News / Maritime swoops to acquire Roadways as box haulage sector starts to see daylight

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Maritime Transport cemented its position as the UK’s leading container haulier last week with a deal to acquire Aegeus Transport, owner of Roadways Container Logistics.

Roadways, the country’s fourth largest container haulier, will see its entire assets of 374 employees, 241 vehicles, and facilities at Hainault, Felixstowe, Leeds, Manchester, Southampton and the state-of-the-art Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal (BIFT) at Birch Coppice in Tamworth, transfer to Maritime.

“We are very excited to acquire Aegeus and Roadways,” said John Williams, Group Managing Director of ...