Just announced, Turners of Poland have bought out Goldstar.
Must be knocking on for Maritimes size in containers now.
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^ I read that as 'Turners of Poundland '… 
says nothing on either web site
Been a while since Goldstar bought any new trucks and you don’t see them in any kind of numbers like you used to.
bjd:
says nothing on either web site
They sent texts out at 5pm today
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Cosmic:
Been a while since Goldstar bought any new trucks and you don’t see them in any kind of numbers like you used to.
Apparently desperate for drivers around my parts, I can’t imagine why from what I’ve heard about them! 
so they now own macintyre and goldstar,all three of them put together is one massive contained haulier.
Wonder if they will merge as all 3 have vehicles based at different locations up in Yorkshire
Evil8Beezle:
Cosmic:
Been a while since Goldstar bought any new trucks and you don’t see them in any kind of numbers like you used to.Apparently desperate for drivers around my parts, I can’t imagine why from what I’ve heard about them!
Yeah there doing quite a bit of advertising for drivers recently, as are maritime. Advertising all shifts, Guess people aren’t in a rush to get in there
Was tempted to go to Goldstar when I first got my license. Speaking to a driver not long ago, I asked him what it’s like working for them his reply
“Max hours for just a £7.40 ph”
No thanks
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How come turnips and brownstar pay crap and limit there trucks to 52mph■■? Surely they wud be able to do 59+
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bubsy06:
How come turnips and brownstar pay crap and limit there trucks to 52mph■■? Surely they wud be able to do 59+Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
Crap companies are crap companies
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I was speaking to a Goldstar driver on Wednesday. Cab hopping is usual for the first 6 or 8 months for trampers. He was struggling to get 3 nights out. Subbies getting all of the distance work. Pulling the trampers back to base to use the unit for a night shift is pretty normal now he said.
sinclair89:
bubsy06:
How come turnips and brownstar pay crap and limit there trucks to 52mph■■? Surely they wud be able to do 59+Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
Crap companies are crap companies
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Surely a crap company wud have there limiter set into the 60mph zone
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bubsy06:
sinclair89:
bubsy06:
How come turnips and brownstar pay crap and limit there trucks to 52mph■■? Surely they wud be able to do 59+Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
Crap companies are crap companies
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Surely a crap company wud have there limiter set into the 60mph zone
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Save money having them set at a lower speed? It’s penny pinching essentially
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the nodding donkey:
^ I read that as 'Turners of Poundland '…
LOL I think either way probably works.
Kerragy:
I was speaking to a Goldstar driver on Wednesday. Cab hopping is usual for the first 6 or 8 months for trampers. He was struggling to get 3 nights out. Subbies getting all of the distance work. Pulling the trampers back to base to use the unit for a night shift is pretty normal now he said.
Sounds like Maritime. Was speaking to a Maritime driver a little while ago, they are thinking of knocking tramping on the head down at Felixstowe, Too many wagons, cheaper for the company to run a container up during the night and have another driver from another depot swap it.
Local work is more profitable. 2 or three locals a day while some subbie punches up the road at 1.20 a mile.
Goldstar are a big operator,group turnover 90m, I wonder if the failure of the Hanjin shipping line has had an effect.
Radar19:
Kerragy:
I was speaking to a Goldstar driver on Wednesday. Cab hopping is usual for the first 6 or 8 months for trampers. He was struggling to get 3 nights out. Subbies getting all of the distance work. Pulling the trampers back to base to use the unit for a night shift is pretty normal now he said.Sounds like Maritime. Was speaking to a Maritime driver a little while ago, they are thinking of knocking tramping on the head down at Felixstowe, Too many wagons, cheaper for the company to run a container up during the night and have another driver from another depot swap it.
Either that, or put the container on the train. Maritime have two of their own railports & then have depots strategically placed right on the doorstep of Freightliner terminals etc. As a result, unless a container has to get from port-customer or vice versa quickly, there is little need for long distance journeys by road & thus trampers.
Much more money in doing local work & utilising the trucks day & night.