• GEODIS has expanded its fleet in Spain with twelve new high-capacity, environmentally efficient duotrailers, bringing the total to eighteen. This strategic investment follows recent legislative changes in Spain that allow Euro-modular duotrailers to operate on specific routes without prior authorisation.
• Each duotrailer can carry up to 72 tonnes with a 30% reduction in CO₂ emissions compared to traditional units.
• The new 640HP tractor units will serve clients in the paper, steel, and automotive sectors, boosting both environmental performance and transport efficiency. GEODIS emphasises that this move supports its ongoing commitment to innovation, sustainability, and operational excellence in the Spanish market.

GEODIS has made a strategic investment in the acquisition of twelve additional environmentally efficient road vehicles, following recent changes in Spanish legislation that liberalise the use of Euro-modular duotrailers on designated routes.

GEODIS is investing in twelve new trailer and tractor units, bringing the total operated by its European Road Network activity in Spain to eighteen. The strategy further reinforces GEODIS’s commitment to innovation, sustainability and operational excellence in the Spanish market.

The new tractor units have a power rating of 640HP, powerful enough to haul two duotrailers measuring a total length of thirty-two metres and carrying a cargo payload of up to seventy-two tonnes. The net reduction in CO₂ emissions in comparison with the equivalent traditional trailer units is over 30%.

GEODIS will deploy these duotrailers to service clients in the paper, steel and automotive industries, where growing demand for high-capacity transport has been identified. The environmental benefits are significant.

Commenting on the introduction of the new trailers to GEODIS’s fleet in Spain, Marc Vollet, EVP European Road Network activity at GEODIS, said: “In addition to the welcome beneficial impact to the environment of their use, with significant CO₂ emission reductions, the duotrailer allows increased productivity, with one tractor and one driver hauling two semi-trailers.”

Marc Vollet added: “The cost optimisation and improved operational efficiency achieved will bring great benefits to our Spanish customers.”

Following the 21 October resolution by Spain’s Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT), it is now permitted to operate duotrailers without prior authorisation, provided they meet specific technical requirements and remain within a defined road network. GEODIS’s operation of the trailers will, of course, comply, and also ensure they are equipped with safety features such as pneumatic suspension, blind spot detection and lane-keeping systems, emergency braking, and electronic stability control.