Poets Buys Elan

• P&O European Transport Services subsidiary Pandoro has bought express distribution and warehousing firm Elan Ireland. Pandoro is planning to invest £1m in the 40-vehicle firm.......

Daimler Loss

• Council for the Protection of Rural England campaigners are protesting against plans to upgrade the A303 in Somerset to a dual-carriageway. They fear the route will become an......

Portugal Express • Europa European Express And Marititna...

Lda of Portugal have teamed up to offer high-speed groupag - e and part-load services to Lisbon and Oporto.......

Air And Fire

• Fire fighters are learning how to deal with problems caused by air suspension equipment in truck crashes thanks to a unit donated to the brigade's training centre by......

Welsh Protest

• Green campaigners are protesting against Shell UK's decision to switch bulk petrol distribution from rail to road in north Wales.......

Gas Stops

• A fuel stop for gas powered trucks will open in Southampton next month.......

Continental Link

• Improving road and rail links between northern England and the continent will be top of the agenda at a conference in Newcastle next month. Backers of the Northern Arc scheme......

Ira Warning To Hauliers

by Karen Miles • Hauliers working for the security forces in Northern Ireland have been told by the IRA to quit their work or become murder targets. The grim warning follows the......

Eire Number Plates Blitz

• Irish drivers caught using number plates issued outside Eire face having their trucks impounded on the spot, stiff fines and possible jail sentences. Revenue inspectors are......

Ryder Buys In For Business Upturn

• Distribution and rental giant Ryder is buying 1,000 new trucks worth £30m as bosses predict an end to the recession for the transport industry Business development director......