Fareham, UK: Davies International Transport is replacing its ten Scania tractors with ten new Scania 500 S 6×2/2 Highline tractors.
Scheduled for delivery over the coming months, the first of these vehicles has been liveried in the firm’s original red chassis and two-tone blue cab colours to celebrate the company’s 50 years.
John and Jill Davies founded Davies International Transport. today it is run by brothers James and Steve Davies who are joint managing directors.
“We decided the Golden Anniversary truck would be the ideal tribute to our parents and their achievement of creating a business which has proved to be sustainable over the long term,” James Davies said.
“Our Scania fleet has played a key part in that success. Three of the ten trucks in our existing fleet have exceeded one million kilometres, and all have proved to be extremely fuel efficient and reliable – not one of them has needed a new clutch or a brake re-line, for example.”
The new vehicles are covered by have Scania repair and maintenance contracts for seven years and also have Scania telematics to monitor fleet performance.
Davies International distributes pharmaceuticals to and from Europe with ten trucks and a 3,000 pallets pharmaceutical warehouse in Fareham, Hampshire.
The firm’s trucks run throughout the UK and into Europe hauling Chereau insulated tri-axle trailers cooled by Carrier Transicold fridges.
