Ryder Ltd (“Ryder”), a leading independent provider of commercial vehicle contract hire, rental, and maintenance services, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in the UK this summer.
Ryder Ltd was incorporated in the UK on 2 August 1971 and made its mar…
Truck driver is jailed for 11 years after being caught with £7.5million of cocaine stashed in pallet of boxes that he tried to smuggle into the UKMiodrag Ivankovic, 45, was caught at Dover, in Kent, in September last yearHe had tried to hide 207lb (94k…
TuSimple, the self-driving truck company that went public earlier this year, has partnered with Ryder as part of its plan to build out a freight network that will support its autonomous trucking operations.
Under the deal announced this week, Ryder’s f…
A truck driver who tried to smuggle almost 100kg of cocaine into the UK through the Port of Dover has been jailed.
Miodrag Ivankovic was stopped by Border Force officers on September 6 at the freight controls in Dover after arriving by ferry from Calai…
Intermodal logistics leader Maritime Transport is looking forward to the final deliveries from a consignment of 100 new-generation Actros tractor units, its first from Mercedes-Benz trucks since 2017.
The Felixstowe-based operator placed its order fol…
Renault Truck Commercials opens the network’s first dedicated parts recycling centre and launches a new parts website, which together strengthen the dealer group’s total parts offer to its customers.
New recycling centre
Located at the group’s Renault …
Officers from the rural task force in Garstang intercepted the black pickup truck on Wednesday night (July 29) after receiving information from members of the public.
A man was subsequently arrested on suspicion of being in possession of Class A dr…
An eHighway in Germany (Sonja Filitz, Shutterstock)
BRITAIN’S main roads could be electrified by 2030 with Heriot-Watt University set to begin a study on the European eHighways concept.
The system allows for specially-adapted HGV…
Stormzy has been on a incredible ride since launching his first album in 2017 so it seemed only fitting he celebrated his 28th birthday at an amusement park along with a host of famous faces.
The Big For Your Boots rapper hired out Thorpe Park in Surre…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded funding to a consortium that will lead the UK’s first ever study on the electrification of long-range trucks with dynamic charging, using overhead wires on motorways.
The study is part of the £20m (US$28m)…