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ArticleBiomethane the "best option" for decarbonising road transport
Burning methane (natural gas) as an alternative to diesel to power heavy trucks can reduce carbon emissions by around 16% - but switching to biomethane produces even more dramatic reductions of up to 65%. But if biomethane is to become a viable mainstream alternative to diesel for road transport there ...
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ArticleNightfreight's new clothes revealed by DX
DX Group has revealed the new DX livery that will replace the familiar dark blue Nightfreight name that is being phased out following its acquisition in February 2012.DX said last year it would align Nightfreight with the DX (Delivered Exactly) Group brand when its service levels improved to acceptable levels, ...
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Poor consumer spending hits Boughey Distribution
Boughey Distribution parent NWF Group saw turnover at the division drop 14.2% last year and operating profit halved, due to difficult market conditions and poor consumer spending in supermarkets.Its financial results, published today, showed that turnover at the grocery distribution business fell to £36.4m for the year ended 31 May ...
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ArticleLondon Gateway and the changing face of container haulage
Last month Chris Lawrenson, MD of Pentalver, warned that the container haulage market would “change dramatically” over the next 12 months when the London Gateway opens at the end of the year.Well, Lawrenson’s crystal ball was correct. (Although he didn't predict London Mayor Boris Johnson turning up on site a ...
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CitySprint acquires Enfield-based The Courier Service
Same day courier firm CitySprint has completed its third acquisition this year with its purchase of Enfield-based The Courier Service.CitySprint has acquired its local and national customer base, staff and operations, including its fleet of small vans, Luton vans and transit vans.The acquisition is its third this year, following the ...
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ArticleContinental Tyres renews and extends ND contract
Continental Tyres has renewed and extended its warehousing and distribution contract with Norbert Dentressangle for another five years.The new part of the contract will see ND’s Rugby site used as a consolidation point for orders delivered as full loads from Continental’s manufacturing plants across Europe ahead of deliveries to wholesalers ...
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ArticleAcumen proves profit is sanity in car deliveries
Last year Acumen Logistics Group gate-crashed the MT Top 100 for the first time, scant reward for a phenomenal performance over the past few years that has seen the company rise from an £8.2m turnover in 2009 to £20m in 2012.While this rate of growth has not all been organic, ...
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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle awarded Glen Dimplex contract extention
Norbert Dentressangle has had its contract with Glen Dimplex Home Appliances (GDHA) renewed for three years.The operator will use a core fleet of 16 vehicles and 64 trailers, including some 15.6m longer semi-trailers, to move finished products between GDHA’s manufacturing plant in Preston to its national DC in Stoke-on-Trent. It ...
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Morrisons closes Swan Valley transport operation
Morrisons has confirmed plans to close the transport operation at its Swan Valley DC in Northampton, bringing in third parties to handle deliveries from the site.The supermarket held an O-licence to run 90 vehicles and 165 trailers out of the site on the Swan Valley industrial estate.A spokesman for the ...
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ArticleYellow line proposal raises red flag for truck operators
Commercial vehicles looking to load or unload on yellow lines may soon find themselves fighting for space after plans put forward by secretary of state for communities and local government, Eric Pickles, to let general motorists park for limited periods on yellow lines.Pickles has proposed allowing motorists to park free ...
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Fuel rebate scheme extension may not yield equal benefit
It has emerged that the Treasury’s plan to extend the existing island fuel rebate scheme to parts of mainland UK may not result in the same 5p/litre rebate enjoyed by those already in the scheme. Treasury officials have made clear to Motortransport.co.uk that the ‘extension’ to the scheme – which ...
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Norbert Dentressangle confident of strong trading in H2
Norbert Dentressangle’s logistics business saw a 4% increase in turnover during the first half of this year, with growth in the division likely to continue in the second half.The firm’s first half results, which were published today (1 August), revealed that turnover in the division grew to €897m (£781m) in ...
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CWU votes in favour of Royal Mail strike
Royal Mail expressed its disappointment today after members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) unanimously voted in favour of holding a national strike ballot this year.In a CWU forum meeting this morning (1 August), around 500 reps voted to hold a strike ballot no later than September, unless the union ...
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Further rural areas to be considered for fuel rebate
Plans to extend the island fuel rebate scheme have been announced by chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander.The move could see the fuel rebate of 5p/litre currently enjoyed by retailers of road fuel within the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, the Islands of the Clyde and the ...
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Unite warns DHL its members could vote to strike over pensions
Unite the union has threatened to put a vote for industrial action to its members employed by DHL Supply Chain, unless guarantees are made over their pension schemes.Both parties are currently in talks over changes to its different pension schemes: its final salary pension – which Unite alleges DHL wishes ...
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ArticleAbbey wins lime supplier Lhoist UK contract
Lime supplier Lhoist UK has awarded a new long-term distribution contract to Abbey Logistics Group.The operator will deliver lime products to Lhoist’s customers in the construction, waste water, drinking water, food, agriculture, flue gas treatment, chemistry and soil stabilisation industries.The contract will cover deliveries from Lhoist’s quarries in Hindow, Derbyshire ...
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ArticleKeyPL proves 4PL model can deliver cost and service benefits
While TDG may not have invented the term 4PL, it was certainly one of the leaders in making the concept work for its customer Corus Steel back in 2006. Since then TDG has been acquired by Norbert Dentressangle (ND) and Corus taken over by Tata Steel, and 4PL has been ...
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ArticleKeep young and beautiful if you want to be hired
Fast-growing trailer rental firm Hireco is investing in new tracking technology as well as new trailers as director James Smith tells Steve HobsonWith a fleet of 5,000 trailers, all under five years old, Berkshire-based Hireco ranked fifth in MT’s first CV Informer league table of trailer rental firms. Director James ...
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ArticleWaitrose to open Leyland RDC in September
Waitrose will officially open its £32m Leyland RDC in September, following a phased roll-out from late July.The RDC, which includes a 360,000ft² warehouse, a vehicle maintenance unit and 50,000ft² of office space, will initially service 42 stores across the north of England and Scotland.This number is expected to increase to ...
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MT Tracker 31 July
After revealing its positive outlook for the rest of the current financial year last week, Wincanton’s continually increasing share price has hit its highest point since the MT Tracker began in January.The company updated investors that it had performed well in the first quarter of its current financial year, despite ...