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ArticleStart spreading the news about out-of-hours deliveries at Quiet Cities
Credit: Mark Lennihan/AP/Press Association ImagesStacey Hodge, director at Office of Freight Mobility, New York City Department of Transportation, will bring an international perspective to the first Quiet Cities summit in Twickenham next month. As well as showcasing the out-of-hours delivery experience in the Big Apple the two-day event will bring ...
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Allport Cargo Services appoints joint MD
Allport Cargo Services has appointed Charles McGurin as joint MD, replacing Jerry Gray who is to retire.McGurin rejoins Allport after 13 years and will head up the company alongside joint MD Danny Clayton. Most recently, he worked at DHL Supply Chain as vice president, business development for Europe, ...
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ArticleImport Services wins London Gateway warehouse contract
Southampton-based port-centric logistics firm Import Services has been chosen to operate DP World London Gateway’s shared user facility.It will take on a ‘significant portion’ of the 386,000ft² common user facility on the London Gateway Logistics Park, which is due to open in the second quarter of 2015.It will provide devanning, ...
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ArticleBook now to secure your place at Quiet Cities
Quiet Cities is the first global summit focused on enabling quieter deliveries of freight in urban environments.The two-day summit, a joint imitative between Motor Transport, TfL, DHL and Route Monkey, and it will take place on 25 and 26 November at Twickenham Stadium.It will bring together key stakeholders interested in ...
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ArticleFormer Roadways MD joins Pentalver in wake of Maritime buyout
Nick Matthews, formerly MD of Roadways Container Logistics, has joined Pentalver as general manager of its Cannock operation just weeks after Roadways was bought by Maritime Transport.Matthews will be responsible for running Pentalver (Cannock) – its 22 acre inland container port facility north of Birmingham – which includes 260 employees ...
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ArticleBuffaload increases Huntingdon HQ capacity
Cambridgeshire temperature-controlled operator Buffaload Logistics has opened a new cross-docking facility at its Huntingdon base, which it claims will increase capacity at the site by up to 50%.The six-bay cross-docking facility can accommodate its 65 double-deck refrigerated trailers and will help the firm cope with peak demand. It is currently ...
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ArticleCeva Logistics reveals three-year Snap-on Tools deal
Ceva Logistics has been awarded a three-year contract with tool manufacturer Snap-on Tools UK.The $8m (£4.9m) deal will see it provide transport for Snap-on’s UK franchises. It involves making collections from its two product warehouses in Kettering and delivering products to Ceva’s warehouses for sortation, as well as unattended deliveries ...
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Steve Porter Transport sees drop-trailer volume jump
Steve Porter Transport enjoyed a busy summer, with a jump in drop-trailer movements during the period.The Isle of Wight haulier, which runs a drop-trailer service from Southampton to the island making use of Red Funnel ferries, saw drop-trailer movements increase by almost a quarter from the 13 January to 13 ...
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ArticleKnowles keeps margins high despite fall in turnover
Cambridgeshire transport and storage provider Knowles Transport managed to generate an 11.4% pre-tax profit margin in the year to the end of December 2013 despite a sharp drop in turnover, figures logged recently at Companies House have shown.Turnover for the year fell almost 18% from £33m to £27.1m; pre-tax profit ...
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ArticleTiger Trailers secures early orders
Tiger Trailers, the trailer manufacturer set up by former Cartwright Group joint MDs John and Steven Cartwright, has secured a series of orders from major operators, some of whom previously bought from Cartwright.Gloucester 3PL Downton has ordered 60 Tiger curtainsided trailers for use on a variety of work, including paper, ...
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Push to force more alternative fuel stations gathers pace
New rules to ensure the build-up by 2020 of more refuelling points for vehicles using alternative fuels have been formally adopted by the European Council.I comes after their final approval in the European Parliament in April.Under the new rules adopted on 29 September, EU member states will have to set ...
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ArticleDriving economic growth
David CoombesWelcome to the first of my columns giving you what will be a ‘hands on’ and coalface perspective of the recruitment and talent issues facing all employers in our industry today.I want to start by discussing skills shortages; the current and growing issue of 150,000 LGV drivers that are ...
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ArticleAldi receives permission for revived Cardiff DC plans
Supermarket Aldi has been given the green light to develop an RDC on the outskirts of Cardiff, plans for which were revived earlier this year.It has been granted permission for the 490,000ft² development on the Capital Business Park in Wentloog, near Cardiff, by the local authority. It first received permission ...
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ECO Stars launches website to boost fleet efficiency
ECO Stars has launched a new website to help operators understand the environmental and financial benefits they could gain from learning how to improve fleet efficiency and lower fuel usage.Launched in 2009 in South Yorkshire, the fleet recognition scheme has now expanded across the UK as well as into Spain, ...
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Driver shortage will force rates up
Operators are struggling to find reliable agency drivers as they gear up for the peak Christmas period, with warnings that the shortage will intensify, forcing prices higher.Leicester-based Premier Logistics told Motortransport.co.uk its main agency has been struggling to provide staff. “Because of Driver CPC, there is a clause in the ...
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DPD seeks permission for Stoke-on-Trent site
DPD and Interlink Express parent Geopost UK has submitted plans for a depot in Etruria, near Stoke-on-Trent.The depot, which a spokesman confirmed to Motortransport.co.uk is in addition to DPD’s investment in 15 new or upgraded hubs and depots by the end of 2015, will include spaces for 16 HGVs and ...
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ArticleRevised French road tolling scheme to be launched early 2015
A revised French road tolling scheme covering parts of the currently free-to-use trunk road network is to be introduced early next year – targeting international hauliers transiting the country.The original Ecotaxe was intended to cover 15,000km of non-motorway national roads, which are heavily used by freight traffic that is priced ...
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ArticleOcado boosts capacity with two more depots
Ocado is opening two more depots this year as it continues with plans to increase capacity in its distribution network.The online supermarket opened a 36,000ft² depot in Dagenham, Essex, this month and plans to open a second depot, a 20,000ft² site on the Knowsley Industrial Park in Liverpool, in November.Ocado ...
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ArticleCM Downton's bargain buy
This time last year CM Downton shocked the industry after it acquired C&H (Hauliers) from its parent company Charles Gee Group, which went into administration. By any metric, it was a fantastic acquisition for Downton, particularly when you look at the prices involved.According to Downton’s directors’ report for the financial ...
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ArticleCeva opens global excellence centre in Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Leigh Pomlett_president of Ceva EuropeCeva Logistics has opened its third global centre of excellence, at its UK head office in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. This European centre joins others in Florida and Singapore and is designed to demonstrate and develop Ceva’s end to end supply chain services for potential and existing customers.The centre ...