Harlequin Logistics is now running about a dozen 15.65m trailers on its Kellogg’s operation, as part of the government’s 10-year trial of longer semi-trailers.
Four of the five members of the year-old haulier consortium - Currie European, John Raymond Transport, Jack Richards & Son and Prestons of Potto - are running the longer trailers for the cereal giant, shipping loads from Manchester throughout the UK.
The 3.04m-high SDC Trailers can carry 60 pallets rather than the normal 52, said Currie's operations director, Alister Cook.
“This new kit makes good commercial sense and reduces the overall number of truck movements required. We are also getting good utilisation,” said Cook.
