Russell Davies wins Evergreen
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II Felixstowe-based Russell Davies has been appointed by Taiwanese container shipping company Evergreen Marine Corporation to handle its UK container haulage work.
To service the contract Russell Davies is spending £1.5 million with Iveco Ford Truck on 50 new vehicles including 30 Iveco 190.30 artics to run at 32 tonnes and 20 twin-steer 220.30 tractive units for 38tonne operations.
The new vehicles will be based at Felixstowe and Manchester and will work exclusively for Evergreen.
• Heywood, Lancashire-based Freshgold Foods has taken delivery of the first Leyland Daf FA1700 light-middleweight rigid to enter service in the UK. The box-bodied 14-tonner is powered by the 6.2-litre 134kW (180hp) turbocharged DNT engine fitted beneath the recently-introduced F220 day cab. Freshgold will use the FA1700 to carry egg products for the baking and confectionery industries.