Roof-mounted solar panels on trucks and trailers are fast becoming a credible investment for operators looking to eke out even more efficiencies from their assets. With reported fuel consumption savings of 5% and subsequent reductions in carbon dioxide through powering electrical devices on sunlight, companies with an eye on their… Read more »
Asset Alliance Group provides funding for a mix of vehicles for new logistics business
Asset Alliance Group’s flexibility in providing new and used trucks and trailers for sale and lease has played a crucial role in helping the launch of new chilled and ambient logistics provider Romac Logistics. The Group’s commercial vehicle funding division, Asset Alliance, supplied the Manchester-based company with 10 new Mercedes-Benz… Read more »
Get ready today to stay warm this winter, Trade Association advises
As the latest quarterly energy price data is released and with temperatures dropping, off grid energy trade association, The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS), has launched their ‘Get Winter Ready’ campaign and is urging the 1.25m households across Great Britain who use oil to heat their homes to be prepared… Read more »
Owner-operator adds Schmitz Cargobull drawbar reefer to increase payload capacity
P&S Logistics, a temperature-controlled transport business run by owner-operator Phillip Hudson, has taken delivery of a custom-built Schmitz Cargobull drawbar trailer designed to operate with his existing 26-tonne Mercedes-Benz Actros. The 2016-plate rigid already features Schmitz Cargobull bodywork, and the new combination will allow him to increase payload capacity from… Read more »
Bibby Distribution’s food expertise eats up the competition to secure new contract with AAK
Bibby Distribution’s experience in food traceability and its extensive safety credentials have won the company a three-year contract with edible oils and fats manufacturer AAK. The 3PL can track the journey of every pallet it carries in real-time, giving AAK a full traceability record of products going into high street… Read more »
John McNally Haulage introduces new fleet with Asset Alliance Group
Asset Alliance Group has upgraded John McNally Haulage’s fleet by replacing the majority of the company’s owned vehicles with new, high spec Mercedes-Benz trucks. Finance specialist Asset Alliance has supplied the Lanarkshire-based haulier with eight Actros 510 6×2 GigaSpace tractors on a three-year full service contract hire agreement, while its… Read more »
Conti360° working all-round for Eagle Overseas
Eagle Overseas, the Banbridge-based, Northern Ireland transport group, has reported significant cost and performance improvements through its enhanced tyre management strategy. This comes just over a year after the group switched to the Conti360° Fleet Services programme. The family-run business offers a full package of parcel services, contract and warehouse… Read more »
Schmitz Cargobull trailers play starring role in Christmas lights display
This year’s Regent Street Christmas lights were transported in Schmitz Cargobull trailers after a new order from Southern Van Lines, a company also responsible for festive displays in the City of London and towns across the Home Counties. The two new box trailers are now in service delivering lighting, sound… Read more »
Bibby Distribution focuses on driver safety with roll-out of full fleet dashcams
Bibby Distribution has invested more than £1 million to support driver safety and improve performance with the installation of in-cab cameras across the entirety of its fleet. The two cameras – one facing the driver and another monitoring the road ahead – provide the complete picture for every journey, enabling… Read more »
Welton Aggregates adds Renault Range C to support business boom
Welton Aggregates, one of the largest independent quarry, aggregate and concrete providers in Lincolnshire, has added two new Range C430 8×4 tippers to its line-up. The new additions have been supplied by Thompson Commercials in Grimsby and are fitted with Broughtons of Barnetby Aggregate tipping bodies, bringing the total number… Read more »
