Striking Workers Sacked

/ Trailer maker Craven Tasker has been accused of union bashing after sacking striking workers at its Scottish assembly plant and replacing them with new employees. Production......

Merchant Ahoy • Pandoro, P&o's Irish Freight Operation,...

Liverpool-Belfast route this month with the launch of a RO-RO ferry, Merchant Venture, which is capable of carrying 50 vehicles.......

Operators Hit By Whl Liquidation

/ Hauliers are among creditors owed nearly £90,000 following the winding up of Lancashirebased WHL Container Transit last week. The company had assets of £24,250 which......

Fast Lane Into Europe

/ The Lane Group has teamed up with Paris-based freight forwarder Logfret to launch Eurolane, a daily European distribution service. The partnership expects to open depots in......

Profits Fall / Lex Service's First-half Profits Have...

£4.2m from S.:23.3m for the same period last year. The company, which owns contract-hire firm Transfleet, says that the recession has had a "devastating effect" on UK truck......

Healthy Work / United Transport Logistics Is Talking To...

health authorities in a bid to win distribution, warehousing and transport contracts within the health service. It says it welcomes Government proposals to remove barriers to......

Asda Moves To Backloads

• Supermarket giant Asda claims to have cut its distribution costs to below 3% of turnover — and it plans to reduce them further by offering a back-load service to suppliers in......