Getlink – formerly Groupe Eurotunnel – said its unaccompanied freight service through the Channel Tunnel had seen a marked acceleration in growth since March, with more than 1,000 trailers carried. The transport of trailers by the Eurotunnel Le …
Lorries headed for Dover were trapped in 20-mile long queues again this weekend with further delays in the pipeline as another wave of holiday-makers prepare to head for the port this week, ahead of the Platinum Jubilee weekend. The queues began…
Pall-Ex Poland transported its millionth pallet this week as the network continues to grow. It said volumes in the central European country were healthy and with members from Gdynia to Zakopane and from Szczecin to Lublin collecting, consolidati…
The board of Palletline is preparing to sell the business and is currently working with advisors to set the terms, Motor Transport has learnt. Potential buyers could include Amazon – a major customer of Palletline, which is currently the only pa…
Hauliers involved in music, sporting and cultural events will be able to move their vehicles freely between the UK and the EU after the government said it was introducing new measures this summer. A dual registration scheme will allow operators …
Manchester-based Aztek International Logistics has been acquired in full by Austrian transport giant Cargo-Partner. The acquisition follows a joint venture between Aztek International Freight and Cargo-Partner in 2021 which saw it acquire a thir…
Hellmann Worldwide is back in the black after a year of “both challenge and opportunity”, the company has revealed. The group, which was founded 150 years ago in Germany, is a global multimodal logistics provider specialising in vertical markets…
Freight rates are expected to remain high for most of this year due to a potent mixture of reduced cross channel capacity, business uncertainty, soaring fuel prices and the war in Ukraine, according to analysts. Data from Transport Intelligence,…
The Palletways Group has marked 20 years since the launch of its Italian network, its first outside of the UK. Palletways Italy was founded in early 2002 from its base in Isola Rizza (VR) and moved 69 pallets during its first night of trading. T…
Government must act decisively and create a permanent parking site for handling queues of lorries when there is disruption crossing the channel, the RHA said this week. The call comes as this weekend saw lorries continuing to queue on the M20 an…
Meachers Global Logistics has expanded its fleet with seven new specialist vehicles as part of a £1.5m investment programme to widen its range of services to customers. The Southampton-based international freight and transport logistics company …
Pall-Ex Poland has rolled out its freight management and tracking software Nexus to its members. The group said the software gives firms better control of their freight and allows its membership to communicate better than before. Nexus was built…
International hauliers have hit out at P&O Ferries amid an ongoing struggle to find alternative freight routes following the operator’s decision to axe 800 staff and suspend services. The move has heavily impacted cross-Channel freight and h…
Freight forwarder and logistics firm NTEX UK has announced plans to grow in the European market with an initial focus on Italy. Headquartered in Immingham, with offices in Bristol, Glasgow and London, NTEX already trades with Scandinavian countr…