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CONTRACTS & ORDERS – HIGHLIGHTS
Curvin Transport, the general haulage arm of AET Transport
Services,hasaddedafurthernineKroneProfiLinercurtainsiders
to its UK and European fleet. Based at Poole, Dorset, and part
of the AET Transport Services group, Curvin Transport is using
the new trailers for general distribution, including palletised
freight, on national and international routes. As a company its
clients include Rolls-Royce, Sunseeker and Airbus.
According to AET Managing Director Andrew Trotter, the Profi
Liner’s loading flexibility is a great asset to their operation: “These
curtainsiders are fitted with sliding roofs, which is ideal for fast
and secure loading – especially when dealing with outsized loads.
Additionally, they are fitted with the standard Krone Multi Lock
loading system, which has around 130 lashing points along each
side rave. This provides virtually unlimited strapping options and
means that the cargo is firmly secured at any point along the trailer
bed.
“The curtain straps can be accessed from outside and inside the
trailer, which is a plus-point for driver comfort and safety.”
Manufactured at Krone’s dry freight trailer plant in Werlte, Lower
Saxony, Germany, the Profi Liners are Code XL-certified which,
says Trotter, is important to satisfy VOSA security criteria and an
absolute must for European work: “These trailers are built for pan-
European operations and in that regard are ideally suited to our
diverse customer base. Simply put, they represent value-for-money,
flexible loading and are more than up to the job our customers
require.”
Established in 1977, the AET Transport Services group provides a
wide range of road, rail and sea logistics solutions, frommachinery
and heavy plant removals to complete factory relocations. AET
also includes Eaton Poole, another well-established transport and
storage operation, whose activities dovetail with the wider group
to provide national and international pallet network services via
Palletways.
Krone curtainsiders preferred for fast & flexible loading
Warehousing and transport specialist GMA has stepped up its
fleet upgrade programme with the delivery of four new DAF
FTG XF 510 Super Space Cab tractor units. On the road in June,
the new DAF FTG XF 510 units will join GMA’s two specialised
DAF FTG XF trucks, also purchased from Suffolk DAF dealership
Chassis Cab.
The Chassis Cab truck centre is a family-owned business which has
been the main DAF dealer for Suffolk since the early 1990s, and
for Cambridgeshire since 2014. Chassis Cab has bases in Ipswich,
Bury St Edmunds and two in Cambridgeshire. The Group currently
employs over 145 members of staff across its four locations.
GMA Transport Manager Peter Bennett stresses the features and
benefits of his new vehicles: “Our additional investment in the DAF
units is based on high vehicle specification, great fuel efficiency,
vehicle reliability, aftersales support and whole life cost. They are
award-winning, clean emission truckswitha reputation second-to-
none – and we are delighted to have them as part of our business.”
Assembled in the UK at Paccar’s Leyland factory, the FTG XF 510
tractors units have been added to GMA’s 30-strong multi-marque
fleet which operates across the UK from East Anglia.
GMA Warehousing and Transport has over 250,000 ft 2 of
warehouse space and provides awide spectrumof logistics services
including storage, curtainsided distribution, container transport
and specialised heavy transport for plant and machinery.
East Anglian operator forges ahead
with DAFs assembled in Lancashire