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Truck and Track Spring 2020 www.truckandtrack.com 36 TRAILERS Iceland, the UK’s leading frozen food specialist, has just added 43 Cartwright multi-temperature refrigerated trailers to its vehicle fleet. A major retail success story, Iceland has over 1,000 stores throughout the UK as well as owned or franchised stores across Europe and a global export business. The company has been a customer of Cartwright since 2014. The order is the culmination of a series of collaborative meetings between Iceland, Cartwright and XPO who operate the distribution centres. Following advice from Cartwright and XPO, Iceland has upgraded its equipment specification from tandem axle to tri-axle trailers having taken into account the operational benefits and residual value advantages. Specification on the trailers includes a lift axle which aids manoeuvrability when delivering to stores as well as the benefit of improved stability a tri-axle gives. The trailers are equipped with a Thermo King Spectrum fridge and DHollandia tail-lift. Safety is paramount throughout the Iceland business and the trailers are equipped with key features that support this policy. The Cartwright trailers are the first of a kind in the Iceland fleet to feature the company’s co-branded livery with Iceland and The Food Warehouse, prominently featured. The trailers were supplied under a full contract hire package through Cartwright Finance Sales. The trailers will be maintained by Cartwright Fleet Services working together with Iceland’s VMU’s. These additional services are part of a total cost of operation solution from Cartwright. Dave Rowlands, Iceland’s Operations and Contracts Manager, commented: “We have purchased Cartwright trailers in the past and XPO Logistics also has a relationship with the company, so this much larger order was a real opportunity for them to demonstrate how they could build a considerable number of trailers to the timelines and quality we required. “The trailers have been in service since November 2019, were delivered ahead of time and the quality is good.” Andrew Holliday, National Account Director for Cartwright, commented: “Iceland is a valued customer and we were delighted to be given the opportunity to provide this latest major order for them with an improved specification, new livery and, indeed, delivery ahead of schedule. “Our relationship with XPO Logistics, also a highly valued Cartwright customer, enabled us to work together to provide a number of specification features in order to meet Iceland’s operational requirements including the enhanced residual value of the trailers through these additional specification additions.” Iceland places its largest ever order with Cartwright Allports Group continue their long-standing partnership with GeorgeHKime&Co. Ltdas they supplynewDoubleDeckTrailers and Citi Loaders to the business to support the expansion of George Kime’s Pallet Network Division. Allports Group have played a pivotal role in supplying George Kime with the best vehicle and trailer solutions in the industry for the past 20 years. The new trailers are the first ENXL rated Maxidek trailers to be supplied. The New Deker Maxidek ENXL is a unique solution using standard curtains coupled with load containment nets. When compared with ENXL rated curtains this enables better stowage and easier operation of curtains for the driver when loading and unloading trailers, particularly in the high-speed pallet hub environment. Nigel Kime, Managing Director at George H Kime & Co, said: “We have already bought two Citi Loaders from Allports Group and we are now hiring a third and plan on a fourth to add to our fleet. We have also purchased two new Double Deck Trailers which brings this fleet to 11 in total. “As we continue to expand, the value of a solid partnership with a supplier is vital, so we are lucky to have an established relationship with Allports Group. We can rely on them to provide quality products, fantastic service and fast solutions catered to our needs. Our relationship helps us to carry goods efficiently throughout the UK and Europe for our customers.” George H Kime & Co. plan to expand their offering over the next year and will begin with a new depot in Lincolnshire. This will add to their distribution centres in Wrangle, Sleaford and an existing depot in Lincolnshire. Paul Sanders, Managing Director at Allports Group, said: “Our commitment to serve commercial vehicle operators throughout the UK with quality products and services is top of our priority list, so it makes our job worthwhile when we receive great feedback from our customers, telling us we are doing just that. Our friendshipwith George H Kime & Co spans 20 years; we look forward to continuing this partnership and supporting George Kime in further expanding this division of their business.” George H Kime & Co. also plan to purchase an extra-long trailer from Allports Group in the next fewmonths to add to their growing business. https://www.allportsgroup.co.uk Allports Group & George Kime partnership continues to grow LOADS MORE FOR THE PALLET NETWORKS 01543 420 121 www.deker.co.uk