Container haulier James Kemball has ordered another £3.5 million worth of high specification Volvo FH-500 6x2 tractor units.
Tractor Units
Leicestershire-based Apex Plant Group says it has seen financial and efficiency benefits since moving to Westlake tyres two years ago.
Tyres & Retreads
Waste management business Powerday has become the first operator to take delivery of Hyva’s new TRR remote-control skiploader, and describes it as taking “skiploading into a new era”.
Construction Equipment
Road surfacing business Tripod Crest has extended its 100-strong fleet of vans with its first new dropsider, a 3.5-tonne Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 313 CDI chassis cab.
Drop Side
The government’s planned changes to boost apprenticeship numbers and drive up the quality of courses risks becoming a new tax on payroll for road haulage companies, according to the RHA (Road Haulage Association).
Apprenticeships
Environmental services specialist Glendale Managed Services has taken delivery of two new Isuzu N75.190 Forward 7.5 tonne rigids to work on new tree maintenance contracts in north London.
Rigids
Norfolk-based David Watson Transport has been sentenced for safety failings after a driver suffered life-changing injuries and later died.
Health & Safety Legislation
Warburtons has been named fuel efficient operator of the year in the annual LCRS (Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme) awards since slashing diesel consumption by more than 8% and reducing carbon emissions by 1,719 tonnes.
Driver / People Management
A teenage apprentice at trailer maker Cartwright has been helping to build an order for his father’s haulage business.
Apprenticeships
Krone Trailers is launching a new dry freight box trailer to the UK market which, it says, will set a new standard in loading flexibility and add value to operators’ bottom lines.
Trailers
Quinto Crane & Plant has taken delivery of 155-tonne Arocs 3363 S and six-axled Nooteboom low-loader, as part of a significant investment plan under new ownership.
Tractor Units
Halesowen-based heavy-duty vehicle-lifting equipment specialist Totalkare has taken delivery of 14 new Citroen support vans, all replete with the company's new livery.
Car Derived Vans