BIBBY DISTRIBUTION TARGETS LONGER SEMI-TRAILER GROWTH
27 June 2013Logistics specialist Bibby Distribution is to utilise its full allocation of 25 longer semi-trailers (LSTs) with the delivery of twelve 15.65m models underway, adding to the 13 identical Don-Bur trailers which joined the fleet in 2012. Each trailer is 2.05m longer than the current maximum permitted length. Bibby Distribution is now lobbying the Department for Transport (DfT) to extend its current allocation, to permit additional LSTs to join its fleet. This follows the DfT’s announcement that it is unlikely to reach the total target allocation of 1,800 units by the cut-off