Capital Equipment News April 2019

As part of a fleet expansion programme, 4PL Fleet took delivery of 15 new G460 units at the start of April.

product to financing and related services. Convenience is one of the many reasons that 4PL Fleet prefers to purchase its vehicles and related services from a single provider. “Instead of having to deal with multiple service providers, we just go to one location, with a single point of contact, for all our needs. Apart from convenience, dealing with a single supplier for a whole range of our needs means faster turnaround times for increased uptime,” says Adlem. 4PL Fleet utilises Scania Finance for all its purchases. Scania Finance & Insurance Southern and East Africa is Scania’s captive finance business which currently offers its services to Scania customers operating in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Tanzania, Kenya and Zambia. There is a full pallet of financing products – including Financial Leases, Operating Leases and Instalment Sales Agreements. 4PL Fleet also has repair & maintenance (R&M) contracts with Scania South Africa for its whole fleet. “We have a full R&M contract with Scania South Africa. They maintain all our vehicles from the first kilometre. For us, it’s a very effective way of ensuring fleet health because we have Scania experts looking after the vehicles. This ensures maximum uptime, which, like I said, is very important for the type of business we are in,” explains Adlem. As a progressive transport solutions business, 4PL also makes use of Scania’s

15 NEW SCANIA G460 TRUCK TRACTORS

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4PL Fleet has taken delivery of 15 new Scania G460 truck tractors

The latest acquisition brings to 75 the number of Scania G460 units in 4PL’s fleet

75 THE NUMBER OF SCANIA G460 UNITS IN 4PL’S FLEET

4PL Fleet is a bulk commodity carrier owning and operating a fleet of Scania G460 truck tractors equipped with Afrit interlink side tipper trailers

In addition to the 15 new vehicles delivered this month, 4PL will take delivery of 13 New Generation Scania trucks – the NTG G460 units – in June this year

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