Ducros Takes Tuffnells Stake

• French parcels operator Ducros Services Rapides has bought a 50% interest in Tuffnells Parcels Express, part of the Transport Development Group, for an undisclosed sum. The......

Irish First

• Haulage Services, the bulk liquids, bulk powders and general haulier based at Newtonabbey, Co Antrim, claims to be the first transport company in Northern Ireland to gain......

Schmitz Expands

• German trailer manufacturer Schmitz-Anhanger has set up a new firm in Magdeburg, East Germany, called Schmitz Cargobull. British subsidiary Schmitz Trailers is considering......

. . . As Fed-ex Buys Tic France

• Federal Express has bought a privately owned French trucking and express courier company, Transports Transvendeens Chronoservice, which has an annual turnover of £17.8m and......

Trailmaster Topples Over

• Trailmaster Trailers of Kettering, Northants, is the latest casualty of the downturn in the trailer market. It went into receivership last week, following in the footsteps of......

Coloroll Hauliers Continue To Trade

• Small hauliers such as David Hardwick of Gainsborough Express which were contracted to furnishing group Coloroll, which crashed less than a month ago, are continuing to......