Despite the difficulties around lockdown restrictions and the challenges of arranging an event remotely, OWL arranged both OWL Scotland and Midlands online with a large attendance.
The third edition of Fleet Vision International for front-line fleet operations and essential services has now been published. Read your copy of the official OWL Magazine today and don’t hesitate to share it with colleagues.
The team behind OWL hosted OWL Midlands Digital event, on 12 November, with over 100 attendees. Keeping connected is a strong element of the waste, transport and logistic industry, which OWL (Optimised Waste and Logistics) bring together to develop genuinely…
Safer operations, lower emissions, increased compliance, and reduced cost OWL Midlands on November 12 offers many ways of improving your fleet and waste operations. The OWL Master Classes are FREE and CILT-CPD-accredited. Here, we offer you an overview of some…
Learn how to streamline your operation and remain compliant at OWL Scotland online Find out how to overcome the issues of paper-based collection systems and how to remain compliant. Sign up for free for OWL Scotland digital’s CILT- CPD-accredited Master…
Optimise your fleet performance at OWL Scotland This year, we are presenting a new concept at OWL Scotland online on October 29, and we are excited for you to be a part of this. Our exhibitors have specially designed CILT-CPD…
Bucher Municipal has united all of its brands – Johnston Sweepers, Beam, and JHL – under one umbrella, and is celebrating with new product updates. Bucher Municipal, which has owned Johnston Sweepers and Beam since 2005, and JHL since 2016,…
Lee Rowland reports Camera systems for RCVs have improved safety for drivers, crews, and other road users as well as providing operators with a valuable visual record. Now, thanks to a new five-camera system, Dennis Eagle believes it can improve…
Bridgend County Borough Council pitted four different sweeper brands against each other in a week-long competitive trial and chose Hako’s Citymaster 1600 Bridgend County Borough Council has acquired two Citymaster 1600 sweepers for use in the main town centre as…
Eco-Coaching is at the forefront of telemetry and tracking provider CMS SupaTrak. FVI sat down with CMS’s leading Eco-Coach Tammy Catt who explained the benefits of the Driver Eco-Coaching programme. What is Driver Eco-coaching? It is my role with CMS SupaTrak to…
Eight new Rosenbauer-body Scania fire trucks with Allison fully automatic transmissions have been taken into operation at the US Army in Germany’s fire departments. The US Army in Germany recently added eight Scania structural pumper P410 B4x4HZ trucks with Rosenbauer-body…
The new purpose-built CityCat V20 series keeps urban areas and public spaces clean while lowering fuel and energy emissions. Poor air quality negatively impacts our quality of life, causing many long-term worldwide health issues. The European Commission’s Clean Air package…
One of the UK’s leading sustainable waste management business, Biffa, is planning to achieve savings of £200,000 per year on truck transmission servicing costs. Biffa’s experience demonstrates how, by consulting Allison Transmission about the frequency of replacing transmission fluid and…
CMS SupaTrak, OWL, and the Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality are calling for all refuse collection vehicles operated by councils and private waste operators in the UK to be fitted with air quality monitoring equipment. Fleet Vision International reports. The Optimised…
As soon as he implemented this technology in the local authority’s RCV fleet, it started delivering substantial benefits straight away, with the recently-released 4 Camera ‘Live’ DVR adding considerable functionality. CMS SupaTrak’s all-round camera system stars live cameras that cover forward, nearside, offside and…
Allison Transmission recently introduced its new DynActive Shifting to its automatic transmission system, which significantly helped operators reduce fuel consumption, reports FVI. UK fleet operators achieve Diesel fuel savings of up to six per cent, worth more than £1,000 per truck per…
Dennis Eagle designed the 26-tonne 6×2 eRCV for urban collection rounds where its zero-emissions and drastically reduced noise levels are most needed. The vehicle has been designed with enough capacity to drive and operate the chassis, body and bin lift all day long…