An Ill Wind Blows No Good For Hauliers

• Insurance premiums for hauliers look set to rise following vehicle damage caused by the recent storms. Motorways were closed as emergency services coped with overturned......

60% In Las' Report

The Western Traffic Area under John Carpenter (who is expected to become the first Senior Traffic Commissioner under the Palmer reorganisation) more than doubled its......

Bomb Stalls Bird Haul

• A cache of over 1,000 Second World War bombs and shells was uncovered on a Lancashire haulier's land last week. The bombs were found below a layer of concrete on land......

Plumbing Deal

• Exel Logistics has won a five-year 820 million distribution and warehousing deal with Cadel, a leading UK supplier of plumbing and heating equipment.......

Spares Deal

▪ LEP-Swift has signed a 82.5 million deal with General Motors to distribute spare parts throughout Luxembourg and Belgium.......

Rockwood Sells

• Rockwood Holdings, which recently closed several transport depots, has sold its subsidiary Leasing Principals to NMB Lease of Holland.......

Locomotors Grows

• Locomotors has expanded its specialist engineering business with the acquisition of Worksopbased GD Engineering's municipal vehicle and equipment range, including gulley......

Paper Programme

• Dal aims to raise 300 million guilders (t100 million) through a commercial paper programme.......

Chelmer Bought

• DEUS has acquired Chelmer Cargo Services (Shipping) of Colchester, which will now operate as DFDS Chelmer. It will run trailer groupage services and will form the southern hub......

Driver's Award

• Truck driver Norman Kelly has won 840,000 compensation in the High Court from his former employer, P&O Roadways, following an accident at Detling Hill, Kent, when the brakes......

Lutterworth Parts Iiii Toyota Has Decided To Build Its New

18,000m 2 parts distribution centre for the UK at Magna Park, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, close to Volvo's new parts centre.......