Asset Alliance Group is supplying 15 Mercedes-Benz trucks, eight Scania rigids and eight DAF tractors that will support the supply chain of pizza company Domino’s.
Supplied on a five-year full-service contract hire agreement, the Mercedes-Benz Actros 2532L 26-tonne trucks are fitted with Carrier Transicold Iceland engineless refrigeration units to help reduce carbon emissions. Based at depots in Warrington and Avonmouth, they will deliver to Domino’s franchisees in the north west and south west of England.
The eight DAF XF 530 tractor units will be used to pull double deck trailers from Warrington to the company’s logistics hub in Avonmouth. The Scania P320 trucks, due to arrive in January, will be based at Domino’s Milton Keynes headquarters and used to deliver supplies to the firm’s London outlets.
Leon Roche, transport network optimisation manager at Domino’s, says: “Asset Alliance Group has given us the opportunity to refresh part of our fleet with new, hi-tech vehicles which will enable us to maintain our high level of service to franchisees.
“Fitting the Actros with the engineless Carrier Transicold Iceland refrigeration system is another step in Domino’s strategic plan to go carbon-free in the future. The fridges run electrically off the truck engine's power take-off instead of using a separate diesel engine, so we’re reducing our carbon emissions. It’s an important part of our sustainability programme.”
The Iceland refrigeration units come with the Carrier Transicold Eco-Drive power module, which uses a hydraulic pump connected to the truck’s engine power take-off to generate electrical power capable of providing 100% refrigeration capacity, even at standard idle speed.
The engineless, electrical architecture of the Iceland unit is said to help cut emissions, lower fuel consumption and reduce refrigerant leakage. The system also has rapid temperature pull-down capability and operates at a PIEK-compliant level below 60 dB(A).
The new vehicles have joined a fleet of more than 100 heavy goods vehicles and 7.5 tonne trucks that support more than 1,200 stores across the UK and Republic of Ireland.