A2B-online Group is looking to the future after its management combined forces with a Dutch entrepreneur to buy out the company. The acquisition has seen Henk Bakker, Dutch transport entrepreneur and MD of the Van Uden Group, join forces with A2…
Southampton-based company 4PLinks has joined both the Pall-Ex and Fortec pallet distribution networks as a shareholder member. E-commerce Supply Chain, which trades as 4PLinks, was founded in 2017 and provides general and container haulage, cust…
Maritime Transport has signed a long-term agreement with Associated British Ports (ABP) to operate a six-acre loaded container storage facility at the Port of Ipswich, in a move aimed at meeting growing customer demand for container storage. Mar…
A&D Logistics in Scotland has purchased 10 Renault Range T ‘Selection Plus’ tractor units. Alan Bolsworth, business development manager at the container and general haulier, said: “We opted for Renault Trucks for our latest vehicles to build…
DP World has opened an 11.5-acre empty containers park at Southampton to increase storage capacity and help keep customers supply chains moving during the peak pre-Christmas season. The new facility will be able to hold additional empty containe…
Rainham’s Forest Freight has spied a business opportunity caused by a mass build-up of containers at nearby DP World London Gateway and is offering a new service bringing them back to its depot. The premium container haulage service collects cus…
The launch of Maritime Transport’s intermodal division followed by its acquisition of Wincanton Container Logistics helped boost pre-tax profits last year by 41% to £13.3m. Despite Brexit uncertainty affecting container flows into the country an…
Maritime Transport has added 100 new-generation Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor units to its fleet – its first order from the manufacturer since 2017. The Felixstowe-based operator made the move after successful trials of a demonstration unit suppl…
Turners (Soham), has taken delivery of a New Generation DAF XF 450 FTG 6×2 tractor unit, as part of the latest phase of the manufacturer’s Europe-wide pre-production field test programme. Turners’ New Generation DAF XF joins the firm’s fleet of …