Mercedes-Benz will launch its eActros 600 long-distance electric truck on October 10. The battery-powered zero-tailpipe-emission truck, which was first unveiled as a concept prototype at last year’s IAA Transportation Show, was initially known as the eActros LongHaul. Its new name is derived from the battery capacity in kWh, just like its eActros 300/400 distribution trucks. The truck will be equipped…
Webfleet, Bridgestone’s globally trusted fleet management solution, has announced that Renault Group vehicles will participate in Webfleet’s OEM.connect programme. Through OEM.connect, Renault Group passenger and light commercial vehicles with line-fitted connectivity will be ready to connect with Webfleet’s service platform without the need for aftermarket hardware installation. This will make it easier, faster and cheaper for fleet managers to use…
Please Note : The Philadelphia Red Line blog will follow tomorrow/ It’s A Pub, Innit? Seen above in 1919, it began life as a cottage built and occupied by colonial pioneers, Welsh Quakers William and Janet Rees two hundred years earlier. Much enlarged, it became an Inn in 1769, conveniently located one day’s horse ride from Philadelphia. It was the…
The Port of Tilbury is looking to fill 30 new jobs and ten warehouse and logistics apprenticeships as it continues to expand its business. The 30 new skilled jobs include warehouse operatives, warehouse co-ordinators and gatehouse administrators. The port is promising competitive salaries, attractive benefits and a career in a growing industry. The business is also creating ten new warehouse…
Foulger Transport has quit Palletways to become the seventh Kinaxia subsidiary to join Palletforce – following in the footsteps of Lambert Brothers, Panic Transport, William Kirk, N C Cammack, Maiden’s of Telford and Bay Freight. Palletforce has also announced this week that Sprint Xpress, another East Anglian haulier, has joined its network, having defected from United Pallet Network (UPN). Snetterton-based…
But Not THAT Purple One … … but THIS purple one that runs from our old friend the 69th Street Transportation Center. We have already explored “trolley” (i.e. tram, remember!) 101 and 102 (GREEN), buses 103 and 104 (RED) which replaced withdrawn trolleys, once branded Red Arrow. Yesterday we met the the Market Frankford “metro” line (BLUE) which links the…
Pallet-Track has moved 30 million consignments, without losing a single pallet in the hub, the pallet network announced the milestone this week. The milestone consignment, which was handled at the network’s central hub in Wolverhampton on Millfields Road, was sent to Hull-based plumbers’ merchants James Hargreaves and contained bathroom supplies. It was collected by Action Express in Northampton and transported…
DPD is looking to cut carbon emissions in transport, delivery and buildings with the help of its first EcoLab, which will work with innovative companies with sustainable solutions. The parcels giant is partnering with innovation specialist L Marks in the EcoLab. The two companies are calling for applications from candidates wishing to participate in the EcoLab which aims to tackle…
From 1883 Cable Cars Two lines were operated which crossed at right angles. The cars were hauled by a series of cables located in conduits i the road. When the car was ready to go the driver operated a grip which grabbed the moving cable and off the car went. Turning via loops was complicated as several bits of moving…
A local MP has praised a Gosport-based HGV training provider for simplifying the process for candidates to obtain their Class 1 licence. Caroline Dinenage said GO-LGV was helping to bolster the workforce amid a shortfall in professional drivers, after she visited its premises to learn more about how it was encouraging people into the industry. The process for gaining an…