South Tyneside Council, which provides services for more than 150,000 residents, has just signed a contract with Trafficmaster to supply the council’s fleet with the Fleet Director fleet management solution, including the Smartnav intelligent satellite navigation system.

Fleet Director is being fitted to 221 vehicles in the existing fleet while a further 124 new Citroen vans, with Fleet Director and Smartnav already fitted, will be delivered to the Council this month.

“We chose to use the Fleet Director system because it gives us the ability to see all our vehicles in real time and to ensure we manage their journeys and work schedules in the most efficient way,” said Ray Hepburn, fleet manager at South Tyneside Council.