Washington, Sunderland-based family firm Hawthorns Logistics, has signed a 12 month pay-as-you-go contract with Prometeon Tyre Group for its entire fleet. The new contract, which includes Prometeon’s central billing tool, PRO Management, covers …
Commercial vehicles suffer on average around five defects each year – equivalent to approximately one every 10 weeks – which may need them to be taken off the road, illustrating the huge number of unscheduled repairs that affect fleet operations…
A joint venture between tech firm epyx and REALtime Communications has launched technology that allows truck and van drivers to book directly into workshop diaries online “in a matter of moments.” The service has been created by integrating epyx…
DMN Group is warning against the use of illegal vehicle transporters, following news of a Wiltshire Police and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) Enforcement campaign to take unsafe vehicles off the road. The Birmingham-based inspection …
The Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP) is calling on operators to “put their money where their mouths are” and support its bid to launch a fleet manager apprenticeship. The call comes as the AFP struggles to find enough operators willing t…
Cambridgeshire haulier Welch’s Transport is rolling out a route optimisation system across its fleet, following a trial which saw mileage and emissions cut by 15%. The family firm, which is headquartered in Duxford, is introducing Optimize’s rou…
Parcel delivery company DX Group has invested another £3m to boost its fleet of electric vans for exclusive use in its delivery and logistics partnership with IKEA. The funding, which will see 53 new electric vans added to the fleet, is the group’s sec…
SSE is to be the first utility to trial a hydrogen-powered vehicle from First Hydrogen – and put it to the test in real-life fleet operations. The vehicle, based at an SSE site in Aberdeen located next to a hydrogen fuel station, will be deployed with…
Vertellus, the innovative commercial vehicle contract hire company, is exhibiting at this year’s Road Transport Expo, the free-to-attend one-stop industry tradeshow taking place at the NAEC Stoneleigh from 28th – 30th June.
Visitors to stand G54 will b…
Webfleet, Bridgestone’s globally trusted fleet management solution, has launched Webfleet Trailer, a dedicated high-end trailer management solution designed to support transport and logistics companies with trailer fleets operating …
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Yusen Logistics has changed the vinyl wrapping on 58 of its truck cabs to a striking black livery to reflect its distribution contract with Howdens Joinery Group. Hexagon Leasing, which supplied the Renault D Range 18-tonners and T480 6×2 tractor units…
Electra Commercial Vehicles has secured funding from the European Horizon 2022 framework to build a long-haul 40-tonne HGV, with a range of 800 km, as part of the Escalate Project.
Escalate is a pan-European 37-member consortium from 13 countries. The …