The Portadown-based business, which opened a state-of-the-art warehouse facility at Belfast Harbour last year and works with major retailers and food manufacturers, is into its third decade of purchasing Schmitz Cargobull products.
Based on the strength of the relationship, Manfreight was the first UK operator to put Schmitz Cargobull’s fully electric S.KOe COOL semi-trailer into operation in 2023, delivering emission-free deliveries.
The refrigerated box-body trailers in the latest order feature both single and multi-temperature variants of the high-performance S.CU V2.0 cooling unit. The order comprises 60 standard semi-trailers (split equally between single and multi-temperature) and 40 ‘high cube’ reefers with single-temperature refrigeration units. The latter have an internal sidewall height of 3.2m and are equipped with interior decking beams to facilitate double pallet-stacking.
The trailers all feature ferry specification, which includes reinforced landing legs, underrun guards with ferry skids and reinforced Suzie brackets. As well as uprated lighting, the trailers utilise electronic ramp approach control. They also have dynamic ramp protection and additional buffer protection.
