Brian Beattie, operations director at McCulla Ireland, said: “We took our first two semi-trailers from Schmitz Cargobull in 2008 having been exclusively with another manufacturer before. The trailers we’ve had in the years since have all proved to be robust products with great longevity and build quality.”
Supplied by Kevin Wynd, regional sales manager at Schmitz Cargobull, the latest order comprises single and multi-temperature trailers.
McCulla Ireland, which has its headquarters in Lisburn, near Belfast, operates three cold-stores across the island of Ireland with a combined capacity to house 15,000 pallets. It also provides a range of services, including blast freezing and tempering.
Its operation, which sees it moving everything from frozen chips to high-end pharmaceuticals, involves sending unaccompanied trailers across the Irish Sea.
The segmented design means that if damage does occur during sea crossings, for example, in-house technicians can replace the affected panels rather than the whole side of the trailer.
The semi-trailers all feature Schmitz Cargobull’s TrailerConnect telematics system and are built on a galvanised Modulus bolted chassis. The chassis has been designed for both strength and durability and comes with a 10-year warranty against rust-through on all galvanised parts.
The partnership will enter a new phase later this year, with the arrival of a new ‘pharmaceutical specification’ S.KO trailer, which features advanced load security.
It will be fitted with a double deck loading beam system, which will allow 66 pallets to be transported per load to service the requirements of a specific McCulla Ireland customer.
