Online electricals retailer Ao has acquired 130 new home delivery vans from Fraikin as part of an ongoing contract hire agreement.
Car Derived Vans
Traffic management vehicle specialist Acklea has introduced an electric-powered model to extend its range of recyclable plastic-bodied 7.2t commercial vehicles.
Truck Efficiency
O'Donovan Waste has switched to using only hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) biofuel for its fleet of 100 lorries.
Alternative Fuels
By 2035, buying and running a new long-haul diesel truck with pure e-diesel would cost 47% more than buying and operating a battery-electric truck (BET), according to a study by environmental group Transport & Environment.
Alternative Fuels
Jim Hughes coaches is one of the largest North East independent bus and coach companies operating 60 vehicles from our fully equipped workshop in Birtley, Tyne and Wear. We operate a very busy and modern fleet of coaches operating locally, regionally and sometimes further afield. Our bus fleet operates a selection of local bus services, home to school and other contracted journeys.
People
Jim Hughes coaches is one of the largest North East independent bus and coach companies operating 60 vehicles from our fully equipped workshop in Birtley, Tyne and Wear. We operate a very busy and modern fleet of coaches operating locally, regionally and sometimes further afield. Our bus fleet operates a selection of local bus services, home to school and other contracted journeys.
People
Jim Hughes coaches is one of the largest North East independent bus and coach companies operating 60 vehicles from our fully equipped workshop in Birtley, Tyne and Wear. We operate a very busy and modern fleet of coaches operating locally, regionally and sometimes further afield. Our bus fleet operates a selection of local bus services, home to school and other contracted journeys.
People
Universal Tanker Group has taken the first of 38 new Volvo FMX rigid trucks that are set to join its fleet throughout the next 12 months.
Truck Efficiency
CheckedSafe, UK vehicle compliance and fleet management system, has recently become a partner of the free-to-access and government-backed Driving For Better Business scheme.
Operator Compliance Risk Score
Transport specialist Glasgow Car Movers is using a 6x2 rigid truck paired with a drawbar transporter trailer from Fraikin that can carry 10 vehicles at a time.
Truck Efficiency
Best UK Transport is now using a second eight-wheeled Mercedes-Benz Econic concrete mixer to operate in and around London.
Concrete MixersThree companies have been fined by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in November after two separate incidents involving unloading trailers resulted in fatal injuries.
Loading/Unloading Equipment