Freight and shipping specialist Quality Freight (UK) has invested £1 million in buying a Liebherr 150 mobile harbour crane for its operations at Ellesmere Port.
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The Port of London Authority has appointed Roy Stanbrook as harbour master for the Lower Thames District which stretches along the Kent and Essex coasts from Crossness to the sea.
Electric vehicle maker Tanfield says it now has orders for more than 600 trucks in 2008 and is ramping up production at its Washington factory to meet demand.
Felixstowe has broken the record for the number of containers handled by its two rail terminals for the second time in the space of three months.
Some lorry operators are struggling to obtain new vehicles ahead of the February 2008 deadline for the London Low Emission Zone, according to the Freight Transport Association.
Hyster has launched three heavy forklift truck series, spanning a range of eight to 48 tonne lifting capacities.
Hyundai has unveiled ten new diesel and LPG fork lift trucks – four diesel models with a load capacity of 2 to 3.3 tonnes and six LPGs with capacities of 1.5 to 3 tonnes.
DHL is set to expand its Europlus Day Definite delivery service to Romania, Bulgaria, Russia and Turkey, bringing the total number of European destinations it services to 34 countries and territories.
Marks & Spencer has opted for a new type of articulated trailer, whose teardrop shape is predicted to reduce carbon emissions by 20 per cent, when compared to a standard cab trailer fleet operation.
Royal Mail has bought 140 double deck trailers from Cartwright which can carry 50 per cent more mail that its conventional single deckers.
