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ArticleMT Awards 2017 winner profile Haulier of the Year sponsored by Volvo Trucks
Wincanton Industrial and Transport MD Chris Fenton, third left, and his colleagues receive the award from Mike Corcoran, commercial director at Volvo Trucks, second rightThis year’s winner of the Haulier of the Year award was Wincanton, the UK’s largest logisticsoperator, which has seen a remarkable turnaround in performance after a ...
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ArticleRyder appoints new director of engineering
Shaun Stephenson has re-joined rental and contract hire business Ryder as its director of engineering. Shaun was at Ryder until 2012 as head of operations. The company said his new role acknowledges the increasing importance that engineering is playing in the own account and logistics sector.Shaun has held senior fleet ...
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ArticleDVSA finds emission cheat devices fitted to one in 12 HGVs
UK-registered HGVs topped the list of vehicles found to be fitted with emissions fraud devices during four months of checks by the DVSA. One in every 12 of all vehicles - UK and non UK - checked for emissions fraud devices were discovered to be fitted with one between August ...
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Struggling M and J Haulage threw in the towel after learning client British Sugar was to reduce its work, report reveals
Major sugar beet haulier M and J Haulage collapsed into administration due to a heavy reliance on finance to fund investments, low margins and the prospect of less work from British Sugar, according to KPMG.The Lincolnshire company appointed administrators on 12 October after it was informed by British Sugar of ...
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ArticleNothing new about port-centric logistics at PD Ports says Jim French
The idea of port-centric logistics – where imports are handled close to the port of entry and sent direct to their destination rather than via a central DC – has been given a boost by developments such as London Gateway and Liverpool2.But PD Ports has had the largest retailer-backed portcentric ...
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ArticleAxis Fleet Management appoints new national sales director
Axis Fleet Management has appointed former Fraikin national sales manager as its new sales director. The role was previously held by Leigh Goodland, who became MD of the business at the end of 2017.New sales director Steve Lymer also worked as sales and marketing director at SDC trailers and as ...
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ArticleMT Awards 2017 winner profile Operational and Compliance Excellence sponsored by FTA
FTA chief executive David Wells, fifth right, presents the trophy to Jon Ormond, Hermes director of hub and depot operations, second right, and the Hermes teamHermes bagged the Operational and Compliance Excellence award for its client and compliance-focused technology.Hermes continues to expand at an exceptional pace. During 2017 the company ...
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UK Mail adds three vice presidents to accommodate business growth
UK Mail has made a trio of appointments to its senior management team as the business thrives on its acquisition by Deutsche Post DHL in 2016.The firm has appointed vice presidents for operations, sales and marketing.CEO Peter Fuller said that since it was bought by the German company, UK Mail ...
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Eddie Stobart opens second industry-wide driver training academy
Eddie Stobart has opened a second training academy after the facility it opened to the public last year was met with high demand. Stobart opened its formerly in-house academy in Appleton to all last September to meet demand from customers and "safeguard the flexibility and agility of our industry", according ...
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ArticleAll change at Yodel as CEO Mike Cooper joins Eurostar
Former CFO Andrew Peeler replaced Mike Cooper as CEO earlier this yearYodel CEO Mike Cooper is to leave the business at the end of the month, leaving chief financial officer Andrew Peeler to become the business's fourth chief executive in just over five years. Peeler joined the parcel carrier in ...
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ArticleUnder new management - Yodel's four-point plan to profit
Just before he left the business in January, Yodel's then CEO Mike Cooper told MT about his four-point plan to turn Yodel around from years of losses to profitability. Redesigning its transport network and harnessing its data more effectively are some of the things achieved in his time at the ...
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ArticleChris Grayling retains role as transport secretary heading DfT in cabinet reshuffle
Chris Grayling MP has retained his role as transport secretary after Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet reshuffle today (8 January).Grayling took up his position in July 2016, succeeding Patrick McLoughlin who had been in post since 2012.Grayling has been the MP for Epsom and Ewell since 2011. He was the ...
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ArticleLidl to build Luton warehouse as part of £1.45bn London growth plan
Lidl is to build a 1,000,000ft² warehouse and RDC in Luton as part of its £1.45bn investment plan for the UK. When complete, the facility will be double the size of the largest of its 15 other UK warehouses.The RDC will service Greater London, providing support to Lidl's warehouses in ...
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Interactive Cost Tables
The Motor Transport Interactive Cost Tables are a vital tool will help you calculate your fleet's running costs, and allow you to factor in the dynamic shrinking or expansion of the size of your fleet, and your business costs.Simply add your fleet to the calculator and business costs and the ...
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Annual Cost Tables
Welcome to the Motor Transport operating cost tables, widely regarded as the most reliable and accurate measure of the costs of running commercial vehicles. Put together after meticulous research into the actual costs of operating vans, rigid trucks and artics, the MT cost tables have been used as the benchmark ...
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Senior traffic commissioner to discuss targeting rule breakers at Microlise Transport Conference
Senior traffic commissioner Richard Turfitt will speak at the Microlise Transport Conference, a year after he stepped into predecessor Beverley Bell’s shoes.Turfitt said he will use the event in Coventry to tell the industry about the Office of the Traffic Commisioners’s work to reform its systems and processes.Turfitt said: “By ...
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Severn Crossing tolls drop as ownership shifts to Highways England
Prices have dropped on the Severn Crossings today as the bridges entered back into public ownership.VAT was removed from the toll price tag as the crossings came under the responsibility of Highways England this morning, meaning HGVs will now pay £16.70 instead of £20.The cost for a van to cross ...
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Home delivery egg must hatch or go bad
One industry observer's slightly jaundiced view of the home delivery vans cluttering up his street.Ocado’s admission that it has been held back by a driver shortage while motorists’ frustration gets worse because of the increasing number of side-street-blocking home delivery vans is a paradox for the modern age; how can ...
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ArticleMT Awards 2017 winner profile Safety in Operation Award sponsored by CVL
From left: Palletline health and safety manager Ken Bell; MD Graham Leitch, operations director Richard Gutsell; and CVL sales director Eric BurnsWinner of the Safety in Operation Award this year was Palletline for its exceptional attitude towards keeping its staff and customers safe.After securing its third Motor Transport Safety in ...
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CitySprint trials hydrogen-powered van and boosts cargo bike fleet in London
CitySprint is trialling its first hydrogen powered van in London and has more than doubled its fleet of cargo bikes.The carrier plans to have an emission-free fleet in the city by 2020.CitySprint has developed the van with Renault, and its client Mitie will run the vehicle in the capital for ...