched an electric city bus network in Inverness, Scotland, in which 25 zero-emission Yutong E10 buses are now operating on city centre routes.
Electric Vehicles
IRTE’s Skills Challenge of bus and coach engineering technicians has opened for entrants. In the competition, contestants pit their wits against a number of tasks involving their practical and theoretical knowledge over the course of a day.
Bus & Coach
Suffolk-based logistics solutions provider Bartrums has added three more Fruehauf stepframe bathtub tipping trailers to its fleet to boost its UK-wide malt barley haulage operation.
Trailers