Funny moving accident

We hope that none of the removal companies who use Shiply employ similar staff to these two!

Enjoy and have a great weekend!

The billionaire trucker

Lindsay Fox is probably one of the most famous truck drivers in the world, as he's made a fortune being a trucker. Fox, 72, dropped out of school when he was 16 and started his trucker's career.

Lindsay Fox is the 10th richest man in Austrlia

Now he's worth $1.5 billion and ranks No. 10 amongst Australia's 40 Richest Men. Fox's company Linfox operates in different industries with Linfox Logistics being the biggest division with 5,000 truck drivers.

Last year, amid the global economic downturn, it was estimated that Linfox made about $100 million profit. Not only famous for building an empire from trucking jobs, Fox has also been running a safety campaign for several years to reduce haulage accidents.

Lindsay Fox also owns Melbourne's second and third biggest airports and Armaguard, a cash-transport business with $3 billion revenue in 2009.

When being asked why he's been so successful, Fox said: "It's a people business. Personal relationships are always the key to good business. You can buy networking, you can't buy friendships."

How truck drivers drift

We bet you've seen Rally Car drivers drift many times as that's what they do for a living.

But a truck driver? Let's check this out.

Enjoy and have a great weekend!

Shiply win £40,000 in Shell Springboard Competition

Shiply were last night delighted to have achieved the runner up spot in this year's Shell Springboard competition. Out of 6 national finalists and hundreds of entrants, Shiply came in second to HiMag Solutions who innovated a planar transformer which could dramatically increase energy efficiency in electrical devices across the world.

The Shell Springboard programme has awarded over £1.6 million to 43 UK-based small businesses and this year celebrates its fifth anniversary. Eight companies have been given no-strings awards of £40,000 each at regional events in February. HiMag Solutions impressed the UK final judging panel, and out of the 6 UK finalists came top to gain the further title of Shell Springboard UK winner. The judging panel comprised Tom Delay of the Carbon Trust, Lord Oxburgh, Ben Goldsmith of Wheb Ventures and Dr Douglas Parr, Chief Scientist, Greenpeace.

James Smith, Chairman of Shell UK, said: “Over the last five years, through Shell Springboard we have provided £1.6 million to a broad range of cutting edge low-carbon projects, from turning waste distillery fumes into biodiesel, to recycling dead leaves into fuel. The winners are great examples of low carbon innovation. I wish this year’s winner, HiMag Solutions, and all the finalists every success

A Duck In A Truck!

Ok, we've posted a few weird videos before on a Friday - but a duck in a truck? really?

have a great weekend all!

New feature - feedback reply

Every story has two sides and this is especially true with feedback left on Shiply. The customer isn't always right and vice verca. So, we now offer the ability for our members to reply to feedback received and for this to be displayed immediately underneath the feedback in question.

If you wish to make use of this new feature, just follow these steps:

1) Log in
2) Navigate to your profile page
3) Click on the reply link to the feedback in question
4) Type out your reply

It's as easy as that, your reply is there for all to see. It cannot be edited, so please be careful with what you write just as per normal feedback. It is always a better idea to take the higher ground and simply state the facts of a transaction than get down and dirty or make personal remarks. After all, this is your public profile and people pay a lot of attention to it, whether that is analysing whether to accept your bid or analysing whether to bid.

We hope you enjoy this new tool

Improved Messaging Functionality

As no doubt many of you will have seen, we have made some improvements to the "my messages" section of your "My Shiply" section for transport providers.

You will notice that not only is it all much faster generally but also we have tidied up the display to limit just 20 messages at a time and sort by columns. You will also now get an alert of received new messages when you login or indeed no matter what page of the Shiply site you are on (top right of pages):

We hope these new features and improved performance will really help you with managing your Shiply account day to day. Please feel free to drop us any feedback, we really appreciate it.

The Great Lego Haul

Lorry drivers carrying known valuable goods in their trucks are most likely to be very alert to the risk that carrying such valuables brings.

However, one unlucky trucker and his HGV fell not victim to robbers who were after high-end consumer electronics or a truckload full of antiques. The unlikely stolen goods in a robbery in Northamptonshire last week were ...

Lego bricks!

As a child most of us probably wondered what we would do with a truckload full of Lego. Maybe something like this?

Don't trust the Sat-Nav!

Sat-Navs can provide a welcome help for any lorry driver navigating through unknown territory. However, it pays not to trust the friendly Sat-Nav voice too much as the following pictures show:

Two HGV drivers followed the recommendations of their navigation system and consequently found themselves stuck in narrow roads, unable to maneuver. These two incidents happened in Cumbria and Falmouth, funnily enough on the same day. It even is the second incident at the same place in Cumbria within two weeks.

Wedding Surprise for HGV Driver

When newly-wed HGV driver Andy Seller was waiting for his bride Jenny to arrive at their wedding reception in York, he probably was expecting a white stretch limousine or horse-drawn carriage.

Instead, much to the surprise of Andy and passers-by, Jenny arrived in a Scania Lorry - decorated with Siberian tigers!

Still, quite a fitting entrance: Andy proposed to Jenny inside his own lorry last year and Jenny currently aims at becoming a lorry driver herself.