A COMPANY which has a fuel distribution depot on Teesside has announced a £2.15m fleet expansion and renewal for 2014.

Clugston Distribution, the logistics arm of the Humberside-based Clugston Group of companies, is buying 18 new Euro6 Renault tractor units and 14 new trailers. It will also recruit another 13 employees.

Three of the new vehicles will join its fuels fleet on the Humber and Tees, taking the number of vehicles to 16.

Over the past two years Clugston Distribution has spent £4m on new vehicles and recruited a further 40 people. By the end of the year it will have almost 100 vehicles on the road.