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All Motor Transport articles in 2017 – Page 20
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Tuffnells Parcels Express MD departs amid Connect Group integration
Tuffnells Parcels Express MD Chris Ward is leaving the business following its integration within parent company Connect Group.Connect Group, which also owns Smiths News, bought Tuffnells in November 2014.A spokeswoman for Connect Group said Ward, who joined the business in May 2015, will be leaving the business as it moves ...
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Ross Eggleton joins NFT Distribution as chief operating officer
Chilled food specialist NFT Distribution has appointed Ross Eggleton to the newly created role of chief operating officer with immediate effect.He takes on responsibility for ensuring operational excellence across NFT’s transport and warehouse operations.Eggleton joins NFT from WM Morrison Supermarkets where he was logistics and supply chain director.Before that his ...
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ArticleVolatile outlook makes TCO even more crucial
A recent ExxonMobil survey of European fleet managers found 40% of those polled cited continued challenging economic conditions and volatile markets as their biggest business challenges.This makes understanding and minimising the total cost of ownership (TCO) of a truck fleet even more important as competition for available business are likely ...
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ArticleBoughey Distribution sees solid year of growth; Palletline operation takes wing
Boughey Distribution enjoyed a solid year of growth despite cut-throat competition amongst the supermarkets, with its Palletline operation growing faster than expected.Boughey, which is part of the NWF Group, saw turnover in the year to 31 May 2017 increase 3.7% to £39m (2016: £37.6m).Storage overall was at an average of ...
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Scherm Group's 65-tonne all-electric truck delivers significant C02 savings
The use of a 65-tonne, all-electric truck to make local deliveries to and from a BMW plant in Munich has removed 22 tonnes of CO2 from the route since its introduction in 2015.Scherm Group has been using the fully electric Terberg YT202-EV terminal tractor to transport materials to its local ...
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ArticleAldi Stores to pay £1m fine after powered pallet truck incident
Aldi Stores has been fined £1m after a driver needed two toes amputated following an incident with a powered pallet truck.A driver sustained severe foot injuries, including fractures to all toes on his left foot, while using the forklift truck at the supermarket’s Nottingham Road, Somercotes, Derbyshire store in November ...
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Daimler starts European small series production of 7.5-tonne all-electric truck
Daimler has begun small series production of its all-electric, light-duty Fuso eCanter truck for the European and US markets.The electric trucks will be built at the group’s production plant in Tramagal, Portugal, with the first vehicles being handed over to customers this autumn.Marc Llistosella, president and CEO of Mitsubishi Fuso ...
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Royal Mail orders 100 Partner L2 Electric vans
Royal Mail has signed an agreement with Peugeot to buy 100 Partner L2 Electric vans, to be used by postal workers on their delivery rounds.The vans will be in service from December at delivery offices around the UK, supported by what the operator described as “a comprehensive rollout of charging ...
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DfT proposes extra weight for clean van technology in driving licence reform
Drivers would be permitted to operate heavier, low-emission vans on a standard category B (car) driving licence under new DfT proposals.The plans have been developed to encourage adoption of non-diesel vans by operators as part of the government’s drive to improve air quality in urban areas.Currently, a motorist with an ...
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ArticleClipper Logistics' turnover and pre-tax profit up as retail strategy pays off
Clipper Logistics has delivered another strong performance, and predicted it will continue as its evolving model of serving retailers’ growing e-fulfilment and product return needs bears fruit.Announcing full-year results to 30 April, its third year listed on the London Stock Exchange, group turnover was 17.2% higher year on year at ...
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ArticleFors teams up with Licence Bureau to offer members licence checking service
Fors has signed up Licence Bureau, the driver licence checking service, to provide operators with a system to ensure drivers have the correct licences and qualifications. Fors said Licence Bureau will become its first “affinity partner”. It hopes to recruit more firms that can provide member-only services.Members will be ...
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XPO Logistics partners with chemical and lab specialist VWR International in three-year deal
XPO Logistics has won a three-year contract to provide logistics for chemical and laboratory specialist VWR International. XPO will manage distribution of the firm’s pharmaceutical, biotechnology, industrial and healthcare, products across 9,000 UK facilities.It will be required to make next-day and timed deliveries, while handling hazardous goods and substances that require ...
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ArticleEuropa Road chooses Renault Trucks for UK fleet after long-term trial
Europa Road, a division of Europa Worldwide Group, has spent £2m on 23 Renault Trucks after a successful two-year trial with RH Commercial Vehicles.The Range T artics and Range D rigids are the first Renaults in the fleet, which also has 238 trailers.Europa currently runs Volvo and Mercedes-Benz trucks, but ...
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ArticleClarity needed on clean air zone restrictions, says FTA
A lack of clarity over which vehicles will be affected by clean air zones (CAZs) could be disastrous for operators, the FTA has warned.The association spoke out in the wake of the government's latest air quality improvement plan, released yesterday, and said it feared the lack of distinction could put ...
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First clean air zones for 2019 as part of air quality plan
The government has confirmed that the first five clean air zones (CAZs) will be in place by the end of 2019.Its long-awaited - and controversial - plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations was published today, with its headline promise being a UK-wide ban on diesel cars and vans by ...
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HGVs excluded from 2040 diesel ban, but could see changes to road user levy
HGVs are not included in the 2040 new diesel vehicle ban, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed, but has said it intends to include them in the future.Regarding the government’s air quality improvement plan released today (26 July), a Defra spokesman told Freight in the ...
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ArticleLive: Government air quality plan
The government's much anticipated report into improving air quality in the UK is released today (26 July). MT takes a look at the report and responses to it from across the industry.(function() {var lb24 = document.createElement('script'); lb24.type = 'text/javascript'; lb24.id = '24lbScript'; lb24.async = true; lb24.charset="utf-8";lb24.src = '//v.24liveblog.com/embed/24.js?id=1400903';(document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(lb24);})(); ...
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TNT Express still processing manually a month after cyber attack
TNT Express is still processing parcels manually nearly a month after it was hit by a worldwide cyber attack, and has predicted it may not be able to recover the data lost in the incident. The FedEx-owned operator was hit with the NotPetya encryption virus on 28 June.In a trading ...
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ArticleKuehne + Nagel ups security warning for its drivers at Calais port after brick attack
Kuehne + Nagel has raised the security risk for its drivers in Calais to its highest level after an HGV driver was severely injured and had his vehicle hijacked in the area last week. The company raised the security risk level for the Port of Calais and its surrounding area ...
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ArticleOperators call for action against rising demand for extended credit terms
Operators are calling for action against a rise in clients demanding extended credit terms, MT has learnt.Operators report some clients demand credit terms of up to 120 days, while others try to lock prospective suppliers into agreeing 60-day credit terms as a condition of com-pleting electronic tenders.Bullet Express MD David ...