Vosa needs to target operators in grey band

June 19, 2013 - Comments Off Over half of LGV operators have a grey Vosa operator compliance risk score (OCRS) for traffic enforcement – meaning that Vosa has insufficient data to award them a red, amber or green score. The grey band was introduced in October […]

TNT Post extends final mile deliveries in south-west London

June 19, 2013 - Comments Off TNT Post has extended its end-to-end delivery service in south-west London as it seeks to provide customers with an alternative to Royal Mail. It has taken on an additional 500 staff in the London Borough’s of Wandsworth, Hammersmith and Fulham, […]

DSV Road appoints Jesper Hansen has UK MD

June 18, 2013 - Comments Off DSV’s Road division has appointed Jesper Hansen as UK managing director, following former MD René Falch Olesen’s decision to concentrate on his role as group chief operating officer. Hansen joined DSV as traffic manager for the Benelux/France region in 1997 […]

Ehrmanns chooses London City Bond for wine distribution

June 18, 2013 - Comments Off London City Bond has won a contract with wine importer Ehrmanns, following the customer’s assessment of the wine distribution market. The contract will see Ehrmanns move into LCB’s warehouse in Barking, east London, which is capable of storing three million […]

Arcese UK turnover flat but pre-tax profit up 77%

Arcese UK said it expects 2013 to remain as flat as 2012, despite posting a 77% increase in pre-tax profit in 2012. The Thurrock-based arm of the Italian logistics giant said that it viewed volumes in the year as quite […]

TNT Post extends final mile deliveries in south-west London

TNT Post has extended its end-to-end delivery service in south-west London as it seeks to provide customers with an alternative to Royal Mail. It has taken on an additional 500 staff in the London Borough’s of Wandsworth, Hammersmith and Fulham, […]

DSV Road appoints Jesper Hansen has UK MD

DSV’s Road division has appointed Jesper Hansen as UK managing director, following former MD René Falch Olesen’s decision to concentrate on his role as group chief operating officer. Hansen joined DSV as traffic manager for the Benelux/France region in 1997 […]

Hellmann targets contract logistics and consulting growth

Hellmann UK Contract Logistics and Consulting (CLC) has increased its shared user space to 130,000 ft². The expansion to the division of Hellmann Worldwide will see it open two new shared user sites in Winsford, Cheshire and Colnbrook, Berkshire, allowing […]

Norbert Dentressangle moves two giant horse heads

A client made Norbert Dentressangle an offer it couldn’t refuse when it asked the distributor to carry two giant horses heads from Scotland to Sheffield. Its long-term customer Outokumpu Stainless commissioned the heads to mark the 100th anniversary of the […]

Pall-Ex acts quickly after member Bill Chippington ceases trading

Pall-Ex has moved swiftly to ensure coverage continuity after St Albans-based member Bill Chippington Haulage ceased trading last week. (14 June). The company was placed into administration last week Peter Wastell and Michael Young, partners at FRP Advisory, handling affairs. […]

Wincanton returns to profitability and targets market share gains

Wincanton has reversed heavy losses and is “back on track” – despite a 9.6% fall in turnover – after a turbulent two years that saw it sell its loss-making European activities and exit a poor performing market in the UK. […]

DPD invests £3.7m in four new depots

Parcel carrier DPD has revealed plans to invest £3.7m in four new depots in Smethwick; Sheffield; Snetterton, Norfolk and Billingham, Teesside as part of its £175m strategy to handle increased volumes. The four sites will create 125 new jobs – […]

Batemans Brewery refleets with Ryder

Batemans Brewery has taken on six custom built Daf LFs at 21, 18 and 12-tonnes GVW, as it looks to refresh its fleet and boost carrying capacity. The vehicles, supplied on contract hire from Ryder, have custom-built Bevan curtainsiders bodies […]

South West Delivery Services bought by Kay Transport

Palletways member Kay Transport has acquired the business of Truro-based South West Delivery Services, which was headed by MD Mark Adams. Simon Lowes of Ashtons JWD was appointed liquidator of the firm, which is also a Palletways member, last week […]

Vosa needs to target operators in grey band

Over half of LGV operators have a grey Vosa operator compliance risk score (OCRS) for traffic enforcement – meaning that Vosa has insufficient data to award them a red, amber or green score. The grey band was introduced in October […]

Hermes boss to give keynote speech at Everywoman leadership ...

Carole Woodhead, CEO of Hermes, has been named as the keynote speaker at this year’s Everywoman in Transport & Logistics Leadership Academy. Taking place at the Daventry Court Hotel, Northamptonshire, on 10 September, the one-day event is aimed at future […]

New safety system for all light CVs from 2015

All new light commercial vehicles in Europe under 3.5t will have to be equipped to make an automatic call to emergency services in the event of an accident from 2015. The EU has legislated to introduce the system, called eCall, […]

Renault launches new Euro-6 range

Renault Trucks has launched its long-awaited Euro-6 range of trucks at a glitzy two-day event in Lyon in front of almost 10,000 staff, operators, dealers and press.  The decision to completely replace its entire range from 10t to 44t at […]

DfT plans to offer longer semi-trailers on first come, first ...

The DfT will offer longer semi-trailers on a first come, first served basis before next year, after admitting the current timescale for getting the trial’s 1,800 units onto the UK’s roads will not be met. With around six months to […]

Pulford focuses on Pallet-Track special projects

Pallet-Track has appointed Mark Pulford, who has  14 years’ experience in the pallet network market, to head up a number of special projects. Pulford, who left his role as operations director at rival Palletline in February, was previously director of […]

Industry gives cautious welcome to cabotage change

The industry has broadly welcomed the European Commission’s (EC) decision to drop plans to lift cabotage restrictions, but said it wants the current rules to be more rigorously enforced. Brian Yeardley Continental MD Kevin Hopper said more needs to be […]

The Pallet Network's new hub begins to take shape

The Pallet Network’s (TPN) new hub at Prologis Park Midpoint in Minworth is taking shape ahead of its planned opening next year. The new hub, next to TPN’s current home, is about 50,000ft² bigger, at 367,500ft². TPN MD Adam Leonard […]

Senior TC Beverley Bell slams Vosa

Senior Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell has lambasted Vosa for “not targeting the serially and seriously non-compliant”, and taking the easy route by going after “nice, but incompetent, small operators”. The allegations were made before the Transport Select Committee as part […]

M6 closed for 12 hours after fatal accident

The eastbound carriageway of the M6 was closed for almost 12 hours on Monday (28 May) after a fatal accident involving a car and three LGVs, the Highways Agency has confirmed.   The incident, which occurred at 10.48am between junction […]

Ehrmanns chooses London City Bond for wine distribution

London City Bond has won a contract with wine importer Ehrmanns, following the customer’s assessment of the wine distribution market. The contract will see Ehrmanns move into LCB’s warehouse in Barking, east London, which is capable of storing three million […]

DBL Logistics secures healthy seven-figure contract win

DBL Logistics has won a long-term UK distribution deal with health products maker Robinson Healthcare. The deal involving “a substantial seven-figure contract”, according to DBL, will see the Sheffield-based haulier and logistics firm become dedicated transport contractor for Robinson. DBL […]

DSV wins Stannah Stairlifts distribution contract

DSV’s road division has won a with Stannah Stairlifts in a deal that will see it become the sole logistics provider for its road distribution. The operator won the contract, which covers deliveries from Stannah’s UK manufacturing plant to customers […]

Wincanton secures Pernod Ricard Group contract renewal

Wines and spirits supplier Pernod Ricard Group has renewed its UK warehousing and distribution contract with Wincanton, extending their relationship by five years. The operator has provided warehousing, repacking and customer distribution for Pernod Ricard’s brands, which include Absolut, Jameson, […]

Bibby Distribution relishes Mizkan contract win

Bibby Distribution has opened a new 212,000 ft² warehouse and distribution facility and taken on more than 100 additional staff in Corby, Northants, to serve a major contract with Japanese food group Mizkan. Bibby will manage the UK warehousing and […]

Jigsaw secures £15m contract extension with Indesit

White goods manufacturer Indesit has extended its UK national bulk transport contract with Jigsaw in a deal worth £15m. The new part of the contract will see Jigsaw hold full responsibility for Indesit’s UK bulk movements and same day trunking […]

Drinks contract win cheers Abbey

Abbey Logistics Group will be distributing well-known drinks brands such as Lambrini, Crabbies and Tsingtao beer in the UK after a contract win with Halewood International, which owns and manufactures these and other brands. Abbey will invest over £1m in […]

ND quenches beer-maker's thirst for change

Norbert Dentressangle has secured a new distribution contract with Cornish brewer St Austell Brewery. The contract involves ND providing warehouse space at an existing site in Avonmouth, where a cross-dock facility will support the distribution of products to customers throughout […]

Yusen starts work on sub-assemblies for Jaguar

Yusen Logistics has begun work on a new contract with SMR Automotive Mirrors UK involving sub-assembly and delivery of door mirrors to Jaguar’s XK and F-Type assembly line. The operation, which began in February, requires daily collections of product five […]

Wincanton wins three-year Cemex bagged cement contract

Wincanton has won a three-year contract with Cemex, covering nationwide deliveries of bagged cement.Wincanton has distributed bagged aggregates and building products for the company since 2007. The new part of its contract with Cemex will see the operator deliver around […]

Read all about it – C&H (Hauliers) focus on newsprint

To remain competitive C&H (Hauliers) has wrapped up the niche paper reel market, expanded into recycling and invested heavily in its fleet. The choice of becoming a niche player with a limited pool of clients or a general haulier swimming […]

Volvo boss full of confidence in new Renault line up

At this week’s multi-million euro launch of Renault Trucks’ complete new line up in Lyon, senior directors from its parent Volvo Group turned out to lend their support to this €2bn (£1.7bn) project to revitalise Renault’s ageing CV portfolio. These […]

Michelin weathering the recessionary storm

It is now five years since the credit crunch plunged Europe into deep recession. MT editor Steve Hobson went to Michelin HQ in Clermont-Ferrand to find out how the super-premium tyre maker is weathering the storm. Recessions are tough on […]

Clugston back on growth path with new revenue streams

Although Clugston can trace its roots back almost 120 years to 1895, when the grandfather of current chairman John Clugston set up a builders merchants in Scunthorpe, it celebrated its official 75th anniversary since incorporation last year. Like many long-established […]

Norbert Dentressangle MDs take joint approach to UK market

With the appointment of Malcolm Wilson to the board of its French parent company earlier this year, Phil Shaw (pictured below) was promoted to replace Wilson as Norbert Dentressangle (ND) UK Logistics MD. The company does not split turnover and […]

BNP Paribas – the bank that likes to say 'yes'

With UK banks under constant fire for failing to lend to British businesses, it is refreshing to talk to a banker who is positively eager to work with UK operators. Graham Winslet is sales director of BNP Paribas Rental Solutions, […]

Jam today for Bibby’s Iain Speak

Visiting the Atchison Topeka depot in Droitwitch, now run by Bibby Distribution, it is easy to imagine – after seeing a warehouse full of jam ready to go into a famous biscuit – that they have turned the phrase ‘jam […]

CV Show partners expect big things for 2013

The CV Show is back with a bang, with all but two of the major truck builders making an appearance. If 2011 was the return of the “full-fat” CV Show, then 2013 will be a full-cream, gold-topped event, with all […]

Fowler Welch MD Nick Hay – Part 2

Fowler Welch’s move into ambient distribution alongside its chilled business is already paying dividends as MD Nick Hay tells Steve Hobson Although Nick Hay – MD of Fowler Welch since November 2010 – has, like the firm he runs, a […]

Fowler Welch MD Nick Hay – Part 1

Fowler Welch MD Nick Hay has strong views on fleet replacement cycles and the switch to Euro-6 as he explains to Steve Hobson Fowler Welch runs a fleet of 400 units and 800 trailers from 10 sites around the UK. […]