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Industry news – Page 211
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ArticleCampbell Automotive acquired by Road Transport Media
The owner of Motor Transport, Commercial Motor, Truck & Driver, TruckNet UK and Tip-ex, Road Transport Media, has added data marketing to its portfolio with the acquisition of the brands and assets of Campbell Automotive, a business focused on the provision of data services for the truck and van sector.The ...
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Tilda chooses Wincanton for warehousing and distribution
Wincanton has won a six year warehousing and distribution contract with Basmati rice producer Tilda.The contract covers collection from Tilda’s two production sites in Rainham, Essex and storage at Wincanton’s shared-user site in nearby West Thurrock.The firm will also pick and distribute products by the case and pallet to Tilda’s ...
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ArticleCV Show 2013 attendance up on last year
Last week’s CV Show was a success for both exhibitors and organisers, with attendance figures up 11.6% on 2012’s show.The show organisers said the event was a strong indication of the health of the industry, with over 18,000 attendees and more than 430 exhibitors.Daf, which unveiled the new CF and ...
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Yusen Logistics wins Mitsubishi Electric Europe contract renewal
The UK branch of Mitsubishi Electric Europe has renewed its warehousing contract with Yusen Logistics by five years.The contract sees the operator receive, store and despatch products such as display screens, air conditioners and heating systems from Yusen’s 300,000 ft² Milton Keynes Tilbrook site.Yusen handles inbound movements of sea containers ...
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ArticleThink Logistics national launch 9 May
Steve Granite's Think Logistics initiative to get school children interested in a career in transport is holding a launch event on 9 May at Whittlebury Hall, near Towcester. The presentation has been successfully piloted at two sixth form colleges and Granite is now keen for other operators to make use ...
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ArticleFurther fall in number of LGVs on British roads
The number of LGVs licensed for use on Great Britain's roads fell almost 10% between 2007 and 2012, new figures from the DfT have shown. At the end of 2007, there were 510,800 licensed LGVs over 3.5 tonnes GVW but by the end of last year, that had fallen to ...
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Highways Agency announces final pinch point schemes
The Highways Agency has detailed 58 further schemes to reduce congestion on England’s motorways and major A-roads, in the third and final stage of the 123-scheme pinch point programme originally announced in autumn 2011. The 58 schemes, which represent an investment of £98m, will all be delivered by March 2015 ...
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ArticleMP Flello to put forward ATF Operators Association's concerns in Parliament
Labour MP Rob Flello has shown support for the ATF Operators Association (AOA) by planning to put forward Parliamentary questions concerning a fair partnership with Vosa.Flello, who is also part of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Freight, met with members of the AOA to discuss the its views on ...
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ArticleTechnical focus: there is manoeuvrability in longer semis
Producing a 15.65m longer semi-trailer that complies with manoeuvrability rules is one thing; building one that is a genuinely practical, real-world proposition is a different matter. So says Professor David Cebon, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Cambridge and director of Cambridge Vehicle Dynamics Consortium (CVDC), a collaboration ...
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ArticleCV Show 2013: MAN boss says this year's show is vital to 'demystify' Euro-6
MAN Truck and Bus UK CEO Des Evans believes the 2013 CV Show is the most important in its 35-year history as it will provide a vital wake up call to operators on the transition to Euro-6. Evans said there is widespread ignorance on the latest EU emissions standard which ...
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ArticleCV Show 2013: Ford reveals new Transit Courier
Ford has unveiled the new Transit Courier at the Birmingham CV Show, the last of its new Transit models. The small panel van completes a four-vehicle line-up, that the company hopes will boost sales by over 50% by 2016.Based upon the company’s B-segment platform, the new Transit Courier uses the ...
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ArticleSlow economy drags on property demand
Total industrial and logistics floorspace take-up fell 22% last year due to weak economic conditions and a shortage of good quality stock, according to property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle’s latest UK Industrial Property Trends Today report. Subdued economic activity in 2012 “acted as a drag on property demand”, said the ...
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ArticleLeading haulier calls for stiffer penalties on illicit fuel
Prominent Northern Ireland LGV operator Willie Oliver has called for stiffer penalties to be applied to those found using laundered fuel. Oliver, who is MD of Coleraine-based Oliver Transport Services and a board member of the RHA, has also thrown his weight behind the recent suggestion by RHA director of ...
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ArticleBlitz shows compliance still a pressing issue in van sector
Standards of compliance remain a pressing problem in the light commercial vehicle sector, judging by a recent crackdown on the M4 in which more than 100 fixed penalties were issued for a range of road traffic offences.In the four-day blitz in March involving Wiltshire Police and HM Revenue and Customs, ...
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ArticleHazchem extends coverage in Europe with new members
Redhead International delivers internationally for HazchemPalletised chemicals distribution specialist the Hazchem Network has added three new members to extend its coverage in to Europe.Pan-European operator P&O Ferrymasters will cover the Benelux region, while Bradford, West Yorkshire-based Redhead International will handle loads to and from Austria.Allen Logistics, which has depots in ...
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ArticleScania: The Next Generation
Scania has taken the unusual step of introducing second-generation Euro-6 engines nine months before Euro-6 emissions legislation is fully implemented at the end of this year. When it unveiled its first Euro-6-compliant 12.7-litre engine two years ago, Scania said that testing showed fuel consumption was comparable with Euro-5’s. But now ...
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ArticlePall-Ex: pallet networks gaining from shrinking own-account fleets
The UK’s continuing economic malaise is creating new business opportunities for pallet networks as own-account operators look to slim down their vehicle fleets, according to the boss of Pall-Ex. Pall-Ex MD Adrian Russell told MT that a number of national own-account fleets had contracted as the UK’s economy continued to ...
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UK fuel usage remains broadly stable
Consumption of road transport fuels fell fractionally during 2012, latest statistics from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have shown.A 5.4% fall in petrol sales over the year being almost entirely offset by a 2.36% rise in diesel sales, according to DECC. In the fourth quarter of 2012, ...
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Ireland duty rebate may lead to greater use of illicit fuel, warns RHA
The introduction of a rebate on fuel duty for goods vehicle operators in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) this summer may tempt more UK operators to use illicit fuel, the RHA has conceded. RHA policy director Jack Semple said the 7.5 cent rebate, which fully licensed vehicle operators in the ...
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News Extra: It's freezing out there
Last month to the collective relief of the road transport industry, chancellor George Osborne froze duty once again, announcing September’s 3ppl increase would not happen.He said the decision in the past two years to freeze duty meant fuel was 13ppl cheaper than it would have been if no action had ...