All Motor Transport articles in 2013 – Page 2
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MT ArticleVindis Group chooses DHL for vehicle distribution
DHL has won a nationwide vehicle distribution contract with car dealership Vindis Group.The new contract will see DHL’s vehicle distribution arm Inside Track handle over 4,000 movements of new and demonstrator vehicles per year from Vindis’ site in Alconbury, Cambridgeshire, while the majority of the deliveries will take place in ...
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TNT Post offer LGV driver training courses
TNT Post is to offer LGV driver training courses, including Driver CPC modules, at a number of sites across the UK.DSA-approved Driver CPC courses will be conducted at training centres nationwide, along with LGV driver training, legal, digital tachograph, safety, customer service and fuel-related courses.It has also launched a commercial ...
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MT ArticleTIP Trailer Services opens seventh ATF
TIP Trailer Services, part of GE Capital, has opened its seventh authorised testing facility (ATF) in Essex, following a £120,000 depot upgrade.The Grays, Essex site offers LGV and ADR as well as hire and maintenance as part of a rolling programme to develop a network of ATFs.The trailer rental service ...
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Panther provides three hour delivery window with new technology
Two-man delivery firm Panther has invested £250,000 in technology, allowing it to provide customers with a three hour delivery window.It has developed a mobile app in its aim to stay ahead of its competitors, allowing Panther to track the location of its drivers, send them the details of their daily ...
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MT ArticleTrucks maintained in-house most likely to breakdown, reveals report
Operators servicing their vehicles in-house suffer more breakdowns each year than those using alternative maintenance arrangements, according to exclusive research.MT’s UK Commercial Vehicle Operator Report, produced in association with Texaco, reveals that vehicles maintained at an operator’s workshop will on average suffer more breakdowns during the course of a year ...
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MT ArticleRail freight body calls LHV research into question
Campaign group Freight on Rail has called the findings of recent research into longer heavier vehicles (LHVs) by the University of Huddersfield into question.The pressure group has countered in its own report that their introduction would lead to reduced, rather than increased, efficiency and bring greater environmental and safety costs ...
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MT ArticleDHL Supply Chain wins £14m Travis Perkins contract extension
DHL Supply Chain has won a £14 million contract renewal with Travis Perkins Group, which will see it handle 160,000 deliveries per year.The three and a half year contract extension will see the firm manage national transport operations from the builders merchant's Northampton DC, moving 20,000 loads annually.It will transport ...
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MT ArticleOFT's commercial vehicle investigation enters home stretch
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is about to enter the final stage of its investigation into Mercedes-Benz and five vehicle dealerships over suspected breaches of the Competition Act in the distribution of commercial vehicles.The investigation, launched in 2010, relates to five separate alleged infringements between March 2007 and ...
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MT ArticleJohn G Russell warns of continuing squeeze ahead
Glasgow haulier John G Russell (Transport) has warned the distribution sector of a “difficult” 12 months ahead as costs keep rising while rates and profit margins continue to stagnate.Alan Poulton, chief executive, logistics at the group, told MT the firm was finding it increasingly difficult to squeeze further efficiencies out ...
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MT ArticleHellmann strengthens Dutch connections
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK has entered into partnership with BF Global Logistics and said it will strengthen freight networks in the Netherlands.BF Global Logistics has recently taken over from former Hellmann partner at Tilburg, Cargo-Partner Network BV, and this new partnership is expected to continue the Road Xpress and logistics ...
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MT ArticleAdvanced Supply Chain turnover leaps 57%
Advanced Processing, which trades as Advanced Supply Chain, took another step towards its target of £100m turnover by 2016, after a revealing a 57% rise in its most recent financial year.For the 12 months ending 30 June 2012 turnover rose to £28m, from £17.5m in the previous 12 month period.The ...
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MT ArticleCity Link extends partnership with Secured Mail
City Link is to extend its relationship with postal service Secured Mail from mid-February to include mail items.It already collects larger packets and parcels from businesses and the new collaboration allow it to extend the service.Secured Mail accesses Royal Mail mail centres and collects its customer’s mail. It then transports ...
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MT ArticleUPS pulls out of TNT deal
UPS has pulled out of its €5.16bn offer for TNT Express - in a deal that would have created a business with a combined annual turnover of £1.3bn in the UK - blaming European Commission (EC) concerns with the acquisition.The proposed merger is expected to be prohibited by the ...
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MT ArticleUPS and TNT: How the merger unfolded
Life after UPS for TNT ExpressUPS has pulled out of its multi-billion Euro bid to take over TNT Express, almost a year after it first entered into talks with the parcel firm. It hoped the merger would create a €45bn (£37.4bn) logistics giant, increasing the US firm’s presence in the ...
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UPS and TNT merger termination "risks reducing competition"
The European Commission’s decision to prevent UPS from acquiring TNT Express “risks reducing competition, not increasing it”, an analyst at Transport Intelligence said.UPS has now pulled out of its multi-billion Euro plans to take over TNT Express, which the logistics analyst believes highlights the scale of the challenges the US ...
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DHL wins £100m Panasonic contract
DHL has won a £100m contract with electrical goods manufacturer Panasonic that will see it manage its warehousing and transportation.The contract will see DHL carry out order fulfillment of electronic goods, manage a shared warehouse operation, and look to enhance Panasonic's domestic transport operation.DHL Supply Chain MD of specialist ...
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MT ArticleJobs at risk at Dublin haulier
Up to 83 jobs, including a dozen driving jobs, are at risk at Dublin-based distribution firm Johnson Brothers after it decided to outsource warehousing work to DHL (pictured), according to union SIPTU.It said the announcement that it planned to implement redundancies came as a shock and it was urging the ...
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Hermes ParcelShop concept running ahead of expectations
Hermes has revealed that each of its ParcelShops handled an average 60 parcels a week in the run up to Christmas, as more than 60,000 parcels were moved through the network during the festive period.The carrier has also hit its target of opening 1,000 ParcelShops by the end of 2012, ...
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MT ArticleNews Extra: Playing smart to stay ahead
MT’s latest UK Commercial Vehicle Operator Report, produced in association with Texaco Lubricants, reveals the value of being smart. There’s much talk of the squeezed middle in British politics but the latest UK Commercial Vehicle Operator Report confirms the emergence of savvy operators forming a smart middle within road transport.These ...
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MT ArticleFelixstowe LEZ plans put on hold
Plans for a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) at Felixstowe port and fining the most polluting LGVs have been shelved after the air quality improved substantially.Lorries were calculated to be contributing more than a quarter of all NOx concentrations at a receptor site and prompted the local council to consider measures ...