Volvo Trucks Delivers 10 FM440 Trucks To Multimodal Freight Sdn Bhd

Still riding on its upward sales momentum from last year, Volvo Trucks continues that positive trend with the recent delivery of 10 units of Volvo FM440 trucks to Multimodal Freight Sdn Bhd. This represents an additional purchase by Multimodal over the 40 units of Volvo trucks it took delivery of last year. With its recent purchase, Multimodal now has a fleet of 200 trucks, consisting of a single brand – Volvo.

Multimodal is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) and was established in 1989 as a forwarding company to handle KTMB’s locomotive or rolling stock import shipments, as well as to serve railway cargo customers who required forwarding services. In line with its business expansion, the company obtained its haulage license in 1991 to capitalise on the growing containerisation industry back then. In 1995, Multimodal became a Volvo Trucks customer for the first time with its purchase of 30 units of Volvo FL10 to support its growing business. Over the years, it continued to add more Volvo trucks to its fleet and maintained Volvo as the only brand of trucks in its fleet. Today, Multimodal is a key customer of the Swedish truck manufacturer.

“We would like to thank Multimodal for their steadfast support and trust given to the Volvo brand. Our customer’s success is our success too, and we make it our responsibility to ensure that our products and services are providing the best outcome and return on investment to our customers such as Multimodal. Volvo FM is an ideal all-round player in our range of trucks, and its first-class driving features and properties will provide Multimodal with many levels of flexibility and transport efficiency,” commented Mitch Peden, Managing Director, Volvo Malaysia Sdn Bhd.

A handover ceremony was recently held at Volvo Trucks’ Port Klang dealership to officially mark the delivery. Officially receiving the trucks was Mohd Hasdey Bin Yaakob, CEO of Multimodal Freight Sdn Bhd. A limited edition truck scale model was also presented to Multimodal to mark the occasion.

During the handover, Multimodal also signed up for Volvo’s Gold Service Agreement for all the 50 units of new trucks, which will cover preventive maintenance and repairs. As part of this service agreement, Multimodal also gets to enjoy an added feature called Volvo Uptime Promise, which was first introduced to the Malaysian market last year. This unique benefit will provide monetary compensation to Volvo Trucks’ Gold Service Agreement customers if their truck experiences a breakdown time that exceeds Volvo Trucks’ 12 hours of committed time to put the truck back on the road.

Mohd Hasdey Bin Yaakob, CEO of Multimodal Freight Sdn Bhd said, ”Multimodal is a logistic company with vast capacity and capabilities not just to support the rail freight volume from our parent company; but also to meet the transportation requirements of other local and overseas customers. As such, we require strong performing trucks and reliable aftersales support from our truck partner to help us maintain our service quality to our customers.”

“We have been using Volvo Trucks for over 20 years now and we have been very pleased with the performance, safety features and fuel efficiency. The trucks’ comfortability, power and great maneuverability have also helped us to retain good drivers and attract new recruits. I am very comfortable to have Volvo Trucks maintain the fleet for us. After all, our focus is to grow our transport business. The Volvo Gold Service Agreement assures me that our trucks are in the good hands of the experts, who can help to ensure the best possible truck uptime,” he added.

Peden further shared, “The signing of the Gold Service Agreement by Multimodal also symbolises a strong relationship that we have managed to earn and build with our customer over the years. With great product features and benefits such as Volvo Uptime Promise, high productivity, lower fuel costs and driver training, we know that we can help our customers make a difference to their business bottom line.”