Digital 2000 has formed a new business along with the rebrand of its fleet and workshop management system, CheckPro. The new business is called Asset Go Solutions and its software product AssetGo.
Fleet Management Systems
The Yorkshire council has bought into a service that enables fleet managers to have access to real-time data in one easy-to-use interface, such as vehicle location, driver performance, idling time and fuel usage.
Telematics
Diesel particulate filter (DPF) cleaning and refurbishment service provider Ceramex has more than doubled its operating capacity with the opening of a new facility in Reading, which will be able to process more than 2,500 DPFs per week.
Emissions Control
Dack Motor Group is celebrating the opening of its new van workshop at its headquarters in Lincoln, which is servicing over 500 vans a month and growing.
Light Commercial Vehicles
A transport company has been fined after a worker was fatally injured when the pallet of stone tiles he was attempting to deliver fell onto him.
Tail Lifts
Tests of a full-electric rigid urban truck prototype developed in 2019 by Spanish bus and coachbuilder Irizar and Spanish waste management firm FCC Medi Ambiente are to begin in Badajoz, a city in southwestern Spain.
Electric Vehicles
Law firm PGMBM (Pogust, Goodhead, Mousinho, Bianchini & Martins, formerly SPG Law) has issued a case in the High Court of Justice against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles that also implicates IVECO trucks over diesel emissions defeat devices.
Emissions Control
One of the UK’s specialist collectors of surplus food product has strengthened its operations after investing in a MULTILIFT hooklift trailer
Trailers
Vehicle converter Fleet Service Ltd has delivered what it called the UK’s first full-electric cash vehicle, based on a Nissan e-NV200 panel van.
Panel Vans
Tipper bodybuilder Thompsons has announced a range of new appointments, the most significant of which being key staff positions at its factory at Kirkliston near Edinburgh.
Tippers
Following new Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance published in August, H&S consultancy Inspire International offers advice to commercial vehicle dealerships about the risks of hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) caused by prolonged exposure to vibration tools.
Workshop
Wincanton’s construction operations received its first 14 new-generation Actros models from East Anglia dealer Orwell Truck & Van, a supplier to Britain’s largest third-party logistics company for more than 10 years.
Rigids