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Hoyer completes £8m fleet upgrade
Hoyer Petrolog has finished taking delivery of 253 Euro-5 MAN and Scania units, as part of an £8m upgrade to its petroleum, bitumen and fuel oils fleets that began last year.MANs form the majority of the fleet renewal, accounting for 185 units, with 68 Scanias also coming in, all on ...
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ArticleWaitrose to trial temperature-controlled locker deliveries
Waitrose is to trial a network of temperature-controlled locker boxes for customers to have their groceries delivered into.An initial trial began at the supermarket’s head office in Bracknell, Berkshire, last year, but it now hopes to extend the initiative to 10 more third-party locations nationwide, including airports, train stations and ...
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ArticleDHL becomes official FC Bayern Munich partner
DHL has been appointed the official partner for FC Bayern Munich, covering international logistics and e-commerce fulfilment.The six-year deal will see DHL continue to deliver merchandise to football fans across the globe, a service it has previously provided, but now as its official ‘platinum’ partner.As a result of the deal, ...
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Menzies Distribution positive about high street logistics venture
Menzies Distribution has claimed it is in advanced discussions with major retailers about extending its recently-launched high street logistics service, despite the venture still being in its early stages.Menzies Logistics Solutions was launched last year to improve the utilisation of its fleet when deliveries of newspapers and magazines have been ...
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ArticleService is king for Arrow XL
Arrow XL is the UK's largest multi-user two-man home delivery specialist, delivering around 6,000 orders every day. It was created in April 2013 with the rebranding of Yodel XL to “differentiate itself from its sister company, parcel carrier Yodel”.Chief executive Ian Howell joined Arrow XL in October 2013. His career ...
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Pall-Ex targets UK-wide out-of-hours deliveries
Pall-Ex has said it is set to roll a ‘through the night service’ out across selected urban areas in the UK after its success running the service in London.The network has told Motortransport.co.uk that boosting the service in London alone would be good from an operational point of view, as ...
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ArticlePremier Logistics promotes Irish service with new trailer fleet
Leicestershire-based Premier Logistics has unveiled a new fleet of trailers to promote its Irish delivery service.The SDC trailers all feature an image of Giants Causeway and are being used to advertise its nightly runs to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.The company claims it has seen demand for its ...
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ArticleIndependence vs Better Together
On one hand you have a Scottish government saying it will be “business as usual” for hauliers on both sides of the border, and in the other you have a UK government warning that there will be legal and economic repercussions for a newly independent state.But which is better? There’s ...
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Great Bear signs new contract with Cott Beverages
Great Bear Distribution, based in Chester, has announced a new contract with soft drinks producer Cott Beverages for warehousing services in the Midlands.The new contract, which extends a longstanding relationship between the two, will see existing operations for Cott Beverages transferred from a Great Bear facility in Derbyshire to one ...
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John Lewis expands click and collect network
John Lewis has completed a nationwide roll-out of its click and collect offering at CollectPlus outlets, following a successful trial that began in September last year.The service has been expanded across the UK after the completion of a trial that took place in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and the south ...
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UPS and Unite dispute continues with Luton demonstration
Unite has confirmed that union members at UPS’s Luton depot will hold a demonstration next week, following a number of similar demonstrations throughout July and August.The long-running dispute over claims of unreasonable workloads by the union continued with a demonstration at its Croydon depot last week. Similar events have been ...
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ArticleWho will benefit from annual test fee changes?
Last week the DVSA revealed that it would be cutting annual test fees at ATFs this autumn, a move that will surely be welcomed by ATF operators and their users alike. DVSA test fees, however, are set to increase, along with a 1% rise in operator licensing fees.But with the ...
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ArticleBrit European plans CNG refuelling station
Brit European is seeking planning permission for a refuelling station for its fleet of dual-fuel HGVs.It has applied to North Lincolnshire Council to open a compressed natural gas (CNG) refuelling facility at the Junction 2 Business Park in Crowle, near Scunthorpe. If permission is granted, the site will be available ...
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Steve Porter Transport to operate south of England road freight for Geodis Calberson
Isle of Wight-based operator Steve Porter Transport has won a contract with French logistics giant Geodis Calberson to operate all of its delivery and collection requirements across the south-coast of England.Steve Porter Transport will carry out all of Geodis’ requirements in the region from its Portsmouth depot in addition to ...
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ArticleIndustry 'puzzled' by Johnson's tacho-'gaffe'
In a speech earlier this month London Mayor Boris Johnson singled out the drivers’ hours rules as the type of European legislation that he would like to see removed if the United Kingdom left the EU.Johnson described the weight of employment regulation as “back-breaking”, citing regulations ranging from the Collective ...
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Browns boost for Turners (Soham) despite tankers fall
Growth in the temperature-controlled division at Turners (Soham) offset falls in its tanker division, with the operator also reaping the benefits of its 2012 acquisition of Browns Distribution.Overall group turnover rose to £242.1m in the year ending 28 December 2013, from £235.8m in the previous financial year. Pre-tax profit fell ...
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ArticleConstruction Logistics and Cyclist Safety: safer vehicles
Last month’s meeting of the Construction Logistics and Cyclist Safety (Clocs) working group laid bare a shift in the emphasis around efforts to make roads safer for vulnerable users, while keeping the wheels of the road transport industry turning.Held at London’s Guildlhall the event, the third meeting of Clocs since ...
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ArticlePressure mounts on politicians to address the cost of fuel
The RAC has called on all major political parties to say in the run-up to the next general election what they intend to do about four key transport concerns – the high cost of fuel, the poor state of the UK’s roads, the need for better enforcement of driving behaviour, ...
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ArticleDriver shortage about to bite
The road freight transport sector is finding it difficult to recruit the new drivers that it urgently needs, says Phill Brooks, general manager of Farrall’s Transport.Having cut its cloth during recession, the industry must meet greater demand for more loads to be moved during the current economic growth or the ...
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Yodel's long road to profit now almost at an end?
Four years after the merger of Home Delivery Network and DHL Express’s domestic business, Yodel yesterday suggested that it made a loss during its recently completed financial year, although it seems confident a return to the black and its first ever profit is now in sight beyond this.Yodel said its ...