Firm goes green with electric Schmitz Cargobull trailer

The zero-emission reefer is working on the Buckinghamshire-based company’s contract with STI (UK) Ltd, delivering temperature-controlled goods to McDonald’s distribution centres across the UK.

Andrew Marshall, managing director at Marine & Cargo, said: “We’ve had the S.KOe COOL on the road for a few weeks now and the early signs are really positive. The technology is easy to use, and it will offer our business and our customers huge sustainability benefits in the long run.

“We are taking approximately 200 litres of diesel a week out of our operation, which is what our standard refrigerated trailers will use to keep the goods at the precise temperatures they need to be. To eliminate that with this electric unit is a significant saving we’re achieving already.”

Schmitz Cargobull officially launched the S.KOe COOL into the UK & Ireland market earlier this year. Europe’s leading trailer manufacturer has developed the type-approved refrigerated box body semi-trailer to help operators meet increasingly strict emissions regulations.

Supplied by Aaron Howarth, Schmitz Cargobullarea sales manager for the East Midlands, Marine & Cargo’s new reefer comes equipped with a fully electric S.CU ep85 cooling unit with integrated power electronics, a battery system and an electric generator axle, enabling 100 per cent emissions-free operation.

The business has paired the S.KOe COOL with a Mercedes-Benz Actros Gigaspace tractor unit, powered by a fuel-efficient 530hp Euro VI engine, which runs on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) for further emission reductions. 

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