Gateshead Central Taxis Bus Division has expanded its fleet with three new Mellor Orion buses.
Bus & Coach
The owners of Porthmadog Skip Hire have been banned from running heavy goods vehicles indefinitely, after they were found to have stored waste illegally.
Transport CPC
Surrey Fire & Rescue Service (SFRS) has taken delivery of a new driver-training vehicle, based on a Scania P 320 DB4x2 chassis, which is able to fulfil three distinct roles – conventional truck training, fire appliance training and an incident support unit.
Emergency Service Vehicles
Aggregate and transport business The Cullimore Group is opening a new quarry and has added a total of seven new vehicles to its fleet, with the help of Lloyds Bank’s commercial banking division.
Finance & Leasing
Iveco has expanded the line-up of vehicles available through its DriveAway ready-bodied service, promising operators faster delivery times, lower costs and higher residuals.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Ford has announced the first seven converters accredited to its Qualified Vehicle Modifier (QVM) programme.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Guildford-based operator Safeguard Coaches has taken delivery of its latest Optare Metrocity, which has been named after long-serving employee Linda Chambers, who retires after 28 years with the firm.
Bus & Coach
British insurers are warning about the potential dangers of ‘autonomous ambiguity’, as vehicles with different levels of autonomy, or driverless technology, increasingly become a feature of UK roads.
Road Safety
Vehicle monitoring systems stitch together the perspectives of multiple cameras into one single artificial overhead view, simplifying the driver’s job of monitoring nearby collision hazards. Steve Banner investigates
Road Safety
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Health & Safety Legislation
On-board diagnostic technologies enable truck maintenance to begin long before the truck rolls into the workshop, reports Steve Banner
Fleet Management Systems
In addition to extending the hours of dealer workshops, a recent trend in maintenance is to bring the garage to the van, in the form of mobile servicing set up on a convenient forecourt or car park. Doing so can reduce fleet downtime, reports Dan Gilkes
Fleet Operating Costs