Safety and compliance are top priorities for Forward Trucking Services, so given that its trucks work regularly in and around London the Hertfordshire-based operator chose a new fleet of Mercedes-Benz tractor units that achieve four Direct Vision Standard stars “straight out of the box”. Economy is crucial, too. Not only …
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The first Mercedes-Benz truck to wear the eye-catching colours of Cambridgeshire’s P Harper & Sons is proving every bit as fuel-efficient as hoped, while also winning a resounding ‘thumbs up’ from its driver. Transport Manager Matthew Harper, who is heavily assisted by his brother Adam, said that after four months …
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Commercial vehicle contract hire and fleet management company, Prohire Limited has secured the contract to supply Abbey Logistics with its latest tractor unit fleet requirement. The vehicles, which went into operation at the beginning of 2019 are to support a new bulk flour contract with British baker Hovis, distributing bulk …
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Construction materials leader Quinn Building Products is enjoying peak performance from a new fleet of Mercedes-Benz ‘mountain’ trucks. The 14 tippers were supplied to Derrylin-based Quinn by Northern Ireland Dealer MBNI Truck & Van. All are 8×4 Arocs 4148 models with 12.8-litre straight-six engines rated at 350 kW (476 hp), …
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Industry-leading safety technology coupled with impressive fuel-efficiency and strong residual values persuaded high-profile temperature-controlled distribution specialist Samworth Brothers to place a prestigious fleet order with Mercedes-Benz. The Leicester-based operator’s 18 new tractor units supplied by East Midlands Dealer Mertrux Truck & Van. All are Actros 2545 models with flat-floored StreamSpace …
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Northern Ireland’s Surefreight only needed a couple of new tractor units, but so compelling was the acquisition and aftersales package on offer from its local Mercedes-Benz Dealer that it came away having signed an order for 10! The company’s latest Actros GigaSpace tractor units are now working from its headquarters …
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A Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor unit belonging to Preston-based GBA Services has recorded a stunning fuel consumption figure of 17.1 mpg over a 100-mile run through Austria. The six-month-old truck was hauling a cargo of bulky but light pharmaceuticals in a 13.6-metre refrigerated trailer to a customer in Vienna, working at …
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So striking are its new Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor units from Orwell that Felixstowe-based Coastal Global Services has noticed a pronounced upturn in applications from drivers since it set them on the road. Parent company Coastal Global Logistics commissioned the five fuel-efficient trucks to coincide with its 10th anniversary, and they …
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So delighted was MJ Church with its first Mercedes-Benz Arocs eight-wheelers that a year after they entered service it has just commissioned a pair of 80-tonne tractor units from the same, muscular model range. One of the biggest civil engineering, earthworks and waste management contractors in the South-West, MJ Church …
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Three years after taking delivery of its first tractor units from the latest Actros range, Scottish haulier MSL has completed its transition to an all-Mercedes-Benz fleet. “I’ve always been impressed by Mercedes-Benz trucks, but historically we’ve operated other brands too,” explained Dave Sharp, Director of the Broxburn-based company. “Now, though, …
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