TWO new trailers worth approximately $200,000 each have joined the fleet at Kreskas Brothers Transport recently, which will allow the company to double the load of 40ft containers able to be transported to Melbourne at any one time and meaning less trucks are on the road.
The two A Double trailers are 30m long and are capable of carrying two 40ft containers which is an improvement on previous B Double trailers, which are capable of carrying one 40ft and one 20ft container.
Kreskas Brothers Transport general manager, Peter Hill said, “We’ve added the trailers to the fleet because 83.5 percent of all equipment in the world is transported in 40ft containers now. In fact, the biggest single export out of the Port of Melbourne is empty 40ft containers heading to China.
“This is a way for us to assist our clients in a very competitive market. Some of our clients deal exclusively in 40ft containers and don’t use 20ft.
“We’re one of the only transport companies in the Shepparton area with these types of trailers. There are a number of others looking into it but it’s a process that takes months to get them on the road.
“We would have to send four B Doubles to get the same capacity as sending the two A Doubles so it doubles the amount of 40ft containers we can send to Melbourne in half the time and helps to take trucks off the road.
“This is just the start of adding more to the fleet, which will happen over time.”
