Transport and Logistics Network
A new rail freight service has launched between Teesport and Manchester’s Trafford Park.
The venture, a collaboration between Direct Rail Services (DRS) and PD Ports, aims to cut congestion on the Trans Pennine route by removing up to 40 heavy vehicle …
Manchester-built Schmitz Cargobull trailers now have Electronic Brake Performance Monitoring System (EBPMS) functionality, allowing hauliers to enhance road safety, reduce vehicle downtime, meet legislative compliance and save money.
Whether cus…
Drivers are facing major disruption on a busy east Manchester road following a crash. Part of the A635 Ashton[1] Old Road has been closed off this morning (January 31) following a collision involving a lorry and a Biffa bin wagon.
The major road has be…
Drivers faced long delays on the M6 in Greater Manchester. Traffic was briefly stopped following a collision involving a lorry on the southbound carriageway near Wigan this morning (January 30).
National Highways says a HGV left the road in the inciden…
A new partnership between global logistics real estate provider Prologis and East Midlands Airport (EMA) will lead to the development of an advanced manufacturing park within the East Midlands Freeport zone, with an anticipated investment of up to £1bn…
MAG (Manchester Airports Group) which owns and operates East Midlands Airport (EMA) is pleased to announce Prologis, the leading logistics property owner, developer and investor, as its partner to take forward the development of a new industrial logist…
These ae your rugby headlines on the evening of Tuesday, January 28.
Former Welsh rugby captain jailed
A former Welsh rugby captain who turned to drug dealing has been jailed after a 139mph motorway chase saw him try to escape police.
While doing so, p…
A former rugby player threw drugs out of the car window as he drove at 139mph during a high-speed police chase on the M56.
Maredudd Francis, 31, lobbed the packages out of the car during the pursuit from Manchester before he smashed into another vehicl…
Maredudd Francis, of Coed Aben, appeared at Mold Crown Court for sentence on Tuesday morning via video link from HMP Altcourse.
The 31-year-old had previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cannabis and cocaine at Wrexham, money lau…
Newton-le-Willows is at a junction, literally. The North of England community lies equidistant from Manchester and Liverpool. It has easy access to the English motorway network. Even more conveniently, it’s at the railway junction of the Transpennine r…