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All Motor Transport articles in 2012 – Page 20
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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle wins bootiful Bernard Matthews contract
Bernard Matthews has appointed Norbert Dentressangle (ND) to manage national storage and distribution for its frozen and fresh products.ND will supply Norfolk-based Bernard Matthews Farms with frozen and chilled consolidation services at shared cold stores in Easton, Norfolk and Lowestoft, Suffolk - sites ND says it has invested £1.5m in.It ...
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ArticleLondon 2012: FTA hits the road with DHL ahead of Olympics
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) joined DHL earlier this week on their contract with Iceland to a delivery to central London to discover how prepared the business is for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.On Sunday, DHL moved a lot of its London-based accounts onto night deliveries ahead of the start ...
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ArticleWincanton on track for profit growth
Wincanton says it is making good progress this financial year in its strategy to return to “sustainable profit growth”.An interim statement issued today (26 July), for the period commencing 1 April, reveals the logistics giant has traded in line with expectations and with a strong new business momentum.In particular, Wincanton ...
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ArticleWincanton signs £30m deal with AvantiGas
LPG supplier AvantiGas has extended its partnership with Wincanton, extending its contract by five years in a £30m deal.Wincanton runs a 40-vehicle fleet, from seven sites across the UK for AvantiGas, distributing LPG to commercial and domestic consumers. Driver numbers ranging from 56 during peak winter months to between 30 ...
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ArticleBibby Distribution puts Morrisons consolidation contract InMotion
Bibby Distribution has won a contract with Morrisons to operate five regional consolidation centres (RCC) across the UK.Bibby will operate the five RCC operations from its existing facilities in Yorkshire, the East Midlands, the South East, Staffordshire and the South West. First to go live will be Yorkshire and the ...
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ArticlePentalver signs used vehicle export deal
Pentalver has signed a deal that will see it open a vehicle pre-clearance facility for the export of second-hand vehicles.The deal is a joint venture with New Zealand-based vehicle logistics firm Autohub and Japanese inspection company Jevic and is based at Pentalver’s depot in Felixstowe. The facility has the capacity ...
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ArticleLondon 2012: Olympic Route Network now live for next 21 days
Operators delivering into and around London are reminded that the Olympic Route Network (ORN) is live as of today (25 July) and will remain in place until 14 August.All traffic can use the vast majority of the 109-mile long ORN, it is just the dedicated Games Lanes that are reserved ...
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ArticleUK derogation gives12-month Euro 5 extension
The UK has secured a 12 month derogation for Euro 5 trucks, enabling operators to delay registration of new Euro 5 trucks until the end of 2014.Euro 5 trucks built before 30 September 2013 will be allowed to be stockpiled and registered up until the end of 2014, though all ...
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ArticleMovianto to be sold to US firm Owens & Minor
Medical 3pl giant Movianto is to be sold by parent company Celesio to US firm Owens & Minor for €130m.Celesio says it wants to divest of logistics arm Movianto, which has been part of the German-based company since 2004, to concentrate on its core sectors of pharmaceutical wholesaling and ...
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ArticlePre-tax profit up 60% at Saints Transport
Airfreight specialist Saints Transport has reported a 60% increase in pre-tax profit for the year ending 31 December 2011.The firm, whose revenues rose 4.7% to just under £23.2m last year, revealed a profit before tax of £1.48m, compared to just over £922,000 the previous year.Saints vice chairman Piers Carroll says ...
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DHL Consumer Bawtry awards Milestone £8m recruitment contract
DHL Consumer Bawtry has awarded a contract for the management of both its temporary and permanent staffing requirements to recruitment specialist Milestone.The contract, worth approximately £8m a year, will see Milestone manage LGV drivers, fork lift truck drivers, warehouse operatives and administrative staff at Bawtry, Europe’s single largest multi-user warehousing ...
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ArticleEC to launch competition inquiry over UPS/TNT merger
The European Commission (EC) is to probe potential competition concerns in the small parcels sector, particularly international express services, if UPS’s takeover of TNT Express goes ahead.Dutch-owned TNT Express and US parcel giant UPS are two out of the four ‘integrators’ operating within Europe (integrators are companies that control an ...
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ArticleNorbert takes yellow jersey with Tour de France renewal
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) has extended its contract with Tour de France organiser Amaury Sport Organisation to remain the event’s official transport provider until 2018.The logistics firm has handled the transportation of equipment needed for the race for the past 30 years, including materials for the ‘Start’ and ‘Finish’ villages such ...
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ArticleUPS opens Olympic Park parcels facilities
UPS has opened two facilities within the Olympic Park allowing athletes, team officials and the international media the ability to send and receive packages throughout the Games.The first 'relay room' will be located within the Olympic Village providing team officials with an outbound service offering packaging, customs advice, security clearance, ...
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ArticleNFT urges food firms to ‘be prepared’ for Olympics
NFT is urging food manufacturers and retailers to bring forward availability and adopt strict dispatch time policies during the Olympics, or face a failure to sell their goods in the event of delays.The chilled distribution specialist says real-time monitoring and communication of sales will be key to the success of ...
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ArticleContainer hauliers will struggle, warns Pentalver boss
Pentalver has warned there could be casualties in the container haulage market in the second half of the year as the sector struggles with low volumes.The warning comes as the firm reported turnover and pre-tax profit growth in 2011: Pentalver Transport saw turnover grow to £57.4m in the year, from ...
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ArticleNorbert gets a lotta bottle with £3m Nestle deal
Norbert Dentressangle has won a £3m two-year contract with Nestlé Waters UK to provide an intermodal operation for importing bottled water from mainland Europe.The logistics giant will make around 900 scheduled collections and deliveries a year, moving full trailer and container loads at fixed times.This will involve collecting Vittel ...
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ArticleFord joins FTA Van Excellence scheme
Ford has become the latest CV manufacturer to sign up the FTA's Van Excellence scheme.Launched in 2010, the voluntary scheme offers accreditation to those operators who can demonstrate high quality fleet management and systems compliance.Other CV manufacturers already signed up to Van Excellence, include Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Nissan, Fiat and Isuzu.“We’re ...
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ArticleWm Armstrong - keeping it in the family
Haulier Wm Armstrong, based just on the English side of the Scottish border in Longtown near Carlisle, celebrates its 85th anniversary this year, and the third generation of the family running the business today are working hard to ensure the business is handed on to future generations.The famous green livery ...
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ArticleFairFuelUK push for fuel investigation passes 15,000 mark
FairFuelUK (FFUK) has received more than 15,000 signatures of support in the past day backing its call for an investigation into the UK fuel market.FFUK wants the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to take the issue on, after a report commissioned for G20 finance ministers warned oil traders may have ...