Mmc Blocks Ferry Giants

1 Plans by Sealink and P&O, he two biggest cross-Channel ?.rry operators, to operate a int service to compete with he Channel rail tunnel have een blocked by the Monopolies nd......

;rs Secures Co-op ;cottish Contract

1 Scottish Road Services has on a contract with Co-Op tores in Scotland. To service the contract it as acquired 29 liveried tractor nd trailer units. The trailers were supplied......

Iew Buying Terms

I Rockwood Holdings has ltered the terms of its proosed acquisition of shipping nd freight forwarding group lterfreight K (CM 15-21 Ine). Under the new arrangelents Rockwood......

Corfield Swallows Tooth

• London-based removals company Tooth Transport has been acquired by Corfield in a deal which combines the two companies' operations to southern France. The acquisition gives......

Double Dutch Securicor

• Securicor Express Parcels has merged its Dutch operation with two transport and express parcels companies in the Netherlands, A C Visser Transport and A C Visser......

Rail Plan

▪ The Government's three-year plan for the railways forecasts an increase in profits at Railfreight from 22 million a year to 250 million in 1992/93, with Red Star parcels......

Going East

• United Parcel Service (UPS) has launched a document and package delivery service to five East European cities: Moscow in the USSR; Budapest, Hungary; East Berlin, GDR: and......

Crossroads Site

III Volvo truck dealer Crossroads Group is building a £2 million headquarters and workshops on a 3.4ha greenfield site near Leeds. The site should be ready by the end of this......

Fuelling Cards

• Following its successful trial of Fuelink cards in the East Midlands, British Fuel Company (BFL) is now promoting the use of Fuelink to its customers in Scotland. the West......

Dover Plan

MA .23 niillion, 4,000m 2 cargo terminal is planned for the South Jet t y Berth at Dover's Eastern Docks to attract more general cargo to the ferry port.......

Deal Complete

• Hadleigh Industries, the Ipswich automotive and engineering group, has completed its acquisition of the Lynton Group.......

Hunting Profits

• The economic climate is likely to have a "disadvantageous effect" on Hunter Distribution's activities during the company's secondhalf trading, warns Nicholas Saphir, chairman......