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All Motor Transport articles in 2016 – Page 5
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Cenex promotes Steve Carroll to head of transport
Cenex has named Steve Carroll as its new head of transport.A fleet management and renewable energies specialist, Carroll was chosen for the technical expertise he will bring to conducting vehicle trials and helping large fleet owners implement carbon-reduction strategies.He will be responsible for heading up Cenex’s national vehicle trials, as ...
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Royal Mail increases its cost-savings target to £600m
Royal Mail is to make deeper cost savings across the business, as its half-year results report a 1% rise in group turnover.For the six months ended 25 September, Royal Mail saw group turnover increase from £4.39bn to £4.58bn.Operating profit (before transformation costs) dipped 5% from £342m to £320m, with adjusted ...
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XPO Logistics opens door to Performance Doorset Solutions contract
XPO Logistics has won a new contract with Lancashire joinery specialist Performance Doorset Solutions (PDS) that will see it be responsible for some 50 movements per week.PDS is part of Masonite Group, and XPO Logistics already handles movements for the US door specialist out of sites in Barnsley and Huthwaite, ...
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UK Mail 'has momentum' ahead of Christmas peak
UK Mail said it has “positive momentum” before it enters the Christmas peak, as investments in additional capacity have allowed it to make “further progress” , while it waits for its proposed acquisition by Deutsche Post DHL to conclude.However in the six-months to 30 September turnover was down 3.2% to ...
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ArticleSenior TC Beverley Bell to address Microlise Transport Conference
Senior traffic commissioner Beverley Bell is one of the star speakers at the Microlise Transport Conference on 17 May next year. Bell, who was appointed as traffic commissioner for the North West in 2000 and senior traffic commissioner in 2012, plans to update delegates on the Office of the Traffic ...
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Fowler Welch sees half-year pre-tax profit slide
Fowler Welch saw pre-tax profit fall by more than a third in the first half of its current financial year, after it was hit by the late delivery of new ambient contracts.Pre-tax profit at the fruit and vegetable distributor dropped to £2.3m in the six months to 30 September 2016 ...
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Ocado shares fall as Morrisons announces Amazon delivery collaboration
Ocado shares took a tumble today as Morrisons announced a new store-picking service with Amazon Fresh.The supermarket’s tie-up with Amazon, available initially to Prime members in selected London and Hertfordshire postcodes, will allow customers to do a “full” Morrisons shop through Amazon.Customers are able to choose from delivery within an ...
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Spanish capital picks gas-powered Iveco lorries for refuse collection
Madrid City Council has added 109 CNG-powered Iveco Stralis trucks with Ros Roca waste collector bodies to its municipal fleet.The vehicles, which will collect urban waste in the Spanish capital, will be built at Iveco’s Madrid factory. The factory is dedicated to manufacturing the gas-powered trucks.Iveco said the CNG models ...
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ArticleNew hydraulic refrigeration units promise cleaner, quieter city deliveries
A Swedish range of hydraulically driven refrigeration units for trucks are now on sale in the UK.The new Hulsteins units are claimed to drive down emissions, noise and operational costs for urban deliveries. (Pictured main image at Freight in the City Expo 2016 fitted to a new Volvo FE CNG)They ...
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Wincanton on its half year results, Brexit and falling container volumes
Despite walking away from contracts and uncertain container volumes, Wincanton’s half year results recorded a 52% jump in pre-tax profit. Motortransport.co.uk talks to CEO Adrian Colman. The figures for the six months ended 30 September this year showed pre-tax profit of £19.6m, compared to £12.9m for the same period in ...
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FairFuelUK takes case for duty cut to the Treasury
FairFuelUK (FFUK) joined forces with fifty MPs yesterday to present an independent economic report to the Treasury, which argues that cutting fuel duty will boost the haulage industry and the wider economy.The report comes ahead of the government’s Autumn Statement next week. It was handed into the Treasury along with ...
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ArticleTrio of Palletforce members expand their businesses
Palletforce members EDS Couriers, Stones Distribution and Griffins Logistics have all expanded their depot facilities.Cannock-based EDS Couriers has relocated to a 2.5 acre depot after a £3m investment in new premises and equipment, which includes a £194,000 purpose-built canopy to house Palletforce trucks.Griffins Logistics has also expanded its premises with ...
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Eddie Stobart begins work on Aggregate Industries contract
Eddie Stobart has gone live with its Aggregate Industries contract, which the haulier won earlier this year from incumbent XPO Logistics.Since securing the deal with Aggregate's Concrete Products division in June, Stobart has staffed a new traffic office for the contract and recruited drivers to work on it.The five-year deal ...
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New trials aim to boost use of electric delivery vehicles for chilled goods
Government-funded trials aiming to be “a game-changer” in the ability to use all-electric vans and trucks for chilled goods home deliveries are underway.Using EVs for chilled goods can be challenging, due to the need for the battery to power both the vehicle and the fridge unit: either a bigger battery ...
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ArticleFors version four raises the bar for gold operators
Version four of the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (Fors) standard has raised the bar for accredited hauliers, particularly gold operators, according to scheme director John Hix (pictured).Speaking to Motortransport.co.uk at Fors’ first annual conference at Birmingham’s National Conference Centre, Hix said: “The key changes in the new standard are some ...
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ArticleXPO Logistics extends Co-op contract
XPO Logistics has extended its contract with the Co-op, which will see it continue to deliver to stores across the south of England and Wales.XPO runs 180 tractor units on the Co-op contract, which has so far run for five years. It also utilises 300 trailers, 151 rigids and 500 ...
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Bell questions one-size-fits-all O-licence fees
Senior traffic commissioner (TC) Beverley Bell (right) has questioned whether a one-size-fits-all O-licence fee is still appropriate given the diversity in the type, scale and size of transport operations across today’s road transport industry.In the TCs’ annual reports for 2015/16, Bell noted that nearly three-quarters of goods and PSV O-licences ...
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DPD Pickup fashions deal with Matalan
DPD has added fashion retailer Matalan to its catalogue of DPD Pickup locations, the number of which is set to hit 2,800 by the end of the year. Matalan has rolled out pick up points for the carrier in all 222 of its UK stores, continuing DPD’s trend of selecting ...
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MPs call for fuel duty cuts to prevent “severe damage” to haulage industry
More than 50 MPs are calling on the chancellor to cut fuel duty, warning that the haulage industry faces “severe damage” if fuel duty rises in line with RPI next April.The MPs are also calling for the creation of an independent watchdog to monitor pump pricing.In a letter to ...
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Juicy new Essential Fruits contract for NFT Distribution
NFT Distribution has won a six-month rolling contract with Essential Fruits because of its “port-centric” operation. The temperature-controlled operator will collect containers of, store and distribute fruit from the company, which provides fresh produce for fruit salads, fruit juices and other fruit-containing products.The rolling format of the deal is to ...