Priority winter workforce

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…

Birmingham City Council orders 151 new Dennis Eagle refuse collection vehicles

Birmingham City Council has signed a contract with Dennis Eagle to purchase 151 new refuse, recycling, and food waste vehicles. The new fleet will start arriving in March 2025, marking a significant step forward in modernising Birmingham’s waste management operations.…

Australian fleet invests in concrete mixer trucks with fully automatic transmissions to address driver shortages 

Holcim Australia, a leading supplier of aggregates, concrete, and precast concrete products, has transitioned a significant portion of its fleet of concrete mixers to fully automatic transmissions to rapidly expand its potential driver pool.  With a driver shortage impacting vital Australian business sectors such…

Electrify the streets

Bucher Municipal’s General Manager, Graham Howlett, tells Fleet Vision International that electric street sweepers are critical to the industry’s sustainable revolution. In the global pursuit of sustainability, every sector must play its part in reducing its environmental impact and embracing…

Dennis Eagle joins Together for Safer Roads to improve fleet safety 

Together for Safer Roads (TSR), a US non-governmental organisation dedicated to advancing road safety through cross-sector collaboration and technological innovation has announced Dennis Eagle as its newest member.  Dennis Eagle, a global supplier of refuse collection vehicles and a pioneer…

Simpler recycling – or is it?

As English waste collectors adapt to reforms in household and business collections, Chris Snelson, Fleet and Asset Director for NRG Riverside, talks to FVI about the impact this has had on the company’s waste operator customer base and the surge in demand…