Turners turns to Mercedes for fuel performance and reliability13 October 2014

Transport operator Turners has put five Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor units into operation at the Daventry International Rail Terminal for its contract with global shipping business OOCL.

The Actros 2545 models feature StreamSpace cabs and have 450bhp engines driving through PowerShift 3 automated transmissions.

Newmarket-based Turners' fleet of 1,100 trucks includes 310 Mercedes Actros, supplied by East Anglian dealer Orwell Truck & Van, 210 of which are from the latest model generation. They operate from 32 locations nationwide.

Fuel performance and reliability were key factors, as Karl Rolfe, general manager of Turners' container division, explains.

"The Actros we're running elsewhere have been faultlessly reliable, and are also the most economical vehicles on the fleet.

"It was only natural, therefore, that when the trucks on our OOCL account came up for renewal, we would replace them with Mercedes-Benz units."

The latest acquisitions replace other marques and are being used to collect containers arriving at the terminal on freight trains, for delivery to final destinations around the country.

Author
Laura Cork

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