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ArticleSkills for Logistics officially launches Standard of Excellence for Driver CPC
Skills for Logistics (SfL) launched its Driver CPC Standard of Excellence last week at an event held at the John Lewis Northampton distribution centre.Operators and training providers took part in presentations evaluating how the first five-year wave of Driver CPC had been conducted, highlighting best practice from across the industry ...
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ArticleFraikin invests £4m in Iveco trucks for rental fleet
Fraikin has placed a £4m order for Euro-6 Iveco trucks for its rental division.The new vehicles comprise a mixture of Eurocargo rigids and Stralis Hi-Way tractors and will be new additions to the firm’s 1,000-strong rental parc, in which Fraikin has invested £27m in since the start of last year.Fraikin ...
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ArticleBullet Express opens East Kilbride warehouse
Bullet Express has opened a 4-acre storage facility in East Kilbride to meet demand for warehousing from its customers.The site complements its Bothwell distribution operation and offers storage space for more than 4,000 pallets, pick and pack, and de-containerisation.It has 14 dock levellers (pictured right) for loading and unloading containers ...
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PD Portcentric Logistics wins LCL deconsolidation contract with Allport
Allport Cargo Services is to relocate its less-than-container load (LCL) deconsolidation service to the port of Felixstowe after signing a three-year contract with PD Portcentric Logistics.It plans to move all of its LCL deconsolidation operations, currently at Tilbury, into a 500,000ft² site operated by PD Portcentric Logistics. Allport then ...
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ArticleFuel cells the future for low carbon urban transport?
Where California goes, the US goes, and where the US goes the rest of the world will follow, so they say. So the news that California is investing in a hydrogen refuelling network to power vehicles running on hydrogen fuel cells might be significant. Maybe.Air Products is supplying hydrogen fuelling ...
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ArticleUnited Pallet Network turnover jumps
The United Pallet Network (UPN) enjoyed a good 2013/14 with turnover up more than 20% according to its latest accounts.The pallet network saw turnover in the year ended 31 March 2014 climb 20.9% to £5.9m compared with £4.9m a year ago.Pre tax profit also increased, climbing 9.6% to £1.4m (2013: ...
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ArticleACS&T wins three-year extension with bakery brand Kara
ACS&T has secured a three-year contract extension with foodservice brand Kara to manage outbound storage and distribution.The temperature-controlled specialist will collect frozen burger buns, breads and teacakes directly from Kara’s Manchester manufacturing site for palletised storage at ACS&T’s Wolverhampton hub.Up to 300 pallets per week will then be picked and ...
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Kuehne + Nagel plans Heathrow site
Kuehne + Nagel plans to move into a depot at London Heathrow airport next year, as it continues with its restructuring plans.The 130,000ft² flagship warehouse will be located on the Heathrow South Cargo Centre and is due to open in early 2015.A K+N spokeswoman was unavailable to disclose how many ...
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ArticleStart spreading the news about out-of-hours deliveries at Quiet Cities
Credit: Mark Lennihan/AP/Press Association ImagesStacey Hodge, director at Office of Freight Mobility, New York City Department of Transportation, will bring an international perspective to the first Quiet Cities summit in Twickenham next month. As well as showcasing the out-of-hours delivery experience in the Big Apple the two-day event will bring ...
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Allport Cargo Services appoints joint MD
Allport Cargo Services has appointed Charles McGurin as joint MD, replacing Jerry Gray who is to retire.McGurin rejoins Allport after 13 years and will head up the company alongside joint MD Danny Clayton. Most recently, he worked at DHL Supply Chain as vice president, business development for Europe, ...
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ArticleImport Services wins London Gateway warehouse contract
Southampton-based port-centric logistics firm Import Services has been chosen to operate DP World London Gateway’s shared user facility.It will take on a ‘significant portion’ of the 386,000ft² common user facility on the London Gateway Logistics Park, which is due to open in the second quarter of 2015.It will provide devanning, ...
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ArticleBook now to secure your place at Quiet Cities
Quiet Cities is the first global summit focused on enabling quieter deliveries of freight in urban environments.The two-day summit, a joint imitative between Motor Transport, TfL, DHL and Route Monkey, and it will take place on 25 and 26 November at Twickenham Stadium.It will bring together key stakeholders interested in ...
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ArticleFormer Roadways MD joins Pentalver in wake of Maritime buyout
Nick Matthews, formerly MD of Roadways Container Logistics, has joined Pentalver as general manager of its Cannock operation just weeks after Roadways was bought by Maritime Transport.Matthews will be responsible for running Pentalver (Cannock) – its 22 acre inland container port facility north of Birmingham – which includes 260 employees ...
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ArticleBuffaload increases Huntingdon HQ capacity
Cambridgeshire temperature-controlled operator Buffaload Logistics has opened a new cross-docking facility at its Huntingdon base, which it claims will increase capacity at the site by up to 50%.The six-bay cross-docking facility can accommodate its 65 double-deck refrigerated trailers and will help the firm cope with peak demand. It is currently ...
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ArticleCeva Logistics reveals three-year Snap-on Tools deal
Ceva Logistics has been awarded a three-year contract with tool manufacturer Snap-on Tools UK.The $8m (£4.9m) deal will see it provide transport for Snap-on’s UK franchises. It involves making collections from its two product warehouses in Kettering and delivering products to Ceva’s warehouses for sortation, as well as unattended deliveries ...
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Steve Porter Transport sees drop-trailer volume jump
Steve Porter Transport enjoyed a busy summer, with a jump in drop-trailer movements during the period.The Isle of Wight haulier, which runs a drop-trailer service from Southampton to the island making use of Red Funnel ferries, saw drop-trailer movements increase by almost a quarter from the 13 January to 13 ...
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ArticleKnowles keeps margins high despite fall in turnover
Cambridgeshire transport and storage provider Knowles Transport managed to generate an 11.4% pre-tax profit margin in the year to the end of December 2013 despite a sharp drop in turnover, figures logged recently at Companies House have shown.Turnover for the year fell almost 18% from £33m to £27.1m; pre-tax profit ...
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ArticleTiger Trailers secures early orders
Tiger Trailers, the trailer manufacturer set up by former Cartwright Group joint MDs John and Steven Cartwright, has secured a series of orders from major operators, some of whom previously bought from Cartwright.Gloucester 3PL Downton has ordered 60 Tiger curtainsided trailers for use on a variety of work, including paper, ...
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Push to force more alternative fuel stations gathers pace
New rules to ensure the build-up by 2020 of more refuelling points for vehicles using alternative fuels have been formally adopted by the European Council.I comes after their final approval in the European Parliament in April.Under the new rules adopted on 29 September, EU member states will have to set ...
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ArticleDriving economic growth
David CoombesWelcome to the first of my columns giving you what will be a ‘hands on’ and coalface perspective of the recruitment and talent issues facing all employers in our industry today.I want to start by discussing skills shortages; the current and growing issue of 150,000 LGV drivers that are ...