The AEV haulage company carries out long-distance transportation operations with a fleet of Actros trucks

Thanks to a logistics machine that runs around the clock, the products that we order online arrive at our door after only a few days – some of them after only a few hours. What we see, however, is only the part that takes place during the day – the famous “last mile”. At night, on the other hand, hundreds of tractor/semitrailer combinations drive along routes that have been determined in advance in order to transport packages from one distribution platform to another throughout the whole of Italy.

A substantial number of these vehicles belongs to specialised transport companies who carry out the service by order of express courier services. One of these is AEV, a haulage company located in Loreto Aprutino in the province of Pescara, which is managed by two young road hauliers, brothers Elia and Valerio Di Teodoro. The initials of both their names make up two of the letters in the company’s name – the third standing for Antonio, their father, who began in 1988 at the wheel of a single truck. “Back then our father immediately began to carry out scheduled services for a foreign express courier which had been established in Italy shortly before and which steadily expanded over the years that followed,” Elia explains.

 – Elia Di Teodoro

In searching for just that, the Di Teodoro brothers came across the Actros – and have stuck to it. The last 40 vehicles they bought bear the three-pointed star. Elia explains: “We're impressed by the reliability and consumption, plus the drivers appreciate the comfort in the cab. On journeys at night, our worst enemy is microsleep and to prevent this we need to provide drivers with a comfortable and spacious cab as well as comprehensive safety systems. The Actros meets these requirements to the full.”

Photos: Michele Latorre