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Boc Targets Onward In Acquisition Drive
by Juliet Parish • Acquisition-hungry BOC Distribution Services is talking to Onward Transport about buying the 60-year-old business. An announcement on the future of the West......
Christian Salvesen Maintains Profits
• Christian Salvesen, which bought Swift Distribution earlier this year, has maintained its profits despite difficult trading conditions worldwide. Distribution is Salvesen's......
• The Continuin9 Saga Over The Legality Of Using Belly
tanks in France took a new turn last week when the French authorities ordered trucks bock on the ferry at Dunkerque. One Dartford-based haulier, who has already been fined in......
Portsmouth Truck Check Leads To Prosecutions
• Almost £2,500 in fines and costs were handed out to eight foreign drivers stopped as part of a 24-hour multi-agency vehicle check of 105 vehicles leaving Portsmouth docks last......
Opposition To Milk Plans
• The Milk Marketing Board has been told to look again at its proposals to reorganise milk haulage amid fears that the plans may not allow free competition. The Department of......