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Safety-focused construction and engineering contractor Kilnbridge has underscored its commitment to the protection of vulnerable road users and its own drivers by replacing its entire fleet with 22 trucks from three Mercedes-Benz model lines. Kilnbridge operates from headquarters in east London, and its vehicles are now being maintained under five-year …

Integrated waste management and recycling leader Biffa has added 43 more Mercedes-Benz Econic trucks – including its first skiploaders and hookloaders based on the low-entry chassis – to the 51 it acquired in 2017-18. These vehicles were all supplied by South Wales Dealer Euro Commercials. The overwhelming majority are 6×2 …

More than half of respondents feel safer when they can see a motorist’s face Four in five (88% motorcyclists and 82% cyclists respectively) agree that they need to see a driver’s face in order to feel safe on the road Nine in ten (94% motorcyclists and 93% cyclists respectively) state …

Waste management specialist Suez Recycling and Recovery UK has invested in a fleet of Mercedes-Benz Econic trucks to provide a more streamlined domestic and trade refuse collection service for Doncaster Council. Suez has been serving the local authority since 2010, and won its latest contract with a package that offers …

Less than a year after it commissioned its first 14 Mercedes-Benz Econics trade refuse collection vehicles, Gaskells Waste Services has hailed the low-entry chassis “a winner” for its five-star Direct Vision safety credentials. Indeed, so happy is the Liverpool-based operator with its latest 26-tonners that it has just ordered another …

Hauliers and owner-drivers working under contract to Tarmac in London are switching in growing numbers to truck-mounted concrete mixers and tippers based on eight-wheeled Mercedes-Benz Econic chassis. Key to the Econic’s increasing popularity with operators working in busy urban areas is the significantly enhanced visibility afforded to drivers by its …

Tipper Haulier of the Year Mick George Ltd has further enhanced its impressive safety credentials by commissioning the first Mercedes-Benz Econic construction vehicles for operation outside London. The new trucks will spend much of their time working in and around historic Cambridge, which has been described as the UK’s ‘city …