John O’Keeffe
OFE’s Director
Garry
Operations Manager
Rhys
Fleet Allocator
Amy
Office Manager
Teresa
Reception – Admin
Top Industry Publication PRIME MOVER MAGAZINE Features OFE Refrigerated Transport
In 2009 OFE Refrigerated Transport purchased a pair of second-hand 2006 DAFs, its first trucks in use from the Dutch commercial vehicle manufacturer. Fast forward 11 years and the cold chain carrier, based in Dandenong South in Melbourne’s southeast suburbs, runs 40 trucks, 30 of which are DAFs including three of the latest generation of Euro 6 DAF CF prime movers.
This recent order follows a three-week long trial in which the business, having sought up-to-the-minute safety features, evaluated a vehicle for the first two weeks in B-double application and then for an additional week hauling a single trailer as part of the company’s refrigeration fleet.
Despite adding Expert Logistics, a containerised transport service to its operational portfolio in 2016, which it is now looking to grow, the majority of the company’s business revolves around moving bulk refrigerated product to distribution centres (DCs) for the dominant supermarket chains.
This ensconces the fleet in the wider metropolitan region making its capability to act and adapt to the vagaries of freeway congestion a high priority. Last year OFE Refrigerated Transport purchased several new Euro 5 DAFs as it continued the task of updating its commercial vehicles with state-of-the-art active safety features. According to Director John O’Keeffe the transition has been driven primarily by scaling up to the latest offerings in driver safety packages.
Read the full post at PRIME MOVER MAGAZINE
An innovative cold chain business continues to invest in new DAF commercial vehicles whose recent advances in safety and powertrain technology have prompted further gains across its Melbourne operations.
