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ArticleDSV entertainment arm moves into Air & Sea
DSV has confirmed that has integrated its entertainment logistics division into its Air & Sea division just two years after it was launched.The multi-modal giant launched DSV Entertainment Logistics in 2010. However, the division has now been integrated into its air and sea freight sector in order to “fully capitalise ...
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ArticleYodel scoop second health and safety award
Yodel has won the RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) Gold Award for health and safety for the second year running.Yodel’s senior HS&E manager, Gerry Prior, accepted the award on the behalf of Yodel’s sort centres and Yodel Transport subsidiary, that were presented the award in recognition of ...
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ArticleLondon 2012: Westminster Council claims light touch approach to fines
Westminster Council’s decision to educate rather than rain down fines on operators delivering during the Games, has avoided the issuing of £526,000 worth of penalties.During the Olympics, Westminster Council extended a pilot scheme that saw marshals educating rather than punishing operators delivering to London’s Leicester Square, after the introduction of ...
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ArticleNWF Group profit down as fuel division disappoints
Boughey Distribution parent NWF Group has revealed that its pre-tax profit fell by a third, despite a 16% increase in revenue.Revenue rose to £540.2m for the year-ending 31 May, up from £463.8m 2011. However pre-tax profit dropped to £5.1m, compared to £7.6m in the previous financial year.Chief executive Richard Whiting ...
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ArticleOperators invited to attend fuel technology conference
Operators looking for ways to save money on their fuel bills via alternative technologies, could do worse than attending a free conference at the University of Glamorgan on 17 SeptemberHeld in partnership with Skills for Logistics (SfL), FUEL - Saving Money Via Resource Management, Alternative Sources, Conversion to More Valuable ...
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ArticleLondon 2012: Paralympic Route Network to start operation on 29 August
The Olympic Route Network (ORN) will cease operation at midnight on Tuesday (14 August), meaning London's roads will return to normal before the Paralympic Route Network's activation at the end of this month.ORN signage will have been removed in full by Wednesday morning, with London’s roads Games restriction free ahead ...
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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle renews Hobart contract
Norbert Dentressangle has won a three year contract renewal with cooking equipment manufacturers Hobart UK, worth over £1m.The deal will see ND deliver cooking equipment, washers and food preparation machines to restaurants, supermarkets, professional kitchens and shops, including Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Nando’s.“After another successful three years, with ND delivering an ...
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Drivers breaking quiet nights code
One night last week in London, MT saw first-hand that many deliveries were being carried out as they would during the day, with no attempt to reduce noise.Operators need to focus on improving driver behaviour if night-time deliveries are to become a permanent way of working after the London Olympics.“It ...
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ArticleAutologic shares delisted following Stobart deal
Vehicle transporter Autologic’s shares have today been delisted from the Alternative Investment Market following its takeover by Stobart Group.Stobart Group made its formal £12.4m offer for Autologic in June, having been in talks since May.The ability of Autologic to use Stobart Rail infrastructure to reduce the level of empty running ...
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ArticleSeminar will examine UK progress on Driver CPC
A progress report on the Driver CPC and how well the UK is doing in meeting the September 2014 deadline to get every professional LGV driver through the 35 hours mandatory training will be made at a seminar to be held by the International Road Transport Union (IRU) in association ...
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ArticleAdvanced Supply Chain wins new contracts with major retailers
Advanced Supply Chain is closer to reaching his £100m annual turnover goal after it exclusively revealed to MT.co.uk that it has secured deals with a number of retailers.Managing director Mike Danby says that in the past few weeks the haulage company has won contracts with customers including DFS, Trespass, ...
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ArticleLondon 2012: road races and marathon to mark Olympic finish
This weekend will see the men and women’s race walks taking place at the Mall, as well as the men's marathon.On Saturday the road races will take place along a two kilometre loop, taking in Constitution Hill and the Queen Victoria Memorial before retuning to the Mall.Sunday sees the men’s ...
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ArticleLong term talks begin on tanker driver standards
Fuel distribution hauliers have kicked off discussions over national pay benchmarking and the development of an industry-wide health and safety training standard for tanker drivers.Talks are now taking place following a long-running tanker driver dispute in April/May, which saw conciliation service ACAS step in and table a set of proposals, ...
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ArticleScottish council fined after crushing incident
A council has been fined £40,000 after a subcontractor suffered severe crush injuries when a tar tipper lorry reversed into a paver machine he was driving while carrying out road repairs.Dumfries Sheriff Court heard that the 20-year-old was one of two subcontractors working for Hamilton Tarmac alongside men from Dumfries ...
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ArticleSerious tachograph offenders will face prison
The government has warned that prosecution and prison sentences will be considered by Vosa for LGV drivers who falsify their hours records.Transport minister Norman Baker tells MT: "Drivers and operators should be in no doubt that we take the abuse of drivers’ hours very seriously and VOSA has the powers ...
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ArticleTNT Post win PRO-CURE contract
TNT Post have signed a two year contract with PRO-CURE, a provider of NHS commercial services across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Hampshire, saving the company a forecast £300,000.The contract covers PRO-CURE and its partners NHS Commercial Solutions and the East of England Collaborative Procurement Hub, which will receive a two ...
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ArticlePall-Ex overnight London service off to flying start
Pall-Ex says it has had successful start to its new night-time delivery service in the capital, with 4% of the pallet network’s London’s volumes already migrated to the new service within the first week of operation.The overnight service, which covers all postcodes affected by Olympics delivery restrictions, delivers to customers ...
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ArticleNew guide to safe loading of commercial vehicles
The Health & Safety Laboratory (HSL) has published a guide for operators about safe loading and securing in an effort to reduce the 1,200 injuries caused each year.It says many of the deaths and injuries that arise from load shifts are preventable and that its guide provides simple, straightforward advice ...
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ArticleCeva nets €16.9m John West contract renewal
Ceva Logistics has signed a €16.9m contract renewal with canned fish manufacturer John West, following a successful five-year relationship.The Leicestershire-based logistics firm will continue to provide UK supply chain operations, including collecting cleared cargo from the port of Felixstowe for onward transportation to Ceva’s’s shared-user facility in Mendlesham.Ceva will also ...
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ArticleFFUK calls for fuel duty cut as UK economy grinds to a halt
Fair Fuel UK has renewed its call for the government to cut fuel duty to spur the struggling economy, after the Bank of England slashed its UK growth forecast for 2012 to close to zero.Quentin Wilson, national spokesman for FairFuelUK, says: “Growth is paralysed so it's time the government looked ...