Company to launch new trucks

From The Citizen, Dar es Salaam
By The Citizen Reporter, Arusha

Scania will officially introduce its new version of trucks here today. The event will take place at a Flying Cargo Limited yard.

The Arusha branch manager of Scania Tanzania Limited, Mr Amin Karim, told The Citizen that the new generation trucks were consuming less fuel and had low gas emissions.

They also have a gear box called opti cruise which ensures less wear and tear for the vehicle and exhaust gas remission engines with limited gas emissions. According to him, since August this year a 62 such trucks have been imported into the country and that 33 of them have been delivered to local transport firms.

Scania (T) Limited has been operating in Tanzania since the early 1970s, selling trucks and buses, heavy duty industrial and marine engines as well as spare parts.

It has its main office along Nyerere Road in Dar es Salaam, with outlets for spares and services at the Ubungo bus terminal in Dar es Salaam, Arusha and Mwanza.