Double-Deckers cut Royal Mail's carbon footprint

Royal Mail is almost tripling its fleet of double-deck semi-trailers to boost productivity on its trunking operations. 

Network director Paul Tolhurst points out that the replacement of conventional straight-frame van trailers with drop-frame double-deckers enables the number of vehicles required to carry the same number of letters or packages to be cut by a third. Total fleet emissions and the associated carbon footprint are correspondingly reduced.

Altrincham-based Cartwright Group is building the 140 new maximum-length, 4.44m-high, tri-axle GRP-panelled double deckers, which feature an elevating upper deck that can be raised after loading to provide sufficient access.