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All Motor Transport articles in 2012 – Page 24
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ArticleNews Extra: The quiet revolution
Proposals from the European Commission would require manufacturers of LGVs and other vehicles to meet new decibel sound levels once these are agreed by MEPs. The regulation will also require that buyers are provided with sound levels at the time of purchase. "The provision of information to fleet managers may ...
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ArticleWatch the best bits of the Motor Transport Awards
A video capturing all the excitement of last week’s Motor Transport Awards is now on line. Presented by Road Transport Media’s editorial director Justin Stanton and filmed in association with Thermo King, the video features interviews with award winners including an emotional recipient of the Service to Industry Award Nikki ...
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ArticleCeva wins five year Silentnight home delivery contract
Ceva Logistics has won a five-year contract to provide a two-man home delivery service for bed manufacturer Silentnight Group.Under the deal, Ceva's specialist home delivery unit, Ceva Home, will make over 70,000 deliveries a year, collecting mattresses and divan bases from two manufacturing sites in Lancashire and Cumbria and delivering ...
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ArticleFree Olympic Freight Planner now available
Transport for London (TfL) has released its Olympic Freight Journey Planner, to help operators navigate the disruption London 2012 will bring this summer.The Pie Mapping developed planner calculates the most appropriate route for operators to take during the Games period based on the date and time of day and the ...
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ArticleWincanton wins £60m Dairy Crest renewal
Wincanton has won a £60m, three-year milk distribution renewal with Dairy Crest, which will extend the firms' partnership to 21 years of working together.The deal will see the logistics giant collecting milk from more than 600 farms across southern England and Wales and transporting it, via a 100-strong fleet, to ...
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ArticleBoughey owner NWF Group in line with expectations
Boughey Distribution’s parent company NWF Group says trading for the year ended 31 May has been in line with expectations.However, its food division, which incorporates the activities of Boughey Distribution, has experienced a weaker second half, which NWF says reflects lower volumes stored in the business.Nevertheless, the division’s profit ...
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ArticleStobart Group in for Autologic with £12.4m cash offer
Stobart Group has made its expected formal offer for car-transporter firm Autologic, which values the company at £12.4m.The deal would in effect see Stobart become the largest car-transporter haulier in the UK.Both parties have been in talks since Thursday 24 May and Stobart has made the offer in cash through ...
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ArticleVote for the Women in Logistics awards
The shortlist for the inaugural Women in Logistics awards has now been revealed, and operators are urged to take part in the voting, which closes at 8pm on 4 July.Launched in 2008, the not-for-profit organisation has more than 2,000 members and was created to attract, retain and support women working ...
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ArticleLenham Storage turnover up 17.6%
Kent-based haulage group Lenham Storage saw only a modest increase in its profit last year due to the soaring price of fuel, despite a 17.6% rise in turnover across the group.Combined results for Lenham Storage Company and smaller sister-company Lenham Storage (Southern), which are published separately, show that turnover rose ...
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ArticleWincanton on track to return to profit in the coming year
Wincanton will be back in the black this financial year as the group’s extensive restructuring and disposals programme bears fruit.Wincanton chief executive Eric Born tells MT: “When [we] started this programme we said it would take two years to arrest the decline. We are bang on track. It’s absolutely what ...
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ArticleWiddowson builds on Waitrose success
In April, Leicester-based Widdowson achieved a significant milestone: it became the first third party selected by Waitrose to be the supermarket chain’s official logistics partner in the Midlands. Waitrose has previously nominated carriers only to assist with distribution in the North and South.The move demonstrates how far the operator has ...
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ArticleIndustry confident about prospects for remainder of 2012
Senior figures in the road transport industry are more confident about their businesses’ prospects during the remainder of the year, than they were at the start of 2012.A vox-pop of senior managers and executives at last night’s Motor Transport Awards revealed a sector confident in its abilities to ride out ...
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ArticleMT Awards 2012 winners revealed
CM Downton walked away with the big prize of the night – the Haulier of the Year trophy – in front of a sell-out audience of 1,500 at last night’s Motor Transport Awards (13 June).Delighted directors of the family firm Andrew, Richard and John Downton, collected the trophy from co-host ...
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ArticleHoyer profit falls as it warns of "challenging" future
Hoyer says 2012, and the medium term future, will be a “challenging period” as the bulk liquid giant reported a 6.8% fall in pre-tax profit to £3.5m for the year ending 31 December 2011 (2010: £3.8m).Turnover for the period also fell, by 3% to £133m (2010: £137.7m) according to results ...
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ArticleLondon Lorry Control Scheme route-planner updated for Olympics
The London Lorry Control Scheme (LLCS) route planner has been updated to include Olympic and Paralympics road restrictions.The approval service, run by consultancy Pie on behalf of scheme administrators London Councils, allows operators, for a fee, to have a compliant route generated online.Following the update this will now take into ...
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ArticleFocus on performance not cost of agency drivers
Too many operators are trying to shave the hourly rate they pay for agency drivers rather than using technology such as telematics to improve the performance of temporary staff, according to fast-growing driver agency Milestone.Milestone director Adam Thompson says: “Too many operators look to save 20p on the hourly ...
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ArticleNews Extra: Ticking timebomb of driver shortages
The UK’s continuing economic anaemia has forced the road transport industry to cut its cloth in a bid to stay in business. Profits have in many cases come under unsustainable pressure as fuel prices surge, forcing operators to the wall. The current situation has also served to mask a looming ...
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ArticleCeva renews Trinity Mirror distribution contract
Ceva Logistics has renewed its contract with newspaper publishers Trinity Mirror for five years, building on a ten-year relationship between the two parties.As part of the contract Ceva makes 33,000 deliveries of the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror to Trinity Mirror’s wholesaler network each year.Jon Evans, Ceva’s senior general manager ...
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ArticleLast chance for 20% discount on Everywoman Leadership Academy
The second annual Everywoman in Transport & Logistics Leadership Academy, being held next week in Daventry (21 June), aims to equip the female talent in your organisations with the tools to navigate their way up the career ladder.Despite increasing numbers of women working in the road transport sector, just 10% ...