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ArticlePrincess Anne opens Bibby Distribution Corby DC
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has officially opened Bibby Distribution’s 212,00ft2 DC in Corby, Northamptonshire.The site, in Max park, will act as a central hub for Bibby’s operations in the East Midlands and is also a second Primary Consolidation Centre (PCC) for supermarket Morrisons.Paul Kavanagh, MD of Bibby Distribution, ...
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City Link increases hub capacity with automated sort
City Link is investing in automated sortation at its Coventry hub, which it hopes will increase throughput by 50% and increase capacity for busy periods.The system will take up around a quarter of the operator’s 150,000ft² national hub and will operate alongside its manual sort and cross-docking operations, which are ...
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ArticleFTA everywoman 2014 winners revealed
The winners of the FTA everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards for 2014 were announced at a ceremony at The Savoy Hotel in London today.The seven winners were recognised as inspirational role models, said everywoman co-founder Maxine Benson MBE, in attracting more women to the transport and logistics industry.FTA chief ...
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Free truck procurement advice for operators
Operators looking to refresh their fleet to Euro-6 are being sought by an independent commercial vehicle specialist to trial a new approach to procuring trucks.Chris Ness, formerly head of specialist fleets at Ryder, believes that by navigating through the myriad of different truck deals available direct from the manufacturers; analysing ...
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Morrisons to make changes to Wakefield logistics operation
Morrisons has confirmed plans to restructure operations at its RDC in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, in order to improve efficiency.The supermarket holds an O-licence to operate 32 vehicles and 50 trailers out of the site, located on the Wakefield 41 Industrial Estate.A spokeswoman for the supermarket could not confirm whether any ...
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ArticleNorbert wins five-year deal with Sabic UK Petrochemicals
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) has won a new five-year contract with long-term customer Sabic UK Petrochemicals to provide a maintenance, repair and operational (MRO) engineering spares warehousing and stores service.The logistics giant’s tanker division has worked with Saudia Arabian firm Sabic – which manufacturers specialist plastics and chemicals for European markets ...
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ArticleTurnover and profit up at Maxi Haulage
Irvine, North Ayrshire-based Maxi Haulage has seen an increase in both turnover and pre-tax profit as business continues to grow.Despite increasing pressure on margins, pre-tax profit for the year ended 30 September 2013 jumped 30% to £1.84m, compared with £1.42m the year before.The haulage business also posted a 10% increase ...
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ArticleSolstor takes 36 tractor from Ryder
Temperature-controlled operator Solstor has taken 36 tractor units on contract hire from Ryder: a mixture of Dafs and Mercedes.The majority will replace older vehicles, while the remaining 15 are additions to the fleet and will support growing demand for operator across the UK.The order consists of a mix of Daf ...
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What price fair fuel?
Yesterday FairFuelUK champion Quentin Willson tweeted: “Nigel Farage has met with FairFuelUK and I. He totally gets low fuel duty. Needed no convincing! Shame other politicos aren't as sharp.”Unless it has escaped your attention Nigel Farage is the leader of UKIP, which is a party that has some transport friendly ...
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Road tolling is inevitable, says Transport Committee
One interesting side note contained within the Transport Committee's Better Roads report, which politely applies the political equivalent of a document shredder to the government's plan for the Highways Agency, is that of the ever controversial subject of road tolling.While we now have the HGV Road User Levy, the report ...
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Morrisons to make first London home deliveries
Morrisons is to begin making home deliveries in London next week as it continues to increase the reach of its online grocery offer.The first London deliveries will be made on Monday 12 May and will supplement the Yorkshire and Warwickshire home delivery networks it set up at the beginning of ...
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Clipper prepares to join growing number of listed operators
Clipper Logistics revealed its intentions to float on the London Stock Exchange earlier this week, joining the growing number of listed logistics companies.But it’s not the first time the Leeds-based operator has considered an IPO.Back in 2009, then Clipper chief executive Steve Parkin (now executive chairman) revealed the company's hopes ...
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FTA Logistics Report 2014 highlights industry's positive outlook
Operators feel more optimistic about their business prospects this year with many expecting to see an increase in volumes.This was one of the main findings from the FTA’s annual Logistics Industry Survey, published in its 2014 Logistics Report.International road haulage operators in particular feel more positive about business this year ...
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Highways Agency reform is ill advised, says Transport Committee
The Transport Committee has said the government’s transformation of the Highways Agency (HA) into something akin to Network Rail is an unnecessary and potentially costly mistake.Publishing its Better Roads report in response to the government’s Roads Command Paper from July 2013, the cross-party committee of MPs gave the plans, which ...
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Tullis Russell outsources transport and warehousing to DSV Road UK
Tullis Russell Papermakers has awarded a five year logistics and warehousing contract to DSV Road, running out of its mill in Glenrothes, Scotland.The deal expands on DSV’s existing contract to supply freight forwarding services to Tullis Russell throughout the UK and Europe. It sees the papermaking firm outsource its operations ...
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Prologis to develop London Gateway DC
A 316,000ft² DC is to be built at the Logistics Park neighbouring DP World’s London Gateway container port.The development is a 50/50 joint venture with industrial real estate developer Prologis and is expected to be completed by Spring 2015. The single-sided, 15-metre-high unit also has space for potential expansion and ...
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Controversial development gets planning permission
Selby District Council has confirmed that planning permission has finally been granted for a development at Olympia Park, subject to a Section 106 agreement. Planning permission for the site in Yorkshire was initially applied for by developer BOCM Pauls in May 2012. The plans attracted objections from logistics firms Clipper ...
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ArticleMorrisons rents from Burnt Tree to support convenience store openings
Morrisons has been using a variety of vehicles supplied by Burnt Tree's temperature-controlled rental business Refrigerental to support the opening of its M Local convenience stores.The supermarket is renting a mixture of car-derived vans, 3.5-tonne panel vans, and 7.5- and 18-tonne multi-temperature rigids.The vehicles are being used to transport ...
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Logistics firms need to react to e-commerce demand, says FTA report
The logistics industry needs to be able to react quickly to changing consumer trends, especially as the UK has become one of the leading e-commerce markets, according to the FTA.The FTA Logistics Report 2014, launched today at the House of Commons, has been compiled with support from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and ...
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Direct and to the point for Palletline
The Hub's recent visit to Palletline for the launch of Plus Logistics also provided an update on the pallet network's equally bold direct-trunking service.Having gone live with its innovative direct trunking initiative earlier this year, Iain Brown, operations director at Palletline, confirmed that the roll-out was now complete with all ...