Sightseeing operator Bath Bus Company has taken delivery of its first Euro 6 vehicles, two Volvo B5TL double-deckers.
Bus & Coach
Cardiff City FC Foundation – a charity linked to Cardiff City Football Club – has taken delivery of 13 Mercedes-Benz vans for coaches to use to visit schools and community venues across South Wales.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Paneltex Somers has won refrigerated panel van of the year for the third year running, at last week’s TCS&D 2015 awards.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
As the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal escalates from half a million cars implicated in the US – and now being recalled – to the automotive and CV giant admitting to 11 million diesel engined vehicles carrying its test ‘defeat’ software, the SMMT (society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders) has issued a statement.
Social / Corporate Responsibility
Petro-Canada Lubricants has been selected by Caterpillar to collaborate on the lubricant development contract that will support a heavy duty vehicle efficiency programme sanctioned by the Energy Technologies Institute.
Lubricants & Systems
Bridgestone Europe says it will be looking for new engineering recruits in the coming months at its European Technical Centre (TCE), near Rome.
Apprenticeships
The VW emission scandal has put the spotlight on vehicle emission testing not just in the US, but globally – and TRL (formerly the Transport Research Laboratory) is calling for change to more robust practices.
Emissions Control
Fruit importer S H Pratt & Co has ordered 25 MAN TGX tractors, which will operate under the company’s Kinship Logistics banner.
Tractor Units
Bristol-based DB Plant & Lifting has taken delivery of a £200,000 truck with full-spec bespoke platform body by Charlton – the operator’s largest yet in its all-Charlton fleet.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Simply Waste Solutions and Yorwaste are the latest in the waste and recycling transport sector to sign up for Sentinel Systems’ camera and auto-braking radar truck safety systems.
Safety systems
Trailer hire giant Hireco has strengthened its presence in truck rental with a new fleet of 35 Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor units.
Tractor Units
Volvo Trucks says it is returning to the Emergency Services Show (NEC, Birmingham, 23—24 September) with a new FL816 water tender/pumping appliance.
Emergency Service Vehicles