MÉRIDA, YUCATÁN – Scania Mexico delivered 35 new tractor-trailer trucks to Transportes Especializados GAL , a Yucatecan company specializing in refrigerated freight transport. With this addition, the company now has 81 units from the Swedish manufacturer in its fleet , part of a business relationship that began in 2014 with the acquisition of three vehicles .
The delivery consists of 20 Scania R460 tractor units for full-haul operations with double semi-trailers and 15 R420 units for single-haul applications. With this addition, Grupo GAL (number 65 in the Top 100 of Automotive Transport® ) has incorporated full-haul configurations into its Scania fleet for the first time.
The R460s will operate mainly in the Bajío region, while the R420s will cover the route between Mérida and Mexico City, one of the company’s main corridors for the transport of refrigerated cargo between the Yucatán Peninsula and the center of the country.
The addition of these units coincides with Grupo GAL’s 30th anniversary . The company currently operates a fleet of nearly 400 tractor units, 81 of which are Scania , and has complemented its transport services with warehousing and distribution solutions.
The relationship between the two companies has maintained steady growth. After acquiring three units in 2024, Transportes Especializados GAL added 43 trucks during 2025 and is now incorporating another 35 vehicles.
The new units comply with Euro 6 emissions regulations and integrate the SESAMM 7 dashboard , the latest generation of the instrument panel developed by Scania, with improvements focused on the operator’s interaction with the vehicle’s systems.
Alejandro Mondragón, president and CEO of Scania Mexico, explained that this evolution also shows the technological changes that the product has undergone since the first units incorporated by the carrier.
“We started two years ago with three units, then we added 43 and now 35. The technologies have changed: we started with NTG, then with Super, now Euro 6, and these latest ones bring the new dashboard and substantial improvements for the operator,” he commented in an interview with T21.
The executive stated that the goal is to offer an increasingly intelligent vehicle and support its performance with a service structure that allows it to remain in operation for as long as possible.
As part of the alliance’s growth, Scania will install a Customer Workshop Services (CWS) within Grupo GAL’s facilities . Through this program, Scania-trained technical personnel will provide specialized maintenance directly at the carrier’s yards.
This will allow the vehicles to be serviced without the company having to move them to a Scania branch, with the aim of reducing unproductive journeys and downtime.
The 35 units also have a maintenance policy and were incorporated through an operation that includes a trade-in scheme , through which Scania will take back nearly new multi-brand vehicles as part of the fleet renewal process of Grupo GAL.
During the event, Armando Cantú, director of Grupo GAL, indicated that the incorporation of the new tractor trucks represents a long-term decision for a company that will celebrate three decades of operations in 2026.
He emphasized that during this period, Grupo GAL has traveled millions of kilometers, served hundreds of clients, and evolved into a leading provider of specialized logistics solutions. For Cantú, the delivery of these units is part of their commitment to “continue investing in safety, efficiency, innovation, and reliability.”
He emphasized that current supply chain conditions require carriers to ensure operational continuity , protect their customers’ products, and respond promptly to market needs.
“We will continue to invest in technology, in an increasingly modern fleet, in the development of our operators and in the continuous improvement of our processes,” he stated.
“Organizations are not distinguished solely by the assets they possess; they are distinguished by the vision with which they decide to invest, by the alliances they build, and by the trust they have,” he said.
For his part, Eduardo Quijano Álvarez, deputy director of Grupo GAL, explained that the decision to increase Scania’s participation within the fleet responds to the coincidence between the carrier’s operational priorities and the attributes offered by the manufacturer.
“Scania is very focused on safety, efficiency, telemetry and sustainability; we are looking for exactly the same thing,” he emphasized.
Quijano recalled that the first contact between the two companies occurred before the COVID-19 pandemic, although it was in 2023 when Grupo GAL began testing the vehicles and subsequently decided to acquire the first three units.
After evaluating its performance, the company gradually increased the number of vehicles of the brand until it exceeded 80 units within a fleet of nearly 400 tractor-trailer trucks.
“Today there are more than 80 Scania units and I think that number speaks for itself,” he concluded.
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