NRG Riverside expands into the winter maintenance sector by supplying eight new Bucher UniQa spreaders to Stockon-on-Tees Borough Council on a five-year contract hire basis. Ann-Marie Knegt reports. Delivered on 1 October under the five-year contract hire agreement, the Bucher…
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Australian fleet invests in concrete mixer trucks with fully automatic transmissions to address driver shortages
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Access all areas for weekly food waste efficiency
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Fleet Vision International Summer 24 is now out!
Read your copy here. Thank you to our cover sponsor, Dennis Eagle. Read about the updates on the Direct Vision Standard and the General Safety Regulations on page 12. Thank you to our advertisers: Terberg Matec, SFS, Hillend Engineering, NRG…
Electrify the streets
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Dennis Eagle joins Together for Safer Roads to improve fleet safety
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South Derbyshire District Council trials Hydrogen RCVs
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Analysing decarbonisation
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Simpler recycling – or is it?
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