Trailers

Chemical and pharmaceutical transport and warehousing company Tapfreight has taken delivery of 11 new British-built Schmitz Cargobull S.CS Fixed Roof curtainsider semi-trailers. Barnsley-based Tapfreight will pair the new trailers, manufactured at Schmitz’s production facility in Manchester, with its DAF and…

Hemel Hempstead plant and machinery haulier Murphy has taken delivery of the first of six new plant bodies and four drawbar trailers from Andover Trailers, citing the versatile loading options and build quality as key factors in placing the order.…

Andover Trailers has delivered four new bespoke-built step frame trailers into FM Conway, continuing a relationship between the two businesses that dates back more than two decades. The new builds feature a similar specification to FM Conway’s previous 73-tonne, 15.1-metre…

Schmitz Cargobull is opening a new factory in Manchester for production of customised trailers for the UK and Ireland markets. The site will operate at 50 units per week capacity, with production at the Wythenshawe site beginning this summer. The…

Royal Mail has placed an order for a further 45 tri-axle Lifting Deck trailers from existing supplier Don-Bur. The latest design increases capacity by 30% in comparison to existing trailers and offers a fuel saving of up to 7%. The…

Trailer component supplier BPW has justified over £1 million of investment with record production numbers for its trailer axle systems. Since installing its first specialised jig in 2010, BPW has assembled 100,000 axles at its Leicester plant. A second jig…

Compared with some of the giant trailer production facilities on the Continent, British trailer makers operate on a somewhat smaller scale. So when it comes to safety and durability testing are they at a disadvantage? Not a bit of it,…

Bibby Distribution has successfully cut its environmental cost of logistics while expanding its fleet and number of sites in 2013. The last year saw Bibby Distribution cut its overall diesel usage by 5.6 %, even though the fleet grew by…