Refrigerated Box Truck News (16)

The good news for the environment is that a national food wholesaler and distributor, Reynolds Catering Supplies, has put a new, zero-emissions DAF LF Electric at 19-tonne GVW into service for multi-drop deliveries around Leeds. However, the order also included no fewer than 29 diesel DAF trucks. The truck will be saving around 70 to…

Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK has teamed up with bodybuilder Solomon Commercials to launch Britain’s first fridge-bodied eActros electric truck. The 19-tonne GVW eActros made its debut at the ITT Hub event in Farnborough on 9 May. A fully operational vehicle, it will now be offered for live demonstrations to operators across the country. The truck is…

Electra Commercial Vehicles has completed a three-month trial with UK supermarket Sainsbury’s using its zero-emissions 19-tonne refrigerated hydrogen-powered truck. The Electra eCargo Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) travelled a typical daily journey of 208 miles from the supermarket’s depot in Sherburn-on-Elmet to Newcastle and back – emitting zero emissions versus an average of 314kg of…

Iveco and Petit Forestier Group have entered into an agreement  for the supply of 2,000 eDAILY chassis cabs, with delivery of the first 200 planned for 2023. The vehicles will be fitted with refrigerated bodies by bodybuilder Lecapitaine, a wholly owned subsidiary of Petit Forestier. The eDAILY refrigerated vehicles will join Petit Forestier’s extensive rental…

Tesco, the UK’s largest supermarket chain, is rolling out its first 18 tonne 100% electric truck, a Renault Trucks E-Tech D Wide with Solomon Commercials refrigeration body. The new zero-emission refrigerated electric truck is now delivering from Tesco’s Dagenham distribution centre to more than 400 stores in Greater London, with further electric vehicles planned to…

Foodservice wholesaler Bidfood is preparing for the advent of battery-powered truck technology with the help of its first zero-emission FUSO eCanter. The high-profile company is keen to pave the way for future changes to its delivery operation by gaining early experience of electric vehicle operation. The world’s first fully electric light-duty truck to enter series…

Replacing their pre Euro 6 18 tonne fleet, JJ Foodservice has made the decision to downsize to 13.5 tonners from Isuzu – the company has just taken delivery of a further 50 new Isuzu 13.5 tonne refrigerated trucks into their national distribution fleet. The national food wholesaler now having 77 Isuzu 13.5 tonne rigids in…

If you are delivering to urban environments, then it pays to have a truck with a more compact appearance. Euro Foods, a distributor of frozen and fresh foods has realised this and has just taken delivery of eleven Iveco Daily trucks/vans? The Daily is difficult to categorise as a truck or a van, as it…

Iveco has been supplying vans to the operation for over a decade, with some 900 Daily vehicles currently residing on the fleet. In total, since 2010, Tesco has operated 5,144 Daily chassis cabs fitted with climate-controlled bodies. 45 Iveco Daily entered service via Guest Truck & Van in February, with Tesco bolstering that with a…

If you are selling high quality food – even frozen food – then the company’s image has to look right online, in store and on the road. Managing their own transport in house and buying Mercedes trucks and vans for the job means that the overall image of frozen food retailer, Cook is kept high….

Instead of being an exhibit, National Museums Liverpool has just bought their first Isuzu Truck to go to work. With a uniquely specified body, the investment in the truck is significant and the museum group hopes to keep it in operation for up to a decade. Safety, security and climate are vital when moving priceless…

With their trucks running up and down country lanes, the more compact the truck the better for regional food company Waterdene Foodservice Ltd.  This, and the ease of driveability for multi-drop work, means that the company opt for Isuzu Trucks.  Indeed, Waterdene now operates 24 Isuzu 7.5 tonne rigid trucks within its total fleet of…

Now this makes perfect sense.  The surface area of a semi-trailer is huge and it spends its whole life outside in the sunshine.  In countries that has such a thing as sunshine. With an increasing number of trucks due to be rolled out with hybrid power, it makes perfect sense to recharging these vehicles on…

Reaching around one third of a 140-strong fleet inside of five years is impressive for a relatively minor truck brand.  That’s what’s happened at Holdsworth Foods who have just bought another six Isuzu N75.190 refrigerated trucks having taken its first Isuzu as recently as 2015. John Hudd, operations manager at Holdsworth Foods said: With an…

There have been some surprising achievements arising out of the COVID-19 crisis. As a country we have built a series of intensive care hospital in a matter of days, some with as many as four thousand beds. Another example appeared this week from DAF Truck dealer, MOTUS Commercials who worked with a series of partners…

Things are starting to move on at a pace as far as the electrification of urban distribution trucks is concerned.  In the past, concerns over payload, range and speed of charging were enough on their own to put truck operators off from even considering an electric truck. These concerns seem to have been addressed by…