Maritime Transport orders electric trucks

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By LoadstarEditorial

22/04/2024

PRESS RELEASE

Maritime Transport, the UK’s leading provider of integrated road and rail freight logistics, has placed a major order for 18 battery-electric, 42-tonne tractor units, the first consignment of 48 battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell trucks to be purchased and deployed across its network as a leading participant in the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator (ZEHID).

These zero-emission trucks, supplied by Scania, Renault Trucks, and DAF, will be integrated into Maritime’s fleet as part of the eFREIGHT 2030 consortium, led ...

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