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All Motor Transport articles in 2022 – Page 3
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ArticleSCH signs lease deal to extend Port of Liverpool storage and transporter park
Logistics firm SCH has agreed a multi-year lease with Peel Ports Group as part of an expansion of a car storage and transporter park at the Port of Liverpool.The facility will increase in size from eight to 10 acres to deal with growing demand for the processing of vehicles at ...
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ArticleLogistics UK gives cautious welcome to return of Operation Brock
The reinstatement of traffic management system Operation Brock in Kent will provide certainty to hauliers but must not result in lengthy queues for HGV drivers, according to Logistics UK.The Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) said it had decided to bring back the measure between junction 8 and 9 of the M20 ...
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ArticleEFS Global acquires two more hauliers to take turnover to £165m
EFS Global has finished 2022 the way it started the year and bought another two haulage companies: sister firms Eminence Transport and Floryn.Both are based in Maidstone, Kent and provide pallet network, general haulage, warehousing and fulfilment services.The value of the deal was not disclosed but EFS said the fulfilment ...
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ArticleArrowXL in delivery deal with Premium Christmas Trees
ArrowXL is working with Premium Christmas Trees (PCT) to help deliver over 1,000 trees per week for the festive period.Utilising ArrowXL’s 48-hour delivery service, customers can select a nominated delivery day and will receive the standard room of choice service.Christmas trees are an unusual product type and ArrowXL said its ...
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ArticleLloyd Fraser Holdings reports slump in profits despite healthy turnover
3PL Lloyd Fraser Holdings saw turnover rise to £44m in the year ending 28 February 2022, a 20.6% increase on the previous year.The company said it had performed well in a challenging market and attributed the increase to its fashion logistics seeing a positive recovery as the country exited pandemic-related ...
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ArticleXPO to transport building materials for Hanson UK
XPO has struck a deal with Hanson UK to distribute packed cement and related materials to the builders’ merchants.XPO said it would manage more than 30,000 deliveries annually from Hanson’s facilities in Warwickshire, the East Midlands, North Wales, and Lancashire.It added that it could provide Hanson with enhanced delivery visibility, ...
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ArticleCouncils struggle to recruit gritter drivers to tackle cold snap
Nearly two thirds of councils in England are struggling to recruit HGV drivers to grit the roads this winter, according to data from the local government association (LGA).It said 63% of authorities had struggled or were struggling to find skilled drivers for winter resilience activities.Among those struggling, the most common ...
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ArticleHauliers face clampdown on repeated switching of vehicles on and off licence
The senior traffic commissioner is consulting on plans to amend statutory guidance closing a loophole that enables hauliers to ‘draw down’ HGVs not specified on an operator licence.The move was prompted by a recent decision in the upper tribunal concerning a company swapping vehicles on and off its licence.The tribunal ...
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ArticleGas canister thrown from motorway bridge hits truck driver in face
An HGV driver was struck in the face by a gas canister that was thrown from a bridge over the A1(M) near Baldock and smashed through his windscreen.Police are now appealing for witnesses following the “incredibly reckless act” between junctions 10 and 9 at around 7.30pm on Saturday 10 December.Two ...
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ArticlePort of Felixstowe workers accept 8.5% pay rise but wider dispute continues
Port workers at Felixstowe have voted to accept a new pay deal from the container port, bringing to an end a dispute that began in the summer.The port said over 90% of workers agreed a pay increase of 8.5%, plus £1,000 to be paid in January.Robert Ashton, COO at the ...
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ArticleMartin Brower boosts fleet with 24 Carrier Transicold Vector eCool trailers
Logistics service provider Martin Brower is adding 24 Carrier Transicold's Vector eCool refrigerated trailer units to its fleet.The company, which is a global supply chain provider for restaurant chains worldwide, will operate the new trailers out of the company’s Hemel Hempstead distribution centre. The 13.6-metre Gray & Adams trailers are ...
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ArticlePall-Ex to roll out exclusive last mile delivery scheme across UK cities
Pall-Ex Group is planning to roll out a last mile delivery scheme across multiple cities early next year after its launch in London delivered service levels above 96.5% and boosted members' annual revenues by over 29%, on average.The London Project was developed by Pall-Ex in collaboration with 13 of its ...
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Haulage prices set to rise as skills shortage meets peak season demand, TEG warns
Haulage prices have fallen 11% in the past year, but are likely to rise as the thinly spread road freight industry enters its busiest period, according to the latest Transport Exchange Group Price Index.The report found that the average price-per-mile for road freight vehicles has dropped for the second month ...
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Mercedes Benz, Maxus, Toyota and Volkswagen see fall in e-van sales, research reveals
Some manufacturers have seen falling electric van sales in the year to November 2022, despite plummeting diesel van sales, according to the latest research from New AutoMotive.According to data from the company's latest Electric Van Count, while diesel van sales have plunged by 39% in the year, electric van sales ...
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ArticleGoplasticpallets.com expands warehouse capacity to support future growth
Pallet supplier Goplasticpallets.com is expanding its warehouse operation in Eastbourne with a new 8,000 sq ft facility adjacent to its existing site.The new site, which was officially opened by Clare Bottle, chief executive of the UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) this week, will increase the firm's warehouse capacity by 36%, allowing ...
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ArticleMNS Developments adds two Fruehauf tippers to fleet
Huntingdon-based haulage firm MNS Developments has added two new sloper smoothsider tippers to its fleet after landing a new contract transporting sugar beet.The family-run firm is also using the trailers, together with two similar 2013 models, to transport wheat, beans and grain from farms to processing plants.As part of ...
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TG Lynes mulls switching entire fleet to HVO
Heating, plumbing and air movement materials supplier TG Lynes is looking at powering its entire fleet on hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) after switching two of its 18-tonne diesel lorries to the alternative fuel.TG Lynes has an operating licence for 15 trucks and offers a daily delivery service to sites across ...
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Hanson UK swoops for Mick George Group
Hanson UK is set to buy construction haulier Mick George Group as it looks to cut carbon emissions by boosting its recycling activites.The Mick George Group, which operates from East Anglia and the East Midlands, specialises in bulk excavation and earthmoving services, demolition, environmentally sensitive waste removal and waste management ...
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Transport for the North launches ambitious freight and logistics strategy
The freight and logistics sector could be worth more than £30bn to the North of England's economy and employ more than 500,000 people by 2050, according to a report published today by Transport for the North (TfN).However this can only happen by addressing three main areas of constraint across the ...
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Strikes set to delay HGV driving and vehicle tests, DVSA warns
Strike action is threatening to delay thousands of HGV driving and vehicle tests across the country from this week, DVSA is warning.HGV driving examiners who are members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union are planning to take strike action from tomorrow (13 December).The strike action is part of ...