KUALA LUMPUR: MMC Corp Bhd's wholly-owned Kontena Nasional Bhd has acquired 30 units of Volvo FM440 6x2 T RAS prime movers from Volvo Trucks Malaysia.
A handover ceremony was held at Volvo Trucks Malaysia dealership in Port Klang on the March 29 to unveil the prime movers in Kontena Nasional's distinctive new livery.
The ceremony proceedings included a presentation of a truck scale model and a mock-up key to Kontena Nasional chief executive officer Nik Muzani Nik Abd Aziz.
The company said the first 20 units from a total of 30 prime movers had been delivered, with the remaining units expected to arrive by end of April 2022.
"The newly-acquired prime movers are part of Kontena Nasional's business expansion plan towards achieving logistics excellence and delivering quality services to our customers. It will also support our fleet readiness for new and bigger market outreach," Nik Muzani said in a statement today.
From its establishment in 1971 when containerisation was first introduced to the country, Kontena Nasional has expanded its core container haulage business to include international freight forwarding, warehousing, distribution, supply chain solutions, and halal logistics.
The company said this was in line with its vision of becoming Malaysia's premier supply chain solutions provider.