Dutch multinational Janssen Group is continuing its drive into the UK market with the acquisition of Maltacourt Global Logistics. This is Janssen’s second acquisition in the UK logistics sector this year, following its takeover of Norman Global Logistics in March. Announcing the deal today (27 June), Janssen Group described freight forwarding firm Maltacourt as a […]
A 54-year-old man has been remanded in custody after being charged with arranging or facilitating the illegal entry into the UK of 13 people who were discovered in the back of a lorry at Ransomes Industrial Estate in Ipswich. The HGV driver, Enrico Ferraris, 54, from Italy, was arrested on Thursday 25 May after police […]
Refrigerated vehicle hire giant Petit Forestier is set to provide rental and leasing truck solutions for the refrigerated versions of the 16-tonne and 18-tonne Volta Zero in the UK and Europe. The new agreement between electric vehicle manufacturer Volta trucks and Petit Forestier is an extension of an exisiting purchase and supply agreement between the […]
Daimler Truck Holdings and Toyota Motor Corp have agreed to combine their truck manufacturing businesses in Japan. The deal sees Daimler Truck, Mitsubishi Fuso, Hino and Toyota Motor Corporation sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the merging of truck and bus manufacturers Mitsubishi Fuso and Hino Motors. The two companies will be merged on […]
Thirteen people suspected of entering the UK illegally have been found inside a lorry at a site on the Ransomes Industrial Estate in Ipswich. The individuals were found inside an HGV at about 10:40 BST on Thursday 25 May, Suffolk Police have revealed. Police were seen investigating the lorry, branded Romano, which was parked outside […]
The European Commission’s proposed Euro 7 regulation will increase the manufacturing costs of trucks to close to €12,000, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) is warning. It points to a study by Frontier Economics, commissioned by ACEA, which has found that the Euro 7 regulation will add per vehicle costs of around €2,000 for cars […]
California’s decision to end the sale of new diesel trucks from 2036 threatens to leave Europe’s truck industry behind, campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) warned this week. California last week announced it will ban the sale of new diesel trucks from 2036. In comparison, both the UK and EU are planning to ban sales […]
International transport firm Manfreight has leased a new £9m warehouse from Belfast Harbour beside the port’s RoRo ferry terminals. The 50,000 sq ft warehouse is the first in Northern Ireland to be constructed to BREEAM ‘Excellent’ environmental standards and will service agri-food producers and retailers for both import and export trading. It was described by […]
John Neill, chairman of UK parts and logistics giant Unipart, is looking at moving the group’s investment to the US or Europe because of the lack of government support for the electric vehicle market and wider green economy. Unipart, which is based in Oxford and employs more than 8,000 people, makes vehicle parts, components and […]
Logistics firm DB Schenker has sealed a deal with electrical manufacturing giant Siemens to provide production logistics support for its oldest UK manufacturing site. The deal marks the first time DB Schenker has been chosen to operate warehouse facilities for a Siemens site in the UK. Under the terms of the contract DB Schenker will […]