All Interviews articles – Page 3
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ArticleTVS builds on Wilcox and McPhee heritage to launch innovative electric construction vehicles
Total Vehicle Solutions Group has rebranded as TVS Interfleet, as the CV bodybuilder positions itself to offer greener products to the transport industry.It has also launched a bespoke bodywork division called Purpose Bodies, which will build lightweight ambient vehicle products.TVS has collaborated with OEMs to develop lightweight e-tippers and e-mixers, ...
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The road to net zero emissions is beset with fallacies and myths - but a solution is at hand
The definition of a fallacy is: a false or mistaken idea. This is a description that could very well be applied to the ubiquitous concept of achieving net zero CO2 emissions that the industrial world is now tasked with achieving by 2050, Dennis and Desmond Evans argue.Having co-authored a book ...
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Will the brakes go on warehouse development in 2023?
Brexit and Covid-19 have had huge impacts on demand for warehousing in the UK, the evidence being clear from the number of large sheds springing up alongside major motorways. MT spoke to three experts in the field of logistics property development to get their views on prospects for 2023.Charles Binks, ...
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ArticleXPO gearing up for growth
UK MD Dan Myers expands on the company’s 42-year partnership with the Tour de France and his determination to navigate the challenging road aheadThe July morning is already scorchingly hot as I wait on the Champs-Élysées to meet XPO UK MD Dan Myers (pictured).We're here in Paris for the last ...
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ArticleZero carbon transport will need green electricity - lots of it and in the right places
Whatever the post 2035 road transport landscape looks like it is certain to involve the use of growing amounts of electricity to power vehicles as the 120-year dominance of diesel begins to decline. Whether trucks are powered by batteries, catenaries or hydrogen - or a combination - they will need ...
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ArticleNew brooms sweep clean as FORS gets a change of management
At the start of 2022 the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) had a complete shake up of its management team (see panel) following the appointment of £4bn a year European consulting, digital services and software development giant Sopra Steria as the new FORS administrator in October 2021 after a competitive ...
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ArticleAfter a decade as TC, Nick Denton says there is still a lot to do to educate operators on their responsibilities
TC Nick Denton (right) on a police HGV patrolNick Denton recently retired from his full time role as traffic commissioner (TC) for the West Midlands after 10 years regulating the road transport industry.Quite rightly, he takes immense pride in the quasi-judicial role of TC, which is a far from easy ...
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ArticleGreen Biofuels clears up some of the myths surrounding renewable liquid fuels
While the debate over whether zero emission HGVs will be powered by batteries or hydrogen or both, Green Biofuels is quietly getting on with helping operators including Hovis, Travis Perkins and CEVA Logistics cut their CO2 emissions by up to 90% and NOx emissions by 30% now by replacing standard ...
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ArticleWhy Stobart is the perfect fit for Culina, explains CEO van Mourik
Culina Group announced its takeover of GreenWhiteStar Acquisitions (GWSA) on 1 July 2021, a deal that brought Eddie Stobart, Eddie Stobart Europe, iForce, The Pallet Network and The Logistics People into the Culina Group fold. GWSA’s 20% holding in courier Speedy Freight was sold to a management buyout as part ...
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ArticleParcels to pallets – a new but lasting trend?
As the e-commerce boom continues, Palletways says a growing number of parcel companies are looking to diversify into palletised haulage. MT hears why the transition can offer a lucrative new revenue streamThe UK saw a big jump in e-commerce, both B2C and B2B, during the pandemic as stores and businesses ...
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ArticleSixty not out - Bob Terris celebrates his Diamond Jubilee
While attention this year has understandably been focused on the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, a VIP of the transport industry is celebrating a Diamond Jubilee after recently passing the milestone of 60 years with his firm.Bob Terris, chairman of Meachers Global Logistics, joined the Meachers family coal merchant and transport company ...
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ArticleMicrolise chief hails the return of its transport conference in 2022
The Microlise Transport Conference returned to Coventry on May 18 2022 after a three-year gap due to the Covid pandemic and Microlise chief executive Nadeem Raza, pictured, said it was “fantastic to be back” with over 1,000 delegates in attendance.“We have clearly hit the mark in terms of the subjects ...
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ArticleKeeping it in the family pays dividends for Fagan & Whalley
In February Lancashire family logistics company Fagan & Whalley (F&W) completed the acquisition of Alan R Jones & Sons, another long-standing family firm in Newport, South Wales. The establishment of a base in South Wales was just the latest in a series of investments the sixth generation haulier is making ...
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ArticleCurrie Solutions fights back to profit after restructuring
Currie Solutions is set to move out of the red, three years after the loss making logistics firm was purchased in a management buy-out, and despite having to battle its way through the impact of Brexit, the pandemic, the driver shortage crisis and global supply chain restrictions.The Dumfries-headquartered group, which ...
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ArticleCash not truck loads of shoes and socks is what Ukrainian refugees really need
The Humanitarian Logistics Association (HLA) has launched an awareness campaign with its Lyon-based corporate member Bioport to assist those wishing to donate to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. The new guidance gathers the latest best practice from a range of sources to ensure the right donations get to the right people ...
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ArticleTransport Scotland mulls Norwegian blueprint for tunnel plan
Transport Scotland has held discussions with the Norwegian government to learn about constructing tunnels, as part of plans to provide a solution to a stretch of road in the Highlands plagued by landslips.Last year, the government announced work was being progressed for a resilient route through Glen Croe to replace ...
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ArticleMoody Logistics adopts what3words to address delivery accuracy
Moody Logistics and Storage has become one of the first members of the Pall-Ex network to enable its customers to use what3words to ensure the pinpoint accuracy of deliveries.The app identifies any three-metre location on the planet by encoding three dictionary words with geographical coordinates.A standard postcode contains up to ...
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ArticleShop fitter Sigma still flat out despite upheaval of Covid-19
Sigma has been working in the retail sector for over 20 years and provides some of the high street’s biggest retailers with services including store construction and consolidation, fixture procurement and M&E installation.Sigma’s supply chain director Stuart Thomas, pictured, has over 20 years’ experience in logistics with companies including CEVA ...
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ArticleSpin off complete, GXO MD looks forward to a bright future for contract logistics and ecommerce
In August 2021 XPO completed the spin off of its Logistics division to create a new, separate company GXO, leaving the former Transport division to trade on as XPO.While there were good operational reasons for the split, Brad Jacobs, chairman and CEO of XPO Logistics, made no secret of the ...
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ArticleScania head of sustainability talks BEVs, hydrogen and green vehicles as a service
As part of the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scania held a one-day conference at its new Eurocentral flagship dealership to the east of the city to review road transport’s progress towards net-zero emissions. MT caught up with Scania’s global head of sustainability Andreas Follér at the event.MT: While ...