Marine vehicle contractor GPS Marine has switched to the use of Green D+ biofuel for its entire Thames fleet as part of its Clean Maritime Plan, which is supported by grants from the Cross River Partnerships and the Tideway Project. Heather Eastwood reports.
The exceptionally clean air experienced during the early Covid-19 pandemic can be made permanent through a realistic switch to cleaner transport, new analysis shows. Released one year after the first lockdowns were put in place in Europe, the study for green NGO…
When deciding which vehicles to buy or lease, it is crucial to be fully confident you are making the best component choices. That you are fully up-to-speed on the differences in performance, usability and running costs, yet, there is one significant technology that not all truck fleet operators are fully aware of, comments Allison Transmission’s, Nathan Wilson.
The London Borough of Waltham Forest (LBWF) has unveiled its new fleet of electric waste and recycling collection, street cleansing and grounds maintenance vehicles. The new electric ‘zero local emissions’ fleet has been supplied by Urbaser, the council’s neighbourhood services…
Retrofit solutions for existing vehicle fleets; can cut emissions and help operators meet ULEZ/CAZ/LEZ emission standards. To coincide with the introduction of the UK’s first Clean Air Zone in Bath, Zemo Partnership (formerly LowCVP) has published an updated Clean Vehicle…
Customers for Mercedes-Benz Econic truck models can look forward to more sharply focused sales support from the manufacturer following a strategic reorganisation at its head office. Whereas fleet sales of the Econic were previously part of the remit of Mercedes-Benz…
Vehicle safety technology company Innovative Safety Systems (ISS) has invested in the creation of a new software division – FleetClear – to deliver an all-in-one fleetwide vehicle safety and fleet management solution.
Local population growth, increased recycling quantities and extensive new residential developments have led Hambleton District Council to expand its refuse and recycling collection fleet with vehicles part-powered by electricity to reduce carbon emissions.
Leading North-East independent waste management company J&B Recycling is setting new standards for safety in its sector after commissioning three of the UK’s first low-entry Econics to be equipped with Mercedes-Benz Trucks’ latest accident prevention technology. The Hartlepool-based operator is…
Halton Housing, a Northwest housing association with over 7,000 homes across Widnes and Runcorn, has recently completed the re-tendering of its vehicle contract hire framework. The framework will last for four years and covers a range of vehicles from small cars to 26-tonne refuse vehicles and plant and specialist vehicles.