Freight shipping specialist Ferryspeed has announced savings of more than £250,000 in trailer procurement by optimising operations with Webfleet, Bridgestone’s fleet management solution.
Fleet Management
Wrightbus has invested in six T8DC cable-free mobile column lifts at its NewPower facility in Bicester, Oxfordshire.
Lifting Equipment
Northern Ireland-based EJC Contracts has taken delivery of three new DAF CF 450 8x4 32-tonne tipper grabs, each equipped with Thompsons bodies and Palfinger Epsilon cranes.
Tippers
Pontypool-based JP Bull Transport has taken the delivery of a Volvo FH Aero 500 6x2 tractor unit, which will carry out general haulage duties.
Truck Efficiency
Woods Travel of Bognor Regis has taken the delivery of a new Irizar Integral i6 as part of a partnership with Dawson Group Bus & Coach.
Bus & Coach
The UK now has a legal framework for the introduction of autonomous vehicles, but will they ever become a commercial reality? Richard Simpson looks at where the industry is at the moment and what the future might hold
Truck Efficiency
Truck-mounted cranes and other implements deserve the inspection and attention afforded to other parts of the vehicle. However, these components can be overlooked, with horrendous consequences. Steve Banner explains more
Cranes
With the date to complete the initial Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) – or take the continuation – looming in early September 2024, it’s important to get yours started now. By Tom Austin-Morgan
Continuing Professional Development
Technology is constantly evolving, as researchers, scientists and engineers strive to find improvements – and to uncover the latest breakthrough that could help companies, industries or even the whole world.
Alternative Fuels
In what will be probably be news to a lot of transport engineers and fleet managers, the ramifications of Euro 7’s introduction stretch beyond the powertrain, as Lucy Radley explains
Emissions Control
With 173,000 jobs to fill in engineering and technology before 2030, apprenticeships are crucial to this process. Tom Austin-Morgan investigates
Apprenticeships
ZF set out its heavy commercial vehicle stall in advance of September’s IAA Transportation exhibition in Hanover, Germany by showcasing its latest developments during an event at the end of June. Steve Banner was there
Alternative Fuels