Lockwood Group has joined the Palletline network, which the midlands firm said would help it to reduce its final leg delivery area in DE postcodes. Keith Allsop, Lockwood transport and warehouse director, said: “A highly-respected member-owned network with a 30-year heritage, the company has a reputation for innovation and for going the extra mile to […]
Volvo Trucks said it aimed to be the catalyst for the shift to electric HGVs after figures showed it led the way with a 32% market share in Europe. The OEM said it had now sold more than 4,300 electric trucks in 38 countries across the globe since it began production of fully electric vehicles […]
The Hazchem Network is raising awareness of the need to rely on ADR carriers for the transport of lithium ion batteries as their use increases across the globe. As transport shifts away from conventional fuels towards zero emission alternatives, lithium batteries are increasingly relied on to power vehicles, as well as being used in consumer […]
Devereux Transport and Distribution increased sales by 6.4% last year, but profits dipped into the red after the Billingham-based firm settled an HSE fine following a fatal accident. The company reported revenues of £13.9m for the year ending 31 March, an increase of £835,000 on the previous year’s results. Gross profit was £1.9m; however, it […]
A Herefordshire haulage firm incorporated almost a quarter of a century ago has gone into liquidation owing £1.6m. Accountants from Leonard Curtis were appointed to Ken’s Tipper Hire on 31 January and they are now in the process of winding up the business. A statement of affairs showed that the haulier, which traded out of […]
DPD has snapped up South East final-mile courier Absolutely in a move aimed at strengthening its same day delivery offering. Absolutely has a fleet of around 200 couriers servicing clients ranging from fashion brands and health organisations to law firms and media businesses. Its fleet includes an expanding number of zero-emission vehicles, such as cargo […]
It took just six months of loss making activity at East Yorkshire-based Sam Carmichael Logistics (SCL) for it to collapse into administration and can be blamed in part on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The company, which had 21 employees and operated 18 HGVs out of its North Ferriby base, was incorporated in 2021 and […]
The government has more than tripled the likelihood of serious accidents occurring on the motorways by increasing capacity “on the cheap”, according to the MP of a constituent killed by an HGV. In a House of Commons debate last week, Sarah Champion said that after “much kicking and screaming”, National Highways had released data showing […]
Sheffield’s clean air zone (CAZ) has now gone live, with non-compliant HGVs having to pay £50 a day to enter the inner ring road and city centre.
Schmitz Cargobull’s new MD for the UK & Ireland said the business is on track to double its market share within five years.