Macfarlane Packaging goes electric on delivery fleet evfleetworld.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from evfleetworld.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Click the thumbs up >A lack of key components such as semiconductors has led to a cut in commercial vehicle production. The shortfall, plus a boom in demand triggered by the home delivery explosion, means waiting lists for deliveries of some new vehicles are stretching into next year.
“Order a Eurocargo 18-tonner and we should be able to get it to you this year,” says Iveco UK business line director, truck Gareth Lumsdaine.
“If you want an S-Way tractor unit, however, then you may have to wait until the first quarter of 2022,” he adds.
Renault Trucks is citing 2022 delivery dates for certain models. So is Ford, which says that its bank of unfulfilled orders is bigger than it has ever been.
Full article The aim is for Ascension to become the first entire island to be vaccinated against COVID-19 (Pic: Ascension Island Government) Just under 2,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were transported to Ascension Island, a sovereign base used as a bridging point in the South Atlantic.
A remote UK overseas territory in the South Atlantic could become the first whole island vaccinated against coronavirus, after the Royal Air Force flew 4,000 miles to deliver doses from RAF Brize Norton.
Just under 2,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were transported to Ascension Island, a sovereign base used as a bridging point in the South Atlantic.
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