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MT ArticleKetra Logistics buys fellow Palletways network member IEFS
Palletways and Ketra LogisticsKetra Logistics has acquired fellow Palletways member IEFS to expand its coverage in London.Ketra MD Martyn Young takes over the Barking-based business from Derek Best, who has retired after more than 20 years at the helm.Young said the two companies will continue to operate independently.The purchase of ...
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MT ArticleAbbey Logistics Group wins Tata Chemicals and British Salt deal
Abbey Logistics Group has won a deal with Tata Chemicals and its sister company British Salt to manage bulk transport and logistics for the two firms'products.The Liverpool-based firm, which specialises in the transportation of bulk food products in liquid and powder tankers, has worked for several years as a third-party ...
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Garic becomes 200th Fors gold accredited company
Bury-based health and safety equipment manufacturer Garic has become the 200th company to achieve Fors gold accreditation.Garic, which manufactures, hires and sells welfare and environmental equipment to the construction industry, has a fleet of 50 vehicles.It became a bronze member after learning about the scheme while working on Crossrail.Garic transport ...
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MT ArticleSuttons secures BP Acetyls bulk hazardous liquids distribution deal
Suttons Group has renewed its contract with BP Acetyls, the largest single producer of acetic acid and anhydride in Europe.The deal sees Suttons confirmed as the exclusive distributor of bulk hazardous liquids in the UK for BP Acetyls . As a result of the deal, Suttons will also invest in ...
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MT ArticleEU proposes to relax cabotage rules
Transport workers hold the protest against social dumping in front of EU headquarters in Brussels, BelgiumThe EU is proposing to relax cabotage rules to allow HGVs on foreign runs to make unlimited deliveries and drop offs over five days rather than the existing limit of three internal movements in a ...
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Bibby Distribution wins Nampak Plastics Europe deal
Bibby Distribution has won a major logistics deal with Nampak Plastics Europe.The contract will see Bibby transport HDPE packaging from Nampak’s Newport Pagnell headquarters to its plants and dairy customers across the UK.It will also oversee the Nampak’s subcontracted deliveries in Ireland and the Netherlands.As part of the deal Bibby ...
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DX Group and John Menzies Distribution merger leaps past shareholder hurdle
The DX Group and John Menzies Distribution merger could be sealed this summer after both boards approved a revised offer that satisfies objections from a major shareholder.The revised deal, which sees the price of the deal slashed from £60m to £40m, has removed the opposition of major DX shareholder Gatemore ...
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MT ArticleRichard Gutsell becomes operations director at Palletline
Former City Link regional network manager Richard Gutsell has taken on the newly created role of operations director at Palletline, just two years after joining the network as head of hubs.In his new position, Gutsell will oversee Palletline’s hub operations, network service quality and IT infrastructure.Palletline MD Graham Leitch said: ...
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Connect Group gets green light for care and education division disposal
Tuffnells owner Connect Group has been given the green light by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to sell its care and education division to education resource provider RM.Connect’s sale of the division to RM for £64.4m, including £56.5m cash and deficit of £7.9m, was announced in February this year. ...
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MT ArticlePerennial Freight goes for 50 hardy SDC curtainside trailers
Perennial Freight has taken delivery of 50 tri-axle euroliner curtainsiders from SDC Trailers. The trailer order, which boosts the firm’s trailer fleet to more than 700, is in response to the growth of the its European business.Perennial Freight, which moves 25,000 full loads a year, operates a fleet of 70 ...
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Last-mile logistics report says 'free delivery' mentality must be stopped
A new report commissioned by the Independent Transport Commission (ITC) has found that the general public’s belief that delivery is free is something to be challenged urgently if urban distribution is to remain viable.ITC director Matthew Niblett said: “People are waking up to the fact that freight produces a large ...
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General election 2017: The transport policies
Undecided how you're going to vote next week? Motor Transport looked through the key party manifestos to see what the new government could mean for the road haulage sector. Conservative partyManifesto pledges include:Road transport: Continue a £40bn road and rail investment programme Develop the strategic road network, Improve transport connections ...
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MT ArticleNisa Retail chooses Transdek double-deck trailers
Transdek has supplied Nisa Retail with 10 wedge double-deck trailers. The trailers, which will be operated by DHL Supply Chain, will run from Nisa’s Scunthorpe DC.Head of logistics at Nisa Retail Lee Vickers said: “We distribute substantial ambient volumes into the South from Scunthorpe and the introduction of Transdek trailers ...
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MT ArticleEuropa Worldwide Group back to profitability after restructure
Europa Worldwide Group smashed through the £100m turnover barrier and returned to profitability in 2016, in a year that saw the group boost its turnover by a fifth. For the year ended 31 December 2016, Europa recorded turnover of £116.4m (2015: £96m).Pre-tax profit also saw a significant jump last year, ...
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MT ArticleEconic skip loader at Tip-ex boasts first in-house gearbox
The Econic skip loader on the Mercedes-Benz stand is the first example to fitted with the in-house PowerShift 3 automated manual transmission in place of the traditional Allison.Pricing depends on exact specification but is expected to similar to the Allison.The show truck also featured the improved driver access, with a ...
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MT ArticleKinaxia Logistics snaps up seventh haulier with Maiden's of Telford buy
Kinaxia Logistics has snapped up its seventh haulage firm in just over five years, with Telford-based AJ Maiden & Son, which trades as Maiden's of Telford, joining the fold.It already owns Bay Freight (January 2012), William Kirk (September 2013), NC Cammack & Sons (May 2014), Foulger Transport (March 2015), Lambert ...
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MT ArticleDematic opens new UK headquarters
US firm Dematic has confirmed its commitment to the UK and North European market with the opening of its new head office in Oxfordshire.Located in Adderbury, the building houses a training academy, conference facilities, a 24/7 customer response centre, and a live exhibition showroom for demonstrating warehouse automation technology.The move ...
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MT ArticleMenzies Distribution snaps up Ireland's EM News Distribution
Logistics and delivery firm Menzies Distribution has strengthened its hold on the Irish market with the purchase of Irish news and magazine wholesaler, EM News Distribution. Under the terms of the £5.46m deal, Menzies Distribution has increased its existing 50% interest in the company to 100%, buying out the remaining ...
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MT ArticleDriverless trucks will lead to millions of redundancies that governments must plan for, warns report
Volvo platoon demonstration in which line of vehicles are driven autonomously by the one at the frontGovernments must prepare plans to manage the effect of millions of redundancies created by the rise of driverless trucks, experts have warned.Automated trucks could slash the demand for drivers by up to 70% in ...
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MT ArticleLiability and lack of collaboration holding back adoption of automated HGV technology
MAN Platoon of two trucks on the road.Legal liabilities and lack of collaboration between operators are among the major issues that continue to hold back the mainstream adoption of automated HGV technology and platooning in the UK.This was the view of speakers at the Motor Transport Truck to the Future ...