Bus maker Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) is reporting increased demand for high capacity, high spec double-decker buses, with operators keen to combine 80-plus passenger capacity with premium interior features.
Bus & Coach
Date: 4 July.
Designed to throw a spotlight on the future of LCV (Light Commercial Vehicle) fleet management, ‘Let’s Explore: LCV Fleet 2017’ will include industry insights and advice and an exhibitors' village.
The UK’s leading temporary traffic and event management specialist is now running the first of a new generation of dropside vehicles built by Bevan Specialist Products.
Drop Side
Following a competitive tender process, Amminex, Baumot Twintec, Eminox, HJS and Proventia have won places on a framework contract to upgrade around 5,000 buses to Euro VI emissions standard.
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Health & Safety Legislation
Workshops may be caught between a company’s need to economise, its needs for vehicle reliability and the requirement for safety. A number of industry schemes can help, reports Peter Shakespeare
Irtec
Fifth wheel systems that engage the trailer kingpin, as well as drawbar couplings, are simple mechanical connections. They require basic maintenance and training to use safely, but additional equipment offers extra protection. Steve Banner reports on how to maintain, specify and operate them
Couplings
According to the police, the typical transport and logistics business presents the ideal target profile for the cyber-criminal. Peter Shakespeare reports
Continuing Professional Development
Diesel’s continued demonisation and the prospect of tougher emissions restrictions spreading beyond London to other UK cities should prompt transport fleets to look at alternative means of propulsion. Steve Banner reports
Alternative Fuels
The issue of wheel security has been long-debated in the transport sector and within the IRTE. The topic has now picked up some serious traction and new work could revise existing guidance, explains John Challen
Bus and coach maintenance technicians from across the UK and Ireland competed in the seventh annual IRTE Skills Challenge, tracing faults, fixing problems and answering questions. Will Dalrymple was there
Apprenticeships
While many truck makers were absent at Birmingham’s 2017 CV Show, market leader DAF took the wraps off a new UK managing director, and its new XF and CF models. Ian Norwell went to DAF’s home country of the Netherlands to look at the detail and get behind the wheel
Axles