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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

Warisa Distribution’s new tractor units had to be fuel-efficient and come with reassuring Europe-wide back-up for the boss, while also offering the best of comfort and safety for its drivers. The Mercedes-Benz long-haul champion ticked all the boxes. The Wigan-based operator’s five new Actros 2548 tractor units were supplied by …