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• F. has won a £3.75m contract to supply BP with 56 spirit tank trailers starting in February.
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• A van driver from Porthmadog died after his vehicle collided with a minibus on the A498 at Nant Gwynant.
• Some 63% of small business owners believe the country is heading for a deepening recession in the next year-and-a-half, says a survey by Barclays Bank.
• Anthony Perry, transport supervisor of Hays Distribution, has won the 1998 Transport and Distribution Manager of the Year Competition with a prize of £5,000.
• Irish lorry driver James Tait, of Craigavon, County Armagh, has been jailed for eight years at Canterbury Crown Court for attempting to smuggle 201 kg of cannabis through Dover.
• Australian firm Mayne Nickless, owner of Parceline and Interlink Express, has reorgansied its businesses as Mayne Nickless Express and added a logistics division.
• Home Office minister Mike O'Brien is meeting the FTA and RHA to discuss dealing with Jal immigrants. But the Government is pressing ahead with its plans to fine operators and drivers £2,000 for each stowaway.
• Farmers with HGV licences are being invited to become truck drivers when the weather is bad. An advert placed in CM's sister magazine, Farmers Weekly, by driving agency BRS Taskforce tempts them with rates of up to £12 per hour.