Latest fleet news – Page 712
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MT ArticleAmazon Fresh expands to Hampshire postcodes
Amazon has expanded its grocery home delivery service to addresses in Hampshire less than a year after its UK launch. Amazon Fresh launched in London last year, giving Prime customers in 69 London postcodes access to thousands of fresh, frozen and ambient groceries.The online retailer had bumped this to 190 ...
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Whistl to consolidate Leeds and Warrington depots into new Bolton hub
Whistl is to close depots in Leeds and Warrington and consolidate their work into a single ‘super hub’ in Bolton. The 225,000ft² warehouse, expected to be operational in July, will increase the volume capacity of the combined operations by 33%.The postal operator has signed a 10-year lease on the site ...
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DX Group issues profit warning as challenging courier and freight markets bite
DX Group has issued a profit warning due to continuing challenges in the courier market and margin pressure within its freight business.In a trading update the operator said the tough trading conditions referred to in its update from 22 November 2016 had continued, including pressure on pricing.“While there has been ...
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Effective last-mile freight is vital to support growth, says Transport for West Midlands
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has said applying “ingenuity” to the region’s transport system is essential to keep pace with surging business and population growth.Speaking ahead of next month’s Freight in the City Spring Summit in Birmingham, Mike Waters, head of policy and strategy at TfWM, said effective last-mile operations ...
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Waitrose introduces ten Scania CNG trucks to its fleet
Waitrose has introduced ten Scania compressed natural gas (CNG) powered trucks, which it is claimed will cut the retailer’s fuel costs by up to £1m and its CO2 emissions by 5,000 tonnes over five years.The Scanias, P340 4x2s, are believed to be the first HGVs in Europe to use 26-inch ...
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H2ME project puts 60 Renault Kangoo fuel cell vans into operation
The first 100 fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) deployed through the €170m Hydrogen Mobility Europe (H2ME) project are now on the road in Germany, France and the UK.H2ME brings together eight European countries to help make the market ready for hydrogen mobility and is the largest-scale project of its kind.Its ...
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MT ArticleEddie Stobart to install Microlise across entire fleet
Eddie Stobart is rolling out Microlise systems across its fleet of more then 2,000 vehicles, after a “detailed evaluation” of the new system against its predecessor.Stobart will use Microlise’s Fleet Performance and Journey Management system under the name of Eddie Stobart Link.Planned vs actual route planning and easy access to ...
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Collapsed Widdowson Logistics succeeded by Birds Transport Leicester
Ex-Widdowson Logistics staff retained at a successor company based on the same site as the collapsed haulier are apparently being paid by Birds Transport Leicester.Leicester-based Widdowson Logistics was placed into administration on 23 January. The process is being handled by Leonard Curtis. There has been no official update from the ...
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DfT backs dedicated gas-powered truck technology
The government should continue to back the development of gas-powered trucks, according to a DfT study.The study found that Euro-6 dedicated gas powered trucks produce almost half as much nitrogen oxides (NOx) and less than one third of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) than diesel powered Euro-6 trucks.The study, Emissions Testing of ...
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MT ArticleDSV Road opens Bradford office to drive growth of European freight business
Global logistics provider DSV Road is looking to better service clients in Yorkshire with the opening of a new office in Bradford offering daily groupage services across Europe.The new team is being headed up by Richard Wheatcroft, who joined DSV Road in October last year to take on the day-to-day ...
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Clipper Logistics signs new British American Tobacco deal
Clipper Logistics has expanded its work with British American Tobacco to cover the whole of the UK, after it signed a new four-year deal with the company.The Leeds-based group, whose clients include John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Asda and Morrisons, said the new four-year contract will extend to the end ...
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Tuffnells owner Connect Group sells division to fuel parcel sector growth
Tuffnells owner Connect Group is to sell its care and education division in order to focus on the growth of its parcels and news services. Connect will sell the division to education resource provider RM for £64.4m, including £56.5m cash and deficit of £7.9m.The group said the move will reduce ...
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MT ArticlePodfather becomes Fors associate member
Transport management systems firm Podfather has signed up to be a Fors associate member.Both Fors and Clocs-compliant vehicle walk-round checks can now be carried out by a driver, site foreman or safety inspectorhrough the Podfather smartphone app.Data is then uploaded to a secure, central website platform for analysis and reporting ...
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Check out the latest speakers signed up to Freight in the City Birmingham on 1 March
More than 300 visitors have now registered to attend Freight in the City Spring Summit ‘Improving the last mile’ on 1 March in Birmingham.The seminar programme is now confirmed with a strong line-up of speakers bringing together city officials and the logistics sector to promote sustainable urban freight movements.Latest speakers ...
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MT ArticleSuttons Group to spend £17m on fleet upgrade
Suttons Group is spending more than £17m upgrading 200 units on its fleet to provide capacity for the recent growth in its UK bulk tanker business. In May last year, Suttons decided to exit its long-term logistics contract with British Sugar and focus on the hazardous chemicals, gases and fuels ...
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Highways England planning to cut or delay major road improvement schemes
Highways England is looking at cutting and delaying major road schemes in the Road Investment Strategy (RIS) in a bid to slash a predicted overspend of £800m.In its latest review of Highways England’s performance, Highways Monitor: Update on Highways England’s capital planning and asset management, the Office of Road and ...
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MT ArticleAPC Overnight boosts turnover after year of "reshaping"
Picture by www.edwardmoss.co.uk All rights reserved APCAPC Overnight boosted its turnover in the year ended 31 March 2016, after it lowered its maximum parcel weight as part of an “important year” of reshaping the business.The network recorded turnover of £102.3m, up 3.5% on the previous year’s £98.8m.Pre-tax profit fell by ...
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Non-compliant vehicles could pay up to £200 to enter Southampton from 2019
Commercial vehicles that aren’t Euro-6 compliant will have to pay a fine of up to £200 from 2019 to enter Southampton, according to the city’s council.Speaking at the Making Freight Consolidation Centres Work event in the city last week, Neil Tuck, programme manager for the local sustainable transport fund at ...
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MT ArticleInterlink Express to become DPD Local
DPD Group is rebranding its B2B-focused Interlink Express to improve brand consistency within the UK.From 6 February, Interlink will become DPD Local.Founded in 1979, Interlink operates from 90 depots using the same Motor Transport award-winning technology and services as its sister company DPD. It claims to be one of the ...
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Collapse of City Link has been Panther Warehousing's gain, says boss
The collapse of City Link triggered an influx of additional volumes into the large parcels market, Panther Warehousing MD Colin McCarthy has said. The availability of product has driven Panther’s Solo delivery service, which was launched in January 2016. The service involves an individual courier delivering ugly freight that doesn’t ...