Order for 235 Volvo Buses to Australia

[G-CPTN]

Volvo Buses holds a strong position in New South Wales in which Sydney, Australia's largest city, is located.
The most recent order is for 150 18-meter articulated buses being built on the Volvo B12BLE chassis. When the most recent order is delivered, STA will have more than 700 buses rolling built on this Volvo chassis.
The chassis will be manufactured in Volvo Buses' plant in Boras, Sweden and the bodies will be produced by the Volgren company in Australia. The first chassis will be delivered in August 2009 and delivery of the completed buses starts at the end of 2009. Deliveries for the order to STA will continue through June 2011.
In Brisbane, the Brisbane City Council decided in a tender process that all diesel buses to be purchased in the next three years shall be Volvo buses. This could correspond to a total of up to 335 buses.
To date, the Brisbane City Council has signed contracts for 85 buses, the Volvo B7RLE, with Volvo's 7-liter engine that meets the EEV emission standard.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...3/ai_n31143800

[Western SMT]

It is a big order in todays financial turmoil

[G-CPTN]

I wonder what the shipping-time is for the chassis (from Sweden to Oz).
I don't suppose that they drive them overland like they used to deliver the Leylands back in the 60s (in the UK that is).