Maritime Transport adds five Renault electric trucks to its fleet
UK logistics company Maritime Transport has further expanded its eHGV fleet, with the addition of five Renault Trucks E-Tech T 4x2 electric tractor units. The trucks are being introduced through the eFREIGHT 2030 project and brings Maritime's total electric fleet up to 56 vehicles.
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The 42-tonne e-trucks will initiall operate out of Maritime’s Wakefield and Avonmouth depots, with the company planning to move them around its network as its zero-emission operations develop in future. At Wakefield, the E-Tech Ts will be used for first- and last-mile container movements from the company’s inland rail terminal, with containers arriving by rail from deep-sea ports before being transferred to the electric trucks for onward delivery. Charging will predominantly take place overnight at the trucks’ inland bases.
The E-Tech T 4x2s can travel up to 300 km on a single charge and are equipped with six 90 kWh battery packs and three electric motors. The trucks have up to 490 kW of continuous power and 2,400 Nm of torque, with power delivered through Renault Trucks’ Optidriver AT 2412 12-speed automated gearbox.
Maritime said it is deliberately deploying electric trucks from a range of manufacturers in order to compare their performance in everyday operations before making longer-fleet decisions. However, it has said that early experience with the Renault trucks has been positive, particularly where reliability and driver acceptance are concerned. In the long-term, Maritime will assess factors like uptime, maintenance, battery degradation, vehicle longevity and residual values. To this end, the company is using Renault’s Optifleet system to monitor variables such as vehicle efficiency, driver behaviour and location.
Chris Buck, EV Network Manager at Maritime Transport, explained: “These new Renault Trucks E-Tech Ts have been put straight to work in our operation. If electric HGVs are going to become a viable alternative to diesel, we need to work them hard and understand exactly where and how they perform best. We’re currently using the Renault Trucks on first and final mile work from our rail terminals, where we know the routes, payloads and charging opportunities well. As we build our experience and charging network, we’ll continue to look at how we can increase their utilisation across the operation.”
This follows a March 2026 announcement by Maritime Transport, where it revealed it had begun deploying 19 electric trucks at its Wakefield and Birmingham sites with plants to grow its electric truck fleet to 56 vehicles across 12 depots and rail terminals by year-end. With the addition of the new E-Tech Ts, the logistics company has seemingly achieved that goal.
