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ArticleH&B Logistics celebrates third decade by expanding fleet and premises
Oldham-based H&B Logistics is celebrating 30 years in business by expanding its fleet and improving its facilities, backed by £131,000 of funding.The funding, via asset finance provider Lombard, has been used to boost H&B’s 40-strong fleet with two double deck trailers and two 44-tonne articulating trucks. It has also helped ...
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ArticleAB2K expands fleet with four new Scania G450 XT Cheesewedges
Glasgow-based heavy plant and equipment hire specialist AB2K has upgraded its fleet with four new Scania G450 XT Cheesewedge plant bodies supplied by MV Commercial.AB2K is a contractor in the civil engineering, ports, quarrying, rail and energy sectors. The new trucks, three of which are fitted with a Palfinger PK ...
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ArticlePallet networks seeing “unprecedented” demand for residential deliveries, APN reports
Pallet network residential deliveries have risen to unprecedented levels during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Association of Pallet Networks (APN).It said the first quarter of 2020 saw 14% of pallet network volumes being delivered to residential addresses, but this rose to almost 36% during April.The APN said the rise ...
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ArticleLondon Electric Vehicle Company expands UK network with five new dealer locations
London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) has strengthened its dealer presence in the Midlands with the appointment of Guest Truck and Van as its Midlands sales and servicing partner.Guest Truck and Van and its sister company, Sherwood Truck and Van, will represent LEVC in Birmingham, Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent, Sheffield and Leicester, which ...
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ArticleHeed warnings on bridge strikes or risk losing licence, FORS tells members
FORS has joined forces with Network Rail to try to drive down the number of bridge strikes by HGVs.The scheme is encouraging members to heed warnings over the issue and avoid putting their operator licences at risk.As Network Rail revealed that bridges are struck by HGVs an average of five ...
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ArticleMeet the 2020 MT Award winners - Innovation Award sponsored by Goodyear Tyres UK
MT editor Steve Hobson, Russell Markstein, group commercial director of Electra and Kate Norton, sales general manager, commercial, UK & Ireland, at sponsor Goodyear Tyres UKElectra Commercial Vehicles works with chassis and body manufacturers to make new HGVs 100% electric powered. Its all-electric trucks are aimed at operators needing a ...
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ArticleClipper Logistics faces “minimal” financial hit on Arcadia contract and no job losses, industry sources say
Clipper Logistics is set to transfer around 70 drivers on its Arcadia delivery partnership to other contracts and will lose “minimal” amounts on the deal, following the retail giant’s collapse, motortransport.co.uk has learnt.Clipper Logistics won the store delivery partnership with Arcadia Group earlier this year after DHL Supply Chain declined ...
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ArticleHGV traffic first to return to pre-Covid-19 lockdown levels
HGV traffic is the only type of motor transport to have returned to pre-pandemic lockdown traffic levels, according to new data released by the Department for Transport.The figures show that since 1 September HGV traffic has matched early 2020 traffic levels before the first lockdown began.In the first weeks of ...
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ArticleNorthern Powergrid energises fleet with £1.75m investment in seven Mercedes-Benz Unimogs
Northern Powergrid has taken delivery of seven new all-terrain Mercedes-Benz Unimogs.The vehicles, which represent an investment of £1.75m by Northern Powergrid, were supplied by specialist dealer South Cave Tractors of Brough in East Yorkshire.All seven vehicles are U5023 UHE Extreme Off-road Unimog models, and fitted with Versalift hydraulic access equipment.The ...
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ArticleWhistl ramps up drive into fulfilment with acquisition of Clientbase
Delivery management company Whistl has acquired Devon-based fulfilment and contact centre firm Clientbase for an undisclosed sum.The acquisition accelerates Whistl’s drive into fulfilment, increasing its portfolio of fulfilment warehouses across the UK to eight.It closely follows the recent expansion of Whistl’s Rushden facilities and the opening of a new warehouse ...
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ArticlePolaris Logistics & Distribution takes delivery of five height-adjustable trailers from Schmitz Cargobull
Logistics firm Polaris Logistics & Distribution has taken delivery of five new S.CS Mega curtainside trailers after being impressed with their flexibility and fuel economy.The Manchester-based firm, which is part of the Polaris Group said it decided to return to Schmitz Cargobull after being disappointed with equipment from its previous ...
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ArticleSuttons Tankers wins five-year gas cylinder trunking deal with BOC
Suttons Tankers has landed a major five-year contract with BOC to provide inter-branch trunking services for the movements of full and empty gas cylinders across the UK.This latest deal builds on Sutton’s 10-year partnership with BOC delivering propellant gas and pentanes contracts, which has also been extended.The BOC gas cylinder ...
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ArticleThe Commercial Motor Show
Virtual Commercial Motor showHeld over three days, the Commercial Motor Show put hundreds of exhibitors in front of an audience of thousands of commercial vehicle buyers and operators, all without the need for social distancing.In addition to seeing the latest vehicles, products and services, visitors to this free-to-attend event were ...
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ArticleSoaring volumes see DHL invest £17.5m in new facilities
DHL is investing £17.5m to improve capacity at key locations across its UK network as parcel volumes continue to surge.The logistics firm, which has has seen a 40% uplift in volumes this year, opened a new £7.5m unit in Eastleigh, Hants last month and moved operations from its nearby Fareham ...
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ArticleXPO Logistics speeds up delivery rates using machine vision scanners
XPO Logistics is processing e-commerce orders more than 10% faster after installing barcode scanners with machine vision in some of its UK warehouses.The scanners have been installed in high-volume e-commerce warehouses to help manage the continued surge in e-commerce orders driven by the pandemic and the peak season.The fixed-mount, computerised ...
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ArticleMeet the 2020 MT Award winners - Clean Fleet Van Operator of the Year sponsored by Renault Trucks
MT editor Steve Hobson, Dwain McDonald, CEO of DPD UK, and Carlos Oliveira Rodrigues, MD of sponsor Renault TrucksIn line with its wider urban delivery strategy, parcels firm DPD is aiming to build an all-electric fleet in “double-quick” time. By the end of 2020 it plans for more than ...
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ArticleLinkline Transport strengthens UK operations with £15m investment
(From left) Ryan Jones, sales director at Trailer Resources and James Bowes, commercial director at Linkline Transport pictured with the new SDC curtainsidersLinkline Transport has opened a purpose-built warehouse facility in Wellingborough as part of a £15m expansion programme.The Fortec member has also revealed plans to open a further two ...
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ArticleTiger Trailers bolsters B&M fleet
Variety retailer B&M has taken delivery of 21 straightframe fixed double deck wedge vans from Tiger Trailers.The trailers equip the retailer with the ability to carry 52 pallets by utilising the full length of the lower deck.The incorporation of an integrated twin-tier tail lift from Dhollandia enables efficient deliveries to ...
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ArticlePalletline strengthens Amazon tie-up with lease extension on Coventry hub
Palletline has extended the lease on its Coventry hub following strong growth.The pallet network invested in the secondary hub in Coventry’s West Middlemarch Business Park in April 2018, increasing its network capacity and providng a processing centre for strategic partner Amazon.The 180,000sq ft hub includes 138,000sq ft of warehouse space, ...
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ArticleRyder supplies 17 DAF LF220 15t rigids to Wickes
Ryder has suppled 17 new specialist DAF LF220 15t rigid replacement vehicles into Wickes’ kitchen and bathroom home delivery fleet.Ryder currently supplies more than 240 vehicles to Wickes, including 160 DAF XF tractors and trailers for its national 24/7 store distribution fleet and more than 80 specialist DAF LF rigid ...