Westminster City Council and Veolia UK have rolled out the UK’s largest electric refuse collection fleet powered by an energy-from-waste facility—a world first for the local authority municipal fleet industry. Fleet Vision International met the council’s Waste & Recycling Manager, Jarno Stet,…
Ahead of the release of the UK Government’s capital funding for food waste collection vehicles, Paul Brown, Aftersales Director for Hillend Engineering, tells FVI what the industry is doing to prepare for the implementation of the weekly food waste collections and how…
Fleet Vision International –THE SHOW is back at the Guildhall on April 11 2024, and it’s bigger and better than ever. Have you registered to attend? Fleet Vision International – THE SHOW is an unmissable event for the international fleet…
Fleets can now calculate and compare the total cost of ownership for petrol, diesel and electric vehicles using Dynamon’s new Financial Planner feature. A major new update to its award-winning ZERO software, Financial Planner automatically pulls together the critical pieces…
Zoeller Group announced that it acquired the collateral of Geesinknorba in the Netherlands on January 1, 2024. This move means that Zoeller Group won’t just take over the production location in Emmeloord but also the service locations in Amsterdam and Rijnmond/Vlaardingen. …
Southampton City Council has improved its fleet’s versatility by purchasing six Faun Zoeller Micro HG refuse collection vehicles via the TPPL & NEPO HGV and Specialist Vehicle Framework Agreement. The versatility of fleet vehicles is increasingly essential in refuse collection…
SoftBank Corp, a telecommunications and IT operator headquartered in Tokyo, and Cubic Telecom, a global provider of software-defined connected vehicle solutions headquartered in Dublin, have announced they signed a definitive agreement whereby SoftBank will invest approximately 473 million Euros in…
Sustainable waste management company Biffa has taken delivery of four new IVECO X-Way trucks to support its fleet of over 3,000 vehicles. The four new IVECO X-Ways (AD360X42Z OFF) are joining the Biffa fleet as bulk carriers. Biffa maintains around…
Redditch-based tarmac contractor MacDonald Surfacing has embarked on an ambitious fleet renewal programme with support from vehicle supplier Vanaways. MacDonald has now taken delivery of ten Ford Transit tippers and a trio of Nissan Navara pickups from independent broker Vanaways.…
Bedford Borough Council has switched from diesel to electric power to help cut its carbon footprint with four new eSwingo compact sweepers from Aebi Schmidt. The all-electric, silent-operating eSwingos replace four existing diesel models on a like-for-like basis and operate…