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All Motor Transport articles in 2015 – Page 34
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Bidvest Logistics prolongs Prologis lease at Avonmouth
Bidvest Logistics has signed a lease with Prologis on a 116,000ft² space in Prologis Cabot Park in Avonmouth, Bristol. The company already occupies the space with the new lease securing the continuity of its supply chain and protecting employees’ jobs.Bidvest Logistics UK MD Shaun Foley said: “Prologis Cabot Park is ...
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ATF test staff and DVSA to hold crunch strike talks next week
Authorised testing facilities (ATFs) could still be left without vehicle test staff as a result of industrial action if talks taking place on Monday 8 June between union Prospect and DVSA chief executive Alastair Peoples do not go well. The union and the government agency are meeting next week to ...
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ArticleA wealth of experience: Tristan Balayn, MD, Gefco UK
Gefco is a company with a long and dynamic history as one of the global leaders in the automotive logistics industry. After its creation by Peugeot in 1949, “Les Groupages Express de Franches-Comté” had accumulated 25 members of staff in four locations by the end of 1950. Now, the group ...
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ArticleCommercial Group's hydrogen-powered vans show how operators can help improve air quality
Commercial Group demonstrated to delegates at the FTA Managing Freight in London conference that the successful introduction of hydrogen-powered vans onto its fleet is a good example of how operators can lead the way in reducing emissions.“We're an operator of vans across the UK, with a significant number in ...
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London to launch a low-emission commercial vehicle strategy
Transport for London (TfL) is poised to launch a low-emission commercial vehicle programme to help stimulate the market for low, ultra low or zero-emission vans and lorries.Split into three distinct work streams, the project will first concentrate on increasing the availability and affordability of viable low-emission commercial vehicles and retrofit ...
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ArticleTransport for London aiming to expand rapid charging infrastructure across capital
Transport for London (TfL) is seeking companies to develop future charging infrastructure to support ultra-low emission vehicles, including rapid charging technology for commercial vehicle fleets.The announcement forms part of the mayor’s strategy to improve air quality in the capital, which will see the introduction of the world’s first ultra-low emission ...
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ArticleDPD plans to make collecting your parcel a Doddle
DPD has added parcel collection chain Doddle to its PickUp network of collection points.In March the express delivery firm revealed that retailer Halfords would be part of its PickUp initiative, a planned collection of 2,500 parcel shops (rather than a dating website).With e-commerce king, it’s just one of multiple offers ...
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Fors scheme aiming to triple its size during national roll-out
The Fors Community Partnership is seeking to treble membership levels as part of its strategy to take the scheme national.Aecom, supported by CILT and Fleet Source, took over the day-to-day running of Fors in February following a TfL tender process that saw them awarded a five-year concession.Steve Agg, chief executive ...
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The road transport glass ceiling
What do Moya Greene at Royal Mail (pictured left); Carole Woodhead at Hermes and Marianne Culver at TNT have in common? They are the only operators in the Motor Transport Top 100 that have a female chief executive. By any measure, a 3% return on 50% of the population is ...
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Government to sell stake in Royal Mail this year
The government is to sell its remaining stake in Royal Mail, completing the company’s journey from public-to-private road transport heavyweight.In a statement released today, the chancellor said the sale of the government’s £1.5bn stake in the UK’s largest commercial vehicle operator would start this year, completing the privatisation begun with ...
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ArticleTfL calls for balanced approach to enforcement in London
A balanced approach to enforcement for all road users was a key message to emerge from speakers at the FTA’s Managing Freight in London conference on Tuesday (2 June).It is also imperative that all road users addressed road safety issues to reduce serious or fatal incidents, said Rob Lowe from ...
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ArticleClancy Plant Hire spends £1.5m on new Iveco rigids
Clancy Plant Hire has spent £1.5m on 24 new Iveco Trakker rigids.The new vehicles include 14 replacements for older vehicles on the fleet, and nine additional trucks. Deliveries from Iveco dealer Northern Commercials will commence in August, with all the new trucks expected to be on the road by the ...
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ArticleAndrew Jones MP says industry must attract more women
The DfT’s new transport minister, Andrew Jones MP has said that the industry “has some catching up to do” as the number of women working in road transport is “tiny” compared to the number of men.Jones (pictured) told last week's 2015 FTA Everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards in London ...
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XPO Logistics raises more than £2bn for Norbert takeover and further acquisitions
XPO Logistics has begun raising $3.26bn (£2.1bn) to finance its takeover of Norbert Dentressangle and for other, as yet unspecified acquisitions. The US firm, which last month indicated that its €3.2bn (£2.3bn) acquisition of the French transport and logistics giant could be just the first in a series of takeovers ...
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O'Donovan conducting low-to-ground side-skirt trial on landfill tippers
Tottenham-based O’Donovan Waste Disposal is conducting a ‘how low can we go’ trial on tipper side-skirts.MD Jacqueline O’Donovan said a side-skirt is normally fitted 550mm from ground level, however, the company is successfully operating an eight-wheel tipper with side-skirt ground clearance of only 375mm, working across a rutted landfill site.A ...
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Joint intelligence freight compliance unit planned for London
Transport for London (TfL) is launching a Freight Compliance Unit (FCU) in the next few months to become the central hub for all enforcement activity directed at non-compliant HGVs in the capital.A vital component of the new unit will be a shared intelligence unit based in central London manned by ...
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Wincanton takes action to improve Pullman profitability
Wincanton has put in place a turnaround plan for its Pullman Fleet Services business after the segment delivered an “underwhelming” performance in its most recent financial year.The company intends to put in place a new management team and a profit improvement strategy for the vehicle maintenance and repair business (pictured ...
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ArticleBig Green Parcel Machine delivers profit leap
The sale of Tuffnells Parcels Express to Connect Group in November last year certainly doesn't look like it was a fire sale (if there was ever doubt).Following an update from Connect Group recently that set out the contribution from Tuffnells and turnover growth in its most recent year, the operator ...
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ArticleTfL, Met Police and DVSA to jointly tackle non-compliant operators in London
TfL will be launching the Freight Compliance Unit (FCU) this summer to serve as the central point for all enforcement activity against HGVs in the capital.A key part of its strategy will be a shared intelligence unit based in central London manned by staff comprising a Metropolitan Police officer, a ...
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ArticleRoads are key priority says transport minister Andrew Jones MP
Andrew Jones MP, the new transport minister with responsibility for freight and logistics, says his key priority for the future is delivery of the strategic road infrastructure programme.The new parliamentary under secretary of state for transport, to give him his official title, was visiting the Tip-ex and Tank-ex exhibitions in ...