London, UK October 28, 2007 -- Where do lorries go when they die? If there is a lorry heaven then perhaps it resides in freight exchange company Haulage Exchange's new web concept - a great big lorry parts Ebay in the sky. But Haulage Exchange's new site is not only for dead lorries - live vans and lorries can also be purchased - and sold - along with phones, PDAs, Sat Navs and opportunities for training and recruitment in the haulage sector. In fact, Transport Classifieds could be classified as a shopping paradise for those in the transport sector. Most importantly, use of the site is absolutely free.

Haulage Exchange, a company whose main purpose is to allow lorry drivers to use its freight exchange to buy and sell road transport services (including backloads, return loads and freight forwarding), developed the website for its haulage members. The benefit is that members will no longer have to engage with one another on various forums. Instead they can come together and exchange haulage services and haulage products on one combined website.

Haulage Exchange managing director Lyall Cresswell was involved in putting together the new site and thinks it will help those in the transport industry to pool their resources. 'We had members coming to us and asking if we knew where to go for cheap lorry parts, second-hand lorries or lorry driver jobs,' he said. 'We noticed that other members were often looking for people to buy their spare lorry parts or for people to hire. It was a matter of thinking - "we could put these two together".' For Cresswell and his team, the obvious answer was a free listings website. 'That way all of our members could benefit from free online listings without the hassle of trawling through loads of different forums,' he added.

So what will this mean for the transport industry? 'More power to the little guy,' says Cresswell. 'Small haulage companies and individual owner operators need to maximise profits and by buying second-hand, direct from other small companies, they can save on expenses. The same people will be able to cut back on losses when they need to dispose of their equipment. They can advertise used goods online for free, in a place they know other companies and owner operators will be searching for the right types of goods.'

Cresswell stresses how important it is for those in the transport industry to come together. 'When you're dealing with such large objects and specific goods it is invaluable to be in touch with a community of people in the same business. It's the community feeling that we aim to foster within the transport industry, and we have found that it benefits everyone.'

Perhaps Haulage Exchange's new site will also be good for the environment - saving lorries from the eternal damnation of the scrap heap. Lorry heaven means used lorries can be reincarnated - parts re-used and lorries living another day in another haulage company. As well as the people involved in the transport industry being able to find work with like-minded people and training from experts within the industry.