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.

Show your best – have your content published in Fleet Vision International

What is coming up in Fleet Vision International’s Spring 2021 edition. We offer you the chance to get featured in front of 8,000 senior decision-makers in front-line fleet operations and essential services.

Copy deadline March 12
Advertising deadline – March 22

So, what is coming up, and how can you contribute?
Case study: front-line fleet operations
Industry interviews
Commentary
Electric and hydrogen vehicles
Surface treatment equipment: sweepers, sprayers, scrubbers and runway clearing
Mobile plant
Telematics, weighing, safety and diagnostic systems
Attracting talent – leadership
Driver training
Vehicle livery, wrapping, conspicuity and lighting in focusLogistics and delivery
Emergency services vehicles
Workshop management
OWL – focus on our partners
Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality – progress on eliminating air pollution

Contact the Editor Ann-Marie Knegt (07888692339) to discuss editorial or if you have a topic that is not on the list, but which will be of interest to our readership. The editor will consider publication based on merit to the readers.

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…