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.
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Urbaser commercial division takes on new waste and recycling contracts
Urbaser Commercial Services (ULCS) is expanding its portfolio with new trade waste collection services, including Eden District Council, and the management of Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRCs) located across Northamptonshire and Central Bedfordshire.
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Award-winning City Plumbing taps into Bevan Group build quality for new Luton van fleet
City Plumbing went ‘back to the future’ by returning to tried and trusted bodybuilder Bevan Group for the first vehicles to wear its striking new livery. Key to the heating and plumbing specialist’s decision to place its order for 51…
Camera monitoring significantly improves safety of HGV driving, study shows
A new study by computer scientists and driving psychologists from the University of Nottingham has shown that HGV drivers drive much more safely when camera in their cab monitors their behaviour. Data collected before and after the installation of unobtrusive…
Cambridgeshire company struck by Volvo’s fuel-saving capabilities
The Cambridgeshire-based company, G Webb Haulage, has purchased its first Volvo truck since 2011. Its brand-new Volvo FM 8×4 rigid with lifting rear axle, unique to Volvo Trucks, has already impressed the haulage company with its fuel-saving capabilities.
UPS converts 10% of its global fleet to alternative cleaner fuels
UPS, the largest freight company in North America, has made the switch to cleaner fuels for 10% of its global fleet, with the aid of Kansas City Regional Clean Cities, and the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act…
Immersive interactive training included within the FORS Standard
FORS members and training providers can now apply to have an immersive interactive training course approved by FORS. The organisation implemented this to help FORS members meet the HGV and van driver work-related road risk (WRRR) requirement as stipulated in the FORS Standard at Silver level.