As the government plans a further four-month extension to the relaxation of HGV drivers’ hours, it has emerged that only around 450 haulage firms have used the extension to make their drivers work longer hours. The take-up rate emerged in a cons…
North Down Grain (ND Grain) has taken delivery of six Iveco S-WAY 6×2 tractor units. This is the third Iveco tractor order from the Newtownards-based haulier, which is contracted to Lakeland Dairies. The vehicles are already being used for colle…
(RTTNews) – Mercedes-Benz Trucks said it is fully committed to locally CO2-neutral transport and aims to switch its European product portfolio completely to electrically powered trucks by 2039. In 2030, the company plans more than half of its new vehic…
MarketFinance is offering small and medium sized hauliers the chance to apply for its newly launched Flex Loan Scheme. The scheme offers short-term funding up to £100,000 to small and medium sized business. It operates in a similar way to a cred…
By: Rob McKay
Date: 21.09.2021
Port services giant grows in Port Botany with container haulage firm
Qube has strengthened its hand in the Port Botany container logistics sector
Qube Logistics is in the process of taking over most of Port …
Cornish haulier Intercounty Distribution has invested in 14 new DAF XF530s in a bid to improve fuel efficiency and driver satisfaction. The Pall-Ex member said five of the new trucks will be used to trunk the 480-mile round trip from its depot i…
The South32 Ltd (ASX: S32) share price went up by 4% today, helping it reach a multi-year high.
Shareholders of South32 hasn’t seen the shares this high since the middle of 2019.
What has been helping the South32 share price?
It has been a buoyant time…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sonoro Gold Corp. (TSXV: SGO | OTCQB: SMOFF | FRA: 23SP) (“Sonoro” or the “Company”) is pleased to report the results of an independent Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) including an…
The day after announcing it will accelerate the implementation of its existing low carbon solutions and trigger future projects at MINExpo 2021, Liebherr has confirmed that it will supply a further 11 T 284 trucks to operate on trolley lines at First Q…
Liebherr has confirmed that First Quantum recently confirmed an order for 11 trolley-capable T 284 trucks to add to its fleets at mines in Panama and Zambia.
First Quantum has ordered three trucks for Sentinel copper mine in Zambia and eight trucks for…
An HGV driver who attempted to smuggle £4m worth of cocaine into the country in his bed has been jailed for 14-and-a-half years. Karol Niewiadomski (pictured), 30, from Poland, claimed he did not know the drugs were in his vehicle when it was se…
Paul Manduca is chairman of Eurowag – a company that has been dubbed the ‘Uber of trucking’
An eastern European trucking services group has hired City grandee Paul Manduca to steer the business through a £1.7billion London float.
Manduca, 69, c…
Walsall-based Trailer Freight International (TFI) has joined the Pallet-Track network as part of wider plans to accelerate its growth in the UK market. TFI, which was sold to Northern Ireland-based logistics firm Express Distribution Services in…
Collins Earthworks has taken delivery of some of the first new model Volvo FMX tractors in the UK. The five Globetrotter 6×4 tractor units with ejector trailers come with a new cab design, distinctive V-shaped LED headlamps and headlamp protecto…