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Maritime Transport appoints two new MDs
Maritime Transport has created two new director positions to handle distribution and container transport at the firm.Simon Smart and David Boomer, both previously operations directors at the firm, have become MD, container transport and MD, containers respectively.Maritime says the appointments were required to strengthen senior management at the firm and ...
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ArticleAPN and TfL hold 'productive' pre-Olympics briefing
Transport for London (TfL) has held an Olympic briefing with members of the Association of Pallet Networks (APN) to build ties ahead of this summer’s Games.Despite APN representing eight networks consisting of more than 650 hauliers, chairman Paul Sanders has previously expressed frustration at a lack of engagement with Olympic ...
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ArticleStrong performance from the UK buoys Ceva profit
Ceva has singled out the performance of its business in the UK for having a "very strong year" in 2011 after the Netherlands-based logistics giant revealed a 10% rise in profit.Speaking to MT.co.uk, Leigh Pomlett, president for Northern Europe at Ceva, singled out delivery from the UK and Poland as ...
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ArticleCity Link unveils recovery plan
City Link’s new MD has put in place a three-year turnaround strategy at the struggling parcels business in the wake of “disappointing” losses.The plan will see City Link break-even within the next four months, make a profit by Q4, and become a £500m business in the next three years, through ...
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ArticleKuehne + Nagel stays on growth track
Kuehne + Nagel’s acquisition of international groupage specialist RH Freight in March last year caught many in the industry – including Motor Transport it has to be said - by surprise. But it was all part of the Swiss-owned global logistics business’ long term strategy, as Glenn Lindfield, KN’s senior ...
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ArticleVote now for Fleet Truck and Fleet Van of the Year
The Motor Transport Fleet Truck and Fleet Van of the Year are so highly valued because they are chosen by you, the operator. A jury of leading operators and journalists has drawn up a long list of eligible vehicles. To have your say on which of these are named Fleet ...
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ArticleCalling all high performing teams
Are you a member or manager of a high performing team working in road transport?If so you need to enter the new Team of the Year category of the Motor Transport Awards.Created to recognise the very best in team working, the Team of the Year award will go to the ...
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ArticleSkills minister to present Apprenticeship Award
John Hayes, the minister for further education, skills and lifelong learning responsible for apprentice training, is expected to present the first Apprenticehsip of the Year award at the Motor Transport Awards on 13 June.This is a new category introduced to recognise and encourage appreantice training by road transport operators. This ...
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ArticleK+N wins Spirit food service contract
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) is to invest £5m in multi-temperature distribution centres and a fleet of 60 vehicles for a long term new food service customer, Spirit Pub Company. K+N sees food service as a significant growth market, already representing £50m of its UK contract logistics business, much of ...
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ArticleMotor Transport Awards 2012 are open for entries
The Motor Transport Awards 2012 are now open for entries – and for 2012 we have introduced a couple of new categories to keep the blue riband awards event in the road transport sector fresh and up to date.For 2012, we have introduced Apprenticeship of the Year, an award for ...
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ArticleCity Link losses plummet to £31.3m
City Link parent Rentokil has blamed a decline in both volumes and rates for the parcel firm’s “disappointing” £31.3m pre-tax loss during 2011, compared with a £9.6m loss the previous year, on a revenue down 8.5% to £306.9m.It has also revealed a significant hit from writing off intangible assets of ...
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Profile: Steve Hobson
Steve Hobson, Editor, Motor TransportI have been editor of Motor Transport since 2009 and am responsible for the editorial content especially the features and Viewpoint sections. I am also part of the team that runs the annual Motor Transport Awards that take place in July at London's Grosvenor House Hotel.Brought ...
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The Motor Transport Awards 2012 are now open for entries
The Motor Transport Awards 2012 are now open for entries – and for 2012 we have introduced a couple of new categories to keep the blue riband awards even in the road transport sector fresh and up to date.For 2012, we have introduced Apprenticeship of the Year, an award for ...
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French Connection
Norbert Dentressangle’s acquisitions of Christian Salvesen in 2007 and TDG in 2011 made the French group’s UK logistics operation a £1bn a year business, representing almost a third of group turnover, and silencing critics who had questioned the company’s commitment to the UK.On the face of it, ND’s ...
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Taking a cool approach to ambient distribution
While Fowler Welch-Coolchain (FWC) has built a successful business in chilled distribution, the company is now looking to expand into bigger – and arguably more profitable – ambient markets. A glance at the business card handed over by Nick Hay – installed as MD in November 2010 – reveals the ...
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Keeping the shelves stocked
Sainsbury’s is Britain’s third largest grocery retailer (behind Tesco and Asda), turning over nearly £23bn in the year to 19 March 2011 and making a pre-tax profit of £827mn.Despite buying 24 stores from the Co-op in 2009 in the north and Midlands, Sainsbury’s stronghold remains the south east of England, ...
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Big game hunter
When Peter Backhouse was appointed CEO of contract hire specialist Fraikin in May 2010, he set out a clear vision of where he wanted the company to be. 18 months on he gives Steve Hobson a progress report.Since his arrival at Fraikin after two years in charge of Bunzl Healthcare ...
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Yodel confirms depot closures
Yodel has confirmed the schedule of its service centre closure programme, as it enters the final phase of the merger of the Home Delivery Network and DHL Domestic UK businesses.According to an internal letter seen by MT, the parcels giant has been transferring volumes across from Cardiff (the first site ...
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Stobart and AW Jenkinson buy another 1,000 Scanias
Stobart Group and A.W. Jenkinson Forest Products have struck a second joint procurement deal with Scania to take delivery of a combined 1,000 trucks over the next two years.Between March 2012 and December 2013 Stobart and A.W. Jenkinson will take a mixture of R-series and G-series models. The first 300 ...