Series production of the battery-electric eActros for heavy-duty distribution haulage is due to start in 2021 at the Wörth, Germany plant – alongside the existing manufacture of trucks with combustion engines.
Electric Vehicles
Leading fleet operators whose vehicles work in and around London Heathrow were among those helping Mercedes-Benz Trucks’ latest authorised repairer to launch a workshop facility on the edge of the airport.
Workshop
Global shipping firm Yusen Logistics (UK) has described its latest fleet delivery from DAF Trucks as a ‘solid investment’ as the company expands the DAF proportion of its fleet with 30 new 18-tonne DAF CF 260 FA box-body and curtain-side rigids.
Rigids
Delivery company Tuffnells is expanding its partnership with commercial vehicle specialist Enterprise Flex-E-Rent to cover HGVs on both rental and contract hire, ensuring maximum flexibility for its fleet.
Finance & Leasing
Telematics company CMS SupaTrak has achieved ISO27001, the information security management standard. It claims to be one of only a few telematics companies to hold ISO27001.
Telematics
Abbey Logistics has taken delivery of 11 new latest generation trucks that will go into its core British Sugar fleet, providing bulk sugar transport movements throughout the UK and Ireland.
Tractor Units
John Sutch Cranes has confirmed it will specify Michelin tyres across its fleet of mobile cranes, tractor units, trailers and rigid trucks, after a trial set of Michelins covered more than twice the distance normally seen from the firm’s previous tyre of choice.
Tyres & Retreads
Operators are being warned about seriously defective aftermarket brake drums that may be fitted to Scania P400 lorries within their fleet.
Road Safety
So impressed was King Concrete with Rygor Commercials’ quick response to its first order for three Mercedes-Benz truck mixers that it has just signed-up for another.
Concrete Mixers
German tyre manufacturer Fulda is launching the Regiotonn 3, a new trailer tyre said to provide high mileage, good all-weather performance, durability and fuel efficiency.
Tyres & Retreads
Logistics provider Kuehne+Nagel has put eight new Volvo FH Globetrotter LNG (liquified natural gas) tractor units into 24/7 operation on two major contracts with Whitbread and Costa, as part of a drive to reduce emissions and improve the sustainability of its transport operations.
Alternative Fuels
The GenH2 Truck, a fuel-cell truck with a range of up to 1,000km and more for flexible and demanding long-haul transport begins customer trials in 2023, start of series production in second half of the 2020s.
Alternative Fuels