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All Motor Transport articles in 2015 – Page 46
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ArticleLambert Brothers bought by investment firm Kinaxia Logistics
Eastleigh, Hampshire-based Lambert Brothers has been acquired by Kinaxia Logistics, an investment company that also acquired Snetterton, Norfolk-based Foulger Transport last month. Lambert Brothers, which is a Palletline member, follows in the footstep of Bay Freight, William Kirk (2013) and NC Cammack & Sons (2013), as well as Foulger Transport, ...
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Smart City Logistics tool aims to help local authorities improve urban freight deliveries
An online tool has been developed to help local authorities explore sustainable urban freight scenarios for their city centres.Smart City Logistics uses geographic information system technology to create an open source platform mapping a range of data including access restrictions, loading and unloading facilities, population, land use and carbon emissions.It ...
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ArticleUrban logistics planning tool developed for local councils
A new online planning tool has been designed to help local councils explore sustainable urban freight scenarios for their city centres.Smart City Logistics uses geographic information system technology to create an open source platform mapping a range of data including access restrictions, loading and unloading facilities, population, land use and ...
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Culina to move Middleton DC to new Port Salford depot
Third party logistics firm Culina will open a new ambient food and drinks logistics facility in Port Salford next year, employing around 280 staff. The 280,000ft² multimodal site will be at the National Import Centre, Port Salford, adjacent to the Manchester Ship Canal and next to the M60 and M62 ...
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ArticleHalfords joins DPD PickUp network
Halfords has become the latest retailer to sign up to the DPD PickUp scheme. Selected Halfords stores will be branded with the DPD PickUp logo (pictured). When DPD’s new collection strategy launches in June, customers will have the option of having parcels delivered to a selection of Halfords stores across ...
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FedEx sees profit increase in 2013-14
FedEx saw UK turnover and pre-tax profit jump last year as it continued to integrate express carrier ANC into its network.The UK branch of the parcel delivery firm, which came 21st in Motor Transport’s Top 100 for its figures for the financial year ending 2013, saw a 7% increase in ...
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Driver CPC rules to be reviewed by EC
The European Commission (EC) has confirmed that a review of the rules on the training and qualifications of professional drivers could lead to “adjustments” to the current Driver CPC requirements.The review, which is expected to lead to the adoption of a new Commission proposal by the end of 2016, will ...
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Croydon Council trialling Cycle Alert safety system on own fleet
Croydon Council has launched a six-month trial of Cycle Alert technology on three of its own HGVs as part of its wider drive to promote safe urban cycling on its streets.Cycle Alert is an RFID sensory system to detect cyclists in vehicles' blindspots. It comprises a wireless low-power sensor on ...
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New out-of-hours delivery guide aims to garner residents' buy-in
The government has developed Quiet Deliveries guidance to help local communities and residents understand how out-of-hours deliveries work, the benefits they can provide, and how they can have a say in the planning process.Advice complements an existing series of DfT guides designed for other stakeholders considering out-of-hours deliveries, including freight ...
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Scottish Government has "no plans to introduce road user charging"
Scottish Government officials have rejected a call from the Committee on Climate Change to bring in congestion charging to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.The committee’s call was made last week in its fourth report on Scotland’s progress towards meeting emissions reduction targets. In it, the committee noted that emissions from HGVs ...
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Highways England vows to listen more to logistics sector
Highways England, the body replacing the Highways Agency next week (1 April), has conceded it needs to strengthen its relationship with the logistics sector.A spokesman for the government-owned company said: “One of the things we’ve got to do is get better information out to [hauliers] about road works and having ...
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Scottish Government rejects call for congestion charging
The Scottish Government has rejected a call from the Committee on Climate Change to introduce congestion charging to curb greenhouse gas emissions.The committee’s call was made last week in its fourth report on Scotland’s progress towards meeting emissions reduction targets. In it, the committee noted that emissions from HGVs accounted ...
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Yearsley yet to start work on new Peterborough hub
Heywood, Lancashire-based Yearsley Logistics has still not commenced construction of the new 35m-high cold store in Peterborough it got planning approval for nearly two years ago.Work on the 385,000ft² site, which Yearsley began planning in 2012 but then ran into trouble with the local parish council over during the planning ...
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ArticleDfT launches out-of-hours delivery advice to get public buy-in for the concept
The DfT has launched Quiet Deliveries guidance to help local communities and residents understand how out-of-hours deliveries work, the benefits they can provide, and how they can get involved in the planning process.Advice complements an existing series of guides put together for other stakeholders considering out-of-hours deliveries, such as freight ...
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ArticleCroydon Council to test out Cycle Alert kit on three HGVs
Croydon Council is running a six-month trial of Cycle Alert technology on three of its own HGVs.Cycle Alert is an RFID sensory system to detect cyclists in vehicles' blindspots. It comprises a wireless low-power sensor on the vehicle, a cab-mounted device to alert the driver of a cyclist’s presence and ...
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City Link and Better Capital "responsible" for creditors' financial difficulties, say MPs
City Link and its former parent Better Capital are “morally, if not legally, responsible” for the financial difficulties that some of its creditors now face, a group of MPs looking into the collapse of the company have said.A report compiled by the Business, Innovation and Skills and Scottish Affairs Committees, ...
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Moran Logistics' former Arla drivers plan pre-Easter strike action
Moran Logistics faces a 72-hour strike next week from a group of 100 dairy drivers - recently transferred into its employment by Arla Foods - at its Leeds depot in a dispute over pay and pensions.Union officials have warned that milk supplies to supermarkets in the north of England will ...
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ArticlePetit Forestier spends £20m on fleet upgrade
Refrigerated rental company Petit Forestier has spent £20m upgrading its short-term hire fleet.The company, which received the Motor Transport Apprenticeship of the Year award last year, plans to make a similar sized fleet investment in 2016.The new vehicles bring Petit Forestier’s short term hire fleet to 1,200, and pushes the ...
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ArticleClipper to support John Lewis at new distribution centre
Clipper Logistics is to provide John Lewis with a variety of "retail support services" from a new DC in Milton Keynes.Under a proposed 10-year agreement, Clipper will work with John Lewis from a new 300,000ft² centre in the city, the exact location of which is yet to be decided.Work is ...
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Theo de Pencier joins reformed Highways Agency watchdog's board
FTA chief executive Theo de Pencier is to join transport watchdog Passenger Focus, the organisation that will be scrutinising the performance of Highways England, which goes live next month.De Pencier will begin a four-year term at the organisation, which will be renamed Transport Focus, on 1 May.He will step down ...