Being held at DAF in Thame on Tuesday 19 July, the event will be presented by Matthew Davock of Manheim Remarketing, Dave Petts from Ford Motor Company, David Murray from the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency and the BVRLA's Jay Parmar. They will discuss compliance, new vehicle launches, market trends and overloading. The association added that its members’ […]
TfL said the audits are now seen as compliant with one of its contractual requirements. At an operator’s request, FTA can now supplement its Truck and Van Excellence audits with additional items covering TfL’s contractual work-related road risk (WRRR) clauses. Equivalency of Truck and Van Excellence with the addition of ‘Section 7 – TfL […]
VMS Refrigeration supplied an ALEX Original refrigeration condenser to be fitted onto a Mercedes Sprinter van. The TRCSBW 324 unit comes with an electric single phase stand-by facility and can be fitted to a wide range of vehicles. The conversion was provided by Polar Truck & Van. Steve Clarke of MC Potatoes said: “The […]
UK firms running van and HGV fleets could be losing more than £7,000 a year through vehicles being off the road due to breakdown.
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As well as gaining the Van Hero 2016 title, the winner will also be awarded a free three-year lease on a Ford Transit Custom or £5,000, with small awards for regional winners. The event offers a platform for people to nominate their favourite local van or pickup hero, no matter what their trade or […]
The findings have been published today (28 June) in the Microlise Transport Conference post event report, and follow the Government's confirmation earlier this year that 'lorry platooning' trials, using a convoy of vehicles headed by a driver in the leading lorry, will go ahead. The Microlise Transport conference report also includes analysis on a […]
The company runs a fleet of Ford Transit 350s, Transit Customs and Transit Connects for use by its service and installation teams across the country. The vans needed bespoke conversion to enable safe transportation of equipment and tools, which was completed by Sortimo, based in Warrington. The vehicles are being supplied by Pendragon Vehicle […]
The company is running two new Sprinter 313 CDIs with insulated Long bodies, which join another eight Mercedes vehicles on its 16-strong fleet. Production director Steve Simpson said: “Our vans start work at 3am, which is not a time you want a van to break down, so reliability and top-quality back-up are of paramount […]
The business operates in 23 service areas around the UK and Ireland and is using the Lytx solution on 120 of its vans. The technology combines video capture of road incidents such as hard braking or sudden swerving, data analysis of those incidents, and personalised coaching insights to improve driving behaviour, helping to reduce collision-related […]
Following the ‘leave’ vote in the referendum, the FTA has spoken out to say that coming out of the union risks new costs, restrictions and bureaucratic requirements being imposed on moving goods in and out of Europe – and that includes transport operations crossing the UK’s only land border with the Republic of Ireland. […]
The Government has two years to negotiate the new rules – one example is the need for international road transport customs carnets, last used by the UK in 1992, which are required to allow goods to move under customs control across international borders. In response the FTA is calling on the Government to prioritise […]
Sergeant Lyne Rushford of Forth Valley’s Community Investigation Unit said: “I would ask that anyone who sees any persons acting suspiciously around vans in the Falkirk area to call 101 or 999 if a crime is in progress. “I’m also keen to hear from anyone who may have witnessed any of these three thefts […]
