Transdek UK will be exhibiting its latest urban double-deck trailer for Eddie Stobart at the Freight in the City Expo later this month (Alexandra Palace, London; 27 October).
Trailers
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) has published the 2016 edition of its Professional Development Directory which, for the first time, includes bespoke training for the bus and coach sector.
Continuing Professional Development
Coach operator Beestons has taken delivery of a Euro 6 Volvo B11R, describing the vehicle as a “clear front runner”.
Bus & Coach
Malcolm Group CEO Andrew Malcolm is replacing his five-year-old Volvo FM horsebox with a new high specification 460bhp Volvo FH Globetrotter XL 6x2 rigid that is a real thoroughbred inside and out.
Rigids
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans and Mazda 6 cars are top of automotive after-treatment recondition specialist DPF Clean Team’s league table of vehicles showing DPF (diesel particulate filter) problems this year (2015).
Road Legal
Commercial vehicle rental, hire and leasing firm Dawsonrentals is adding another 70 Mercedes-Benz Sprinters, all 5.0-tonne gvw models, to its 2,000-strong rental fleet.
Bus & Coach
This year’s TCS&D Award for the rental and contract hire company of the year went to Enterprise Flex-E-Rent for the second year running.
Finance & LeasingThe first series-production autonomous truck to drive on a public road in Europe will make its maiden voyage in Germany on Friday 2 October (2015).
Engine/Transmission Management
Bibby Distribution’s Future Fleet farm collection vehicle project – instigated for its First Milk contract – is set to slash CO2 emissions and fuel costs, according to the company.
Rigids
Suffolk-based operator Tippers R Us has taken delivery of 15 MAN 8x4 tippers with all-steel Loadmaster Lite bodies by Thompson – the first phase of its order for up to 50 new vehicles over two years.
A new security system has been launched, which records statutory vehicle checks and uses technology such as carbon dioxide monitoring to detect unwanted stowaways.
With the deadline approaching for the government’s Low Emission Bus scheme, Wrightbus is urging operators to ensure they submit funding applications before the end of October.
Bus & Coach