Leading UK rental company GAP Hire Solutions has announced a £2 million investment in its new Tanker Services division.

The firm introduced Tanker Service as its tenth specialist division, offering a range of emptying and cleaning options for septic and wastewater tanks and cesspits.

An order has now been placed for 18 x 26t liquid waste tankers, boosting the company's 26t fleet to 80. This expansion and significant investment will enable GAP to facilitate waste removal such as septic tank emptying and to work with construction sites to empty effluent waste tanks and provide non-potable (not for drinking) water. The aim of this is to make the hire company's offering more efficient and create the possibility of GAP being able to operate these services on a larger scale.


Commenting on the recent purchases, which cost around £120,000 each, GAP's Head of Procurement Ken Stewart, commented: "Following on from our initial order of six which have all been delivered as of January, Volvo will be providing the cab/chassis at the rate of one per month. The bodywork will be undertaken by GK&N Services Ltd of Huddersfield who will supply and fit a 3,200-gallon vacuum tank (to hold clean and foul water) to the cab/chassis. This is a significant investment amounting to in excess of £2 million for these 18 units. We're delighted to continue our excellent working relationship with both Volvo and GK&N."

Seven of GAP's Welfare / Tanker Services depots – Elgin, Harthill, Manchester, Newmarket, Waltham Cross, Bournemouth and Bristol – currently have nine tankers in use. A further three are due to be delivered to the Tilbury, Derby and Swansea depots in the next few months, bringing the hire company's fleet number to 12 in total so far.

(CM/JG)