Latest fleet news – Page 704
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New air quality measures could cost UK diesel drivers £20 a day
Diesel vehicle users could be charged up to £20 a day in towns and cities across the UK under new air quality measures expected to be introduced later this week.Environment secretary Andrea Leadsom is expected to announce the rules, which are believed to include 35 towns and cities.According to the ...
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Dearman takes zero-emission engine to Germany
UK clean, cool technology firm Dearman will be taking its zero-emission engine to Germany this week as it looks to expand its European presence.The Dearman engine runs on liquid nitrogen and can be used to produce zero-emission transport refrigeration units (TRUs) for trucks and vans.It is on trial with UK ...
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MT ArticleKinaxia adds Panic Transport to its stable
Investment firm Kinaxia is on the hunt for further acquisitions following the purchase of Palletline member Panic Transport (Contracts).It is its sixth acquisition in five years and the first paid for from a war chest of £25m, secured in January last year.The purchase of Rugby-based Panic Transport (Contracts) last month ...
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Tevva Motors heads to Madrid on trade mission to highlight zero-emission truck technology
Tevva Motors has been chosen by London mayor Sadiq Khan to take part in a three-day trade mission to Madrid.Essex-based Tevva will be looking to showcase its range-extended series hybrid electric 7.5-tonner to business leaders in the Spanish capital, which plans to ban diesel vehicles by 2025.The event forms part ...
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DX Group's largest shareholder slams John Menzies Distribution acquisition
DX Group’s largest shareholder has slammed the proposed acquisition of John Menzies Distribution, deeming it a bad deal for shareholders, an attempt to distract from “terrible” operating results and a “face saving exercise for the DX board”. The proposed deal, announced this morning, would see DX Group buy the distribution ...
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DX Group's profit plummets 75% in first six months of its trading year
DX Group’s pre-tax profit crashed 75% year-on-year in the six months ending 31 December 2016, it revealed today. The half-year results, released today, report adjusted pre-tax profit or £600,000, against £2.5m for the six months ended 31 December 2015.The group’s turnover increased by 0.7% to 142.7m.Last week the group’s largest ...
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Palletways introduces ETA service
Palletways has become the first in the pallet network sector to offer its customers two-hour delivery windows. The network’s new ETA service is live and is already being used by all member operators.Customers receive a text or email from Palletways and the member operator with an estimated time slot, and ...
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Earned recognition roll-out won't be until 2018, DVSA confirms
The DVSA’s flagship earned recognition programme will not be launched until 2018, its chief executive has confirmed.Gareth Llewellyn’s foreword in the agency’s 2017-2018 business plan, published today, said: “We have commenced work on our earned recognition programme which, when rolled out next year, will enable us to divert resources to ...
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MT ArticleBibby Distribution takes powder tankers from Feldbinder
Bibby Distribution has bought five new custom-designed powder tankers in a bid to cut the cost of transporting food and ingredients.The Feldbinder tankers, each able to transport 63,000m3, will transport powdered foodstuffs such as starches and sugars across the country and will be operating primarily out of Bibby’s Corby campus.Bibby ...
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Cycle lanes are short term pain for longer gain, says minister
Congestion caused by cycle lanes is a short-term pain for the long-term gain of reducing traffic levels in London, DfT minister Andrew Jones told the Transport Committee hearing on urban congestion this week.Asked by committee member Rob Flello MP why the DfT continued to fund bus and cycle lane schemes ...
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DX Group lands major Avon contract as boardroom battle continues
DX Group has announced a major new contract with Avon UK a week after plummeting share prices prompted its largest shareholder to call for the removal of two board members.The three-year deal is already underway and is worth in excess of £10m a year.DX chief executive Petar Cvetkovic said the ...
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Wincanton reveals details of Britvic contract won from Eddie Stobart
Wincanton has published details of its Britvic contract win, revealed by Motortransport.co.uk last month.The switch saw Britvic end its relationship with Eddie Stobart, which took on distribution for the soft drink manufacturer in April 2011.Wincanton’s deal, outlined today, will run for five years and will see it managing more than ...
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MT ArticleExpect Distribution takes 18 trailers from Ryder
Expect Distribution is to take delivery of 18 more trailers from Ryder. The trailers bring the Bradford-based firm's contract hire fleet with Ryder to 115 and follows the delivery of 31 vehicles - a mix of tractor units, trailers, and trucks - during 2016.The new triaxle curtainsiders, manufactured by SDC, ...
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Hermes to run electric Mercedes-Benz vans in German cities
Hermes is to work with Mercedes-Benz to roll out electric delivery vehicles in urban areas across Germany.A new strategic partnership will see Hermes deploy battery-powered Mercedes Vito and Sprinter vans in Hamburg and Stuttgart, with a pilot scheme expected in early 2018.The parcel delivery firm intends to have rolled out ...
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Fuel efficiency boosts pre-tax profit at CM Downton
Fuel efficiency increases from its Euro-6 fleet boosted CM Downton’s pre-tax profit last year. For the year ended 30 June 2016, Downton recorded a pre-tax profit of £5.7m, up 12% on the previous year’s £5m.A CM Downton spokesman said: “Part of the reason for the slight increase in profit was ...
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MT ArticleProtestors shut down Aggregate Industries and Tarmac quarries
Aggregate IndustriesAggregate Industries and Tarmac were the targets of protests at quarries in Lancashire yesterday, which shut down the sites for the day.Co-ordinated by Reclaim the Power as part of a two-week campaign, the protest on Monday (27 March) blocked the entrance to Tarmac’s Leapers Wood Quarry and Aggregate Industries’ ...
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Whistl profit up 145% in first full year after separation from Post NL
Whistl saw a leap in pre-tax profit in its first full-year results since the MBO that saw it separated from its PostNL origins. For the year ended 31 December 2016, Whistl recorded pre-tax profit of £8.4m; a 145% increase on 2015’s loss of £18.7m.Chief executive Nick Wells said this was ...
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Thermo King adds refrigeration unit to B-Series range
Thermo King has added the B-100 30 refrigeration unit for vans and small delivery trucks to its B-Series range of zero-emission electric units, which are powered directly from the vehicle battery.They are compatible with vehicles equipped with original air-conditioning system, requiring no drive kit or vehicle modification.The new B-100 30 ...
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Menzies Distribution signs deal with catering equipment supplier Nisbets
Menzies Distribution has won a contract with catering equipment supplier Nisbets.It will manage weekly supplies of goods from Nisbets' national distribution centre in Avonmouth to the company’s 22 stores across the UK.The goods will be trunked from Avonmouth to Menzies’ depot network with pallets and cages, then transferred to local ...
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Saica extends CM Downton contract
Paper manufacturer Saica has extended CM Downton’s contract for another year without reverting to a tender or benchmarking process.CM Downton said this latest extension reflects the strength of the partnership between the two firms which began in 2012 when Saica opened its paper mill at Partington in Manchester.Under the partnership, ...