New trucks to help Yearsley Group reduce emissions

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Yearsley Group, the UK’s largest cold storage and distribution provider, has taken delivery of a £1.4m fleet of 20 trucks that will help it further reduce the carbon emissions from its nationwide operation.

The Heywood-based company, which is committed to sustainability, recently announced a £2.2 million investment in solar panels at two of its cold stores as it looks to increase the amount of energy it obtains from renewable sources.

Now 20 new MAN TGX 26.442BLS 6x2 tractor units have been delivered and will be based at five of Yearsley’s 12 depots across the UK. In trials, the MAN units posted lower fuel consumption and maintenance costs that the alternatives Yearsley Group was considering.

“This represents significant investment and is part of our on-going strategy of replacing vehicles to ensure they remain as environmentally friendly and cost efficient as possible,” said Yearsley Group’s head of logistics, Mark Haslam.

“These vehicles are the first we have ordered from MAN and we believe that they are ideally suited to our operation.”

Other recent green moves from Yearsley Group include the implementation of management systems for reducing waste road miles and the company has updated many of its cold stores with state-of-the-art insulation.