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A fleet of five Mitsubishi Grendia trucks has been credited with making an 'enormous' difference to Solent Stevedores' cargo handling operations at sugar giant Tate & Lyle's Silvertown facility, improving loading times by 15%. Each month, up to 4000t of loose sugar is transported by sea from the sugar manufacturer's East London dock.

The trucks, supplied by Bronze Mechanical Handling, are fitted with Cascade double pallet handler attachments. Bronze's sales director Chris Slater, said: "The customer required all of the power and speed of a diesel... with none of the associated emissions. The FG30N benefits from an advanced, clean-burning engine that comes with a three-way catalytic convertor as standard."