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All Motor Transport articles in 2012 – Page 11
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ArticleCombination trailer provides best of both worlds for Arla
Dairy producer Arla Foods has unveiled a new dual-purpose trailer to help eliminate empty running.The combination unit, constructed by Gray & Adams and Crossland Tankers, features a 19,000 litre milk tank with a refrigerated area above that can accommodate 85 milk cages or 22 pallets.The 12.2m long trailer, which Arla ...
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ArticleBrit European sees turnaround in fortunes
Crewe, Cheshire-based Brit European Transport made a dramatic return to profit during 2011, recording a pre-tax profit of £334,000 compared to pre-tax loss of £453,000 the previous year.Turnover in the year to 31 December rose 20% from £20m to £24m, all but £2m of which was generated in the UK.The ...
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ArticleKnights of Old - service is not just a slogan
Knights of Old (KOO) was founded in 1865 by William Knight with a single horse and cart, and has grown steadily and today runs 169 trucks and 185 trailers. The modern history of the company really starts in 2000, when it moved to its present base on a ten acre ...
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ArticleAll change for ND's change director
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) has promoted former change director John Williams to the role of director of its shared user business unit.Williams, who has worked in the past for Keystone Distribution, Random House Group and Christian Salvesen joined ND less than a year ago.He takes on responsibility for a portfolio of ...
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ArticleFedEx Express introduces Priority Alert services in the UK
FedEx Express is now offering customers sending parcels to and from the UK access to its Priority Alert service.Priority Alert and Priority Alert Plus were launched in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) yesterday [10 October].The service identifies time-critical, valuable and temperature-sensitive parcels by the use of bright pink ...
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ArticleViridor buys Pulp Friction for £9m
Viridor Waste Management has purchased paper collecting and processing business Pulp Friction for £9m as it looks to diversify.Pulp Friction has an O-licence for up to 28 vehicles and 22 trailers spread across two locations in Erith, Kent.Colin Drummond, chief executive of Viridor, said: “The acquisition of this paper ...
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ArticleHermes appoints two new board members to support growth plans
Hermes has appointed two new board members to help support its plans for growth in the home delivery market.Ex-Parcelforce board member Gary Winter has joined the company as sales and marketing director, along with Jane Naumkin as human resources director.Winter has experience of the parcel industry through his previous roles ...
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ArticleEx-military personnel sought to plug logistics skills gap
Skills for Logistics (SfL) has launched a scheme to entice former armed forces personnel into the logistics industry.SfL has been awarded £1.4m from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills’ Employer Investment Fund to attract up to 1,000 people leaving the services into a job within logistics.Through its Military ...
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ArticleCeva Logistics chief executive to retire
Ceva Logistics chief executive John Pattullo is to retire on Friday 12 October, with current chairman Marvin Schlanger set to take his role.Pattullo has been chief executive of Ceva since August 2007 – when TNT Logistics (the former contract logistics arm of TNT) and freight forwarder Eagle Global Logistics merged. ...
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ArticleNews Extra: A golden future for skills?
Between now until 2017 the logistics sector will need to find half a million recruits, simply to replace those forecast to leave the sector due to retirement. Put another way, this equates to replacing a fifth of the logistics sector’s current workforce, a considerable challenge by any measure.Last month’s launch ...
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ArticleDrinks distributor Waverley TBS to be wound-up
Wholesale drinks distributor Waverley TBS is being wound-up by its administrators after they failed to find a buyer for the business.The company, which has two large DCs at Punchbowl Park in Hemel Hempstead and Felling, near Gateshead, as well as smaller deports across the UK, was licensed to run more ...
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ArticleUK Mail Group reveals "satisfactory" first half figures
UK Mail Group is expecting a 13% increase in turnover for the first half of this year, as it moves into a “challenging” 2013.Excluding Royal Mail price hikes that came into force on 2 April, the group is expecting a 10% increase in turnover on last year’s figures, as ...
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ArticleFresh supermarket win for Wincanton
Wincanton has won a multi-million pound, five-year contract to set up and run a new DC in London for supermarket giant Morrisons.The deal will see Wincanton handle transport and warehousing for Morrisons from a 100,000sq-ft cross-dock facility to open in Feltham, west London early next year.The Feltham DC will be ...
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ArticleNo easy answer to price pressures, say operators
The industry needs to re-examine its relationship with its customers if it is to end the rate squeeze, according to Bullet Express MD David McCutcheon.Responding to news last week that despite growth in the pallet sector, rates remained under acute pressure, McCutcheon said: “As a haulier of more than 22 ...
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ArticleTNT Express appoints interim CFO
TNT Express has appointed Jeroen Seyger as interim chief financial officer (CFO) and interim member of the executive board.Seyger will take on the responsibilities of previous CFO Bernard Bot, who became interim chief executive following the departure of Marie-Christine Lombard last month.“Jeroen’s financial and business experience inside and outside ...
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ArticleConstruction of Co-operative's Avonmouth RDC complete
Construction work on the Co-operative Group’s new £20m RDC in Avonmouth has been completed.Developers Gallan Group and Stoford have handed over the keys to the site at Cabot Park on Poplar Way to the supermarket chain.Deliveries into the RDC will begin this month, building up to full operation in May ...
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ArticleGist remains positive despite 23% profit drop
Gist blamed one-off pension costs and retailers’ squeezing of supply chain providers for a 23% fall in pre-tax profit last year, but it still saw turnover rise by 7.2%.For the year ended 31 December 2011 pre-tax profit fell to just under £18.8m, from £24.5m the previous year. However, turnover rose ...
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ArticlePalletways member Condor Logistics to close
Condor Logistics has partially blamed the government’s decision to scrap the Low Value Consignment Relief (LVCR) from goods imported from the Channel Islands for the failure of the company, which will close down later this year.The firm was part of Condor Group, which also provides a sea freight service that ...
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ArticleLogistics Guild launched by SfL
Skills for Logistics (SfL) has started the roll-out of its Logistics Guild and revealed it will be free to join.The modern day guild, which MT revealed had secured funding last month (17 September), is described as “a member network run by members”.It is intended to meet the development needs of ...
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ArticleEddie Stobart Doncaster drivers to strike next week
More than 180 drivers at Eddie Stobart’s Tesco DC in Doncaster are set to strike for 48 hours next week following last month's vote in favour of industrial action.The strike will run from early Tuesday morning (9 October) and will disrupt supplies to Tesco stores in the Yorkshire and Humber ...