WIT Transport Solutions founder Phil Brown has taken delivery of a rather special Mercedes-Benz Actros 2545 BigSpace tractor from the Mansfield branch of East Midlands dealer Mertrux unit.
Tractor Units
J&P Vehicle Deliveries, of Bolton, has started working with a new Volvo FM-460 fitted with the latest generation short-long transporter bodywork.
Car Transporters
Designing for Deliveries – the FTA’s (Freight Transport Association) guide to truck turning and manoeuvring requirements – has been republished in updated form.
Routing
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has expanded its nationwide network to 98 outlets, comprising 73 van centres and 25 additional authorised repairers.
Repair & Maintenance
Recovery specialist AVS Recovery has taken delivery of its first new recovery truck – a MAN TGL 12-tonner with slide bed body by Roger Dyson of Droitwich, selected for what owners Simon and Karen Chance describe as reliability and value.
Recovery Vehicles
What’s thought to be Europe’s largest vacuum tanker – Hydro Cleansing’s new 44-tonne Scania R730 Highline, from Whale Tankers, also known as the Terminator – was painted using new Glasurit 68 Line paint technology.
Municipal Vehicles
Paper and corrugated packaging firm DS Smith is the latest operator to sign up for Michelin solutions’ recently-introduced Effitrailer telematics scheme – fitting its new equipmkent to 40 single-decker trailers.
Tyres & Retreads
Beverley Bell, senior traffic commissioner and now patron of the IRTE (Institute of Road Transport Engineers) is to present the inaugural IRTE Fleet Engineer of the Year 2016 Awards.
Continuing Professional Development
Smiths of Gloucester has added two Volvo FH16-750 6x4 double-drive tractor units from Truck and Bus Wales & West, Avonmouth, to its 140-srong truck fleet – these for its heavy haulage business.
Longer Heavier Vehicles
Logistics giant Wincanton has added 12 Renault Trucks Range T460 6x2 tractor units, plated at 44 tonnes, to its 200+ dedicated construction vehicle fleet, as part of a multi-million-pound investment.
Tractor Units
HGV and plant maintenance and transport operator HW Martin reckons that since switching to r2c Online’s cloud-based compliance and maintenance system in December 2015, it has seen more than 73 hours per month productivity improvements.
Workshop Management Systems
TPMS (tyre pressure monitoring system) specialist TyrePal has launched a range of systems for commercial vehicles and buses, designed to alert drivers to tyre pressure and temperature problems.
Tyres & Retreads