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Ceva wins Finning NDC contract
Ceva Logistics has been chosen to operate an NDC for Caterpillar equipment dealer Finning, replacing five in-house operations.Under the deal, Ceva will operate a 120,000ft² site on the Lakeside Estate in Cannock, Staffordshire, for six days a week. The NDC will house all of Finning’s engine stock, plus some 60,000 ...
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Former Palletline boss Kevin Buchanan to join rival Pall-Ex
Kevin Buchanan is expected to be revealed as group MD of Pall-Ex imminently, marking a sensational return for the man that quit the top job at rival Palletline in August.Buchanan was a shock departure from Palletline this summer having helmed the pallet network since 2007, a period that saw it ...
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Government says increase in out-of-hours deliveries will cut cycling deaths
The government believes out-of-hours deliveries will play a key role in reducing collisions between HGVs and cyclists.In response to the Transport Committee’s summer report on cycling – in which the government called on more to be done by operators in regards vulnerable road user safety, while stopping short of backing ...
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ArticleTransport Exchange revamps mobile app
Transport Exchange Group has revamped its mobile app for drivers of vehicles run by members of its Haulage Exchange freight trading platform.The new, improved app has improved status and workflow functionality to provide more accurate information and access to additional real-time and historical load data while on the move. A ...
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ArticleDelivering Christmas: the government needs to take action, not supply words
The Hub woke up today to find transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin plastered across the newspapers - Telegraph, Daily Mail and countless regionals - suggesting it best to get a move on and do your Christmas shopping early, due to the fact that there’s no HGV drivers to actually deliver it ...
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ArticleMystery surrounds enquiries into dumped post
Mystery surrounds the strange case of a bag of post found dumped in a river earlier this year, after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) confirmed it had dropped its enquiry into the matter while the police told The Hub it had no record of the incident.Following the discovery of the ...
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DVSA poised to publish new guidance on load security
The DVSA has confirmed it is to publish three new forms of guidance on load security. This will comprise a guide for vehicle operators, a leaflet aimed at drivers, and a series of instructional videos.The agency said it is finalising the content of the operator’s guide and hopes to publish ...
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Tiger Trailers wins first order from Norbert Dentressangle
Trailer manufacturer Tiger Trailers has secured an order from 3PL Norbert Dentressangle for three, 15.65m longer semi-trailers.The trailers will be delivered during February alongside five 13.6m curtainsiders, Tiger Trailers sales director Darren Holland said. They will be used in the 3PL’s operation on behalf of packaging firm DS Smith.All are ...
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ArticleLogistics contractors will share grocers' pain
Grocery retailers under growing pressure from online and discount rivals are looking to cut billions of pounds in costs from their supply chains in the coming years, and logistics contractors will have to play their part in making these savings, the annual IGD supply chain summit in London heard this ...
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ArticleVeolia invests £1m in cyclist safety measures
Recycling and waste company Veolia has begun fitting out its entire refuse management fleet with the TurnAlarm cyclist safety system from Vision Techniques.The system, being provided under a £1m contract, provides cyclists with audio and visual warnings along the nearside of trucks turning left. It will be fitted to Veolia’s ...
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ArticleDfT wants more cycle-friendly measures from operators, but doesn't mandate a code of practice
The DfT has said it wants to see more HGV operators adopting measures to improve the safety of vulnerable road users such as cyclists – but has stopped short of backing a call for an industry-wide code of practice on the issue.A report by the House of Commons Transport Committee ...
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Green Group on track for growth following integration of Seafield Worksop
The Green Group has successfully integrated into its business the Worksop warehousing division of collapsed Seafield Logistics that it acquired from administrators in July.Company founder Pete Osborne told MT the integration had “gone great”. However, he warned that the warehousing sector remained notoriously competitive, particularly in the company’s South Yorkshire ...
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ArticleLandmark ruling says mandatory overtime should be included in holiday pay
In a landmark case on 4 November the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that staff mandatory overtime should be included in holiday pay calculations.The judgment came from two joined cases – Hertel (UK) Ltd v Mr Wood & others; and Amec Group Ltd v Mr Law & others – and could ...
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ArticleBaxter: HGV Road User Levy fails to address cost imbalance
The HGV Road User Levy has been labelled an “abject failure” by the chairman of Baxter Freight, who said it has done nothing to address the cost imbalance between UK operators and their continental counterparts.Responding to the recent update by transport minister Patrick McLoughlin that the levy had brought in ...
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ArticleHead of Pallet-Track calls for rate increase
Pallet networks have not adjusted their member-to-member rates for too long, the boss of Pallet-Track has said.Speaking to MT, Nigel Parkes revealed his 75 members had supported a bid, with 80% in favour, to increase the internal rate paid for deliveries within the network, something he believes is ...
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Downton wins £500,000 a year DS Smith deal
CM Downton has secured a new contract with the plastics division of DS Smith following a tender process.Under the £500,000-a year deal, Downton will deliver its Correx brand of plastic products across the UK from DS Smith’s manufacturing plant in Gloucester. DS Smith, which separately has its own fleet of ...
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Tuffnells Parcels Express acquired by Connect Group for £113m
Tuffnells Parcels Express has been acquired by newspaper and magazine distributor Connect Group for £113.4m.The MT Top 100 company has been purchased by Connect Group as part of the latter’s diversification strategy. Connect plans to generate half of its profit from operations outside the magazine and newspaper wholesaling business and ...
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Non-UK drivers get a third of Driver CPC fines
A total of 8,444 HGVs and 310 PSVs were stopped for Driver CPC enforcement purposes from 10 September to 16 October, according to DVSA. This saw 196 Driver CPC offences recorded and 113 fixed penalties issued. Of these penalties, 106 related to “Driver CPC – no evidence of training or ...
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A third of Northern Ireland operators still don't have restricted licences
As many as a third of operators in Northern Ireland who should have a restricted operator’s licence don’t have one, the DVA has revealed.According to the DVA, there were 2,914 restricted operator’s licences in force in Northern Ireland in the first quarter of 2014, and 1,113 temporary permits awaiting conversion ...
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Average turnover for the Motor Transport Top 100 up 4.3%
Average turnover for the Motor Transport Top 100 rose by 4.3% year-on-year, and pre-tax profit rose 29.6% in the same period, as the largest third-party logistics businesses in the UK put the impact of the recession firmly behind them.Only 16 businesses in MT’s annual survey of turnover and profit performance ...