Predictive maintenance - Learning to speak ‘truck’
Thanks to new technology, modern commercial vehicles are telling their users their maintenance requirements; the difficulty is understanding what it is they are saying, according to speakers from Scania GB and Verizon Connect at the 2018 IRTE conference
Saving the planet
It’s not just about environmental preservation, but good old-fashioned efficiency and cost saving. Brian Tinham reports on Prof David Cebon’s sustainable freight findings
IRTE column Feb 2010 issue
The uninitiated in our industry regard best practice guides as gospel, because they have been published by a government-supported body. However, the view of more experienced transport engineers is that you can never arrive at best practice, because there is always a new management system or technological advance bound to take you beyond the original targets.
Support behind the scenes
Roadside assistance services for trucks and truck components are evolving to keep pace with the trucks that they cover. Will Dalrymple looks at the changing world of technical fleet management systems
Move on up
John Challen reports on the complex issues around logistics from the University of Huddersfield, host to the recent International Sustainable Logistics Conference
Emons rates Shell FuelSave Partner programme
Netherlands-based Emons, which operates 450 trucks across four divisions (Emons Cargo, Van Huet Glass Logistics, TWO Chemical Warehousing and Logistics, and Emons Recycling Logistics), is recommending Shell's FuelSave Partner scheme for achieving significant fuel economies.
Euro Bus Expo preview: busman’s holiday
The biannual show takes place in Hall 5 at the NEC in Birmingham, 30 October-1 November.
CV Show 2013
With a near-full complement of vehicle manufacturers and a range of technologies to help operators and fleet managers, the Commercial Vehicle Show 2013 is a must-attend event. John Challen picks out some highlights
Dreaming of green
Beyond responding to mandatory staggered reductions in CO2 emissions over the coming months and years, there is plenty of potential for operators to clean up their fleets of both light and heavy duty vehicles. Keith Read assesses the options
Automatic for the people
Workshop management systems can transform garage efficiency and flexibility, but also operator compliance. Brian Tinham talks to fleet managers about getting it right