Thermo King has provided ThermoLite solar panels on 76 new refrigerated trailers for Dutch logistics provider ECS, which each promise to save 1,000 litres of fuel per trailer per year.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Tech company Einride and bearings manufacturer SKF is now testing a self-driving electric truck to transport goods on a public road between the factory and the warehouse in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Electric Vehicles
VMS Fleet Management has unveiled a new South Wales depot based in Bridgend offering an extended range of fleet management services, such as maintenance, MOT, workshop and body-shop, as well as local vehicle hire through VMS Vehicle Hire.
Dealerships
Milton Keynes-based DAF Trucks dealer group Brian Currie’s new ‘TRP Service Plus’ all-makes parts and service location in Daventry is now fully operational. Brian Currie Daventry Truck & Trailer becomes the first TRP Service Plus location in the UK providing a dedicated parts shop and service workshop for operators of all vehicle makes.
Vehicle Parts
TDW Distribution will deploy the Microlise product suite to support greater fleet intelligence, efficiency, safety and communication. Its 74-vehicle strong fleet will be utilising Fleet Performance, Journey Management, Digitalised Proof of Delivery and the Health & Safety module, including blindspot cameras.
Telematics
EV workshop safety according to French standard UTE C18-550.
Workshop
The UK government has published a bus strategy that aims to replicate the London franchising model throughout the rest of England. It says its vision is simpler fares, thousands of new buses, improved routes and higher frequencies.
Bus & Coach
A logistics company has received £151,000 in R&D tax incentives from the government despite being told in the past that it would not qualify.
Forklift Trucks
Meat wholesaler Tican Chilled is using hydraulic-drive TRUs on two CNG-powered Scania 18 tonners, in a bid to apply long-term sustainable solutions to their national distribution vehicle fleet.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Running over a dozen various models of skiploaders and hookloaders, Bristol-based McCarthy Marland nonetheless identified a particular skiploader specification that would further add to its overall fleet productivity. Unfortunately though, no skiploader manufacturer could offer such a product off the shelf.
Loaders
South West Mercedes-Benz Truck and Van dealership group City West Commercials has recently added in-house brake testing at two of its workshops after taking advantage of lease hire options from Totalkare.
Diagnostic Equipment
Customers of temperature-controlled vehicle hire and leasing company Freezerent can now choose one of the first refrigerated versions of the fully electric Mercedes-Benz eSprinter van.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles