TNT Express to test longer trailers

The courier firm, TNT Express, has said it is to test longer trailers which will increase payload by around 15 per cent. The trailers are 15.65m long and it is hoped that their increased size should reduce CO2 emissions overall.
The trailers will be used on a route between Llantrisant in Mid-Glamorgan and Kingsbury in Staffordshire – the latter being TNT Express’s UK hub.

The development comes as a result of a Government initiative permitting longer trailers for the next 10 years within the transport and logistics industry.

TNT’s director of operations, Simon Harper, said:

“It stands to reason that, with bigger loads on each vehicle, we will cover fewer miles per volume of parcels which will help with fuel consumption and reduce our C02 emissions.”

There are other ways of achieving this however. Another approach being considered by TNT is the use of double deck trailers, which would offer around 42 per cent more capacity. Other firms have made use of special aerodynamic trailers which reduce wind resistance and therefore fuel usage.

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