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ArticleBibby Distribution helps Morrisons boost efficiency with primary consolidation model
Bibby Distribution is to operate a third primary consolidation centre (PCC) for Morrisons, with a further two planned by mid-2015 as part of the supermarket’s strategy to boost the efficiency of its national network.The new 10,000-pallet Kent hub will consolidate regular deliveries from suppliers in the South-East, where a Bibby-designed ...
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EU Parliament approves rules for more alternative fuel stations
The EU Parliament has given its final approval to new rules forcing the establishment of more electric vehicle recharging points and alternative fuel stations across Europe.In a vote on 15 April, it agreed to establish a new directive that will oblige member states to submit minimum proposed levels of refuelling ...
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TNT Express appoints new CFO
TNT Express has appointed Maarten Jan de Vries as its new chief financial officer, replacing Bernard Bot later this year.He will take up his new position on 1 July when Bot steps down after three years in the role.New to the express delivery sector, he was formerly CEO at Philips ...
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ArticleIRU launches search for Best EU Road Transport Operator
The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is on the hunt for the first “Best EU Road Transport Operator”.The award, which aims to promote a positive image of haulage and draw attention to the role that road transport plays in the EU economy, is divided into three categories: fleets of one–10 ...
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ArticleNorbert secures Hyundai parts delivery contract
Hyundai parts supplier Mobis Parts Europe (UK) has chosen Norbert Dentressangle to provide parts delivery to dealerships across the UK.The operator will deliver vehicle parts through the night to around 360 Hyundai and Kia dealerships across the UK.Parts will be delivered in roll-cages before 8am instead of the current pre-noon ...
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3PLs out in force at Multimodal 2014
Many of the UK’s major 3PLs will be demonstrating their latest initiatives at year’s Multimodal, which takes place at the Birmingham NEC alongside the CV Show on 29 April to 1 May.DSV Road will be making its return to the exhibition and will have a dangerous goods safety adviser available ...
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FTA pre-tax surplus falls as member numbers increase slightly
Membership numbers and turnover increased at the FTA last year, but its pre-tax surplus fell.In its annual report for the year ended 31 December 2013, the FTA said its pre-tax surplus dropped 63% to £458,000 (2012: £1.25m).MD for membership and policy James Hookham told Motortransport.co.uk that this was partly ...
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ArticleB&Q and Screwfix: haulier feels penned in over DC penalties
Evidence of the kind of treatment vehicle operators can expect when delivering to some major retailers has been emerging since Motor Transport ran its story about the penalty charges that can follow early or late deliveries to a number of B&Q and Screwfix DCs.The Hub hears that at B&Q’s Doncaster ...
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UK Mail tight-lipped about action taken in wake of Dispatches expose
UK Mail has declined to say what changes it has made to its operation since staff at one of its depots were shown on television mistreating customer consignments. In a report broadcast on 29 April last year, Channel 4’s Dispatches secretly filmed staff at UK Mail’s Bournemouth depot throwing and ...
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ArticleThings are looking up for Kuehne + Nagel
Kuehne + Nagel enjoyed improved fortunes in the first quarter of this year compared with a tough 2013, which saw both its European and UK businesses make cuts.In the UK last year, deliveries made by its drinks logistics division were affected by a 24-hour strike in September over plans to ...
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ArticleThe Plus Logistics gambit
Plus Logistics revealed at last week's (11 April) launch event in BirminghamPlus Logistics is the new brand from Palletline that the pallet network has created to use when tendering for the sort of group distribution work that single hauliers alone can't win. Palletline MD Kevin Buchanan has pulled no punches ...
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ArticleEuropean Parliament votes in favour of safer, greener HGV design
The European Parliament (EP) voted yesterday (15 April) to approve European Commission (EC) proposals to allow more aerodynamic, safer truck designs.Originally tabled in April 2013, the draft regulations will allow manufacturers to exceed current weights and dimensions rules in order to develop more aerodynamic lorries, which the EP said will ...
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ArticleScrewfix response to DC penalties story
Our B&Q and Screwfix DC penalties story has attracted plenty of interest already from operators, The Hub surmises, in the same boat, with Twitter hosting a mix of opinions.While B&Q has been tight-lipped, DHL and Wincanton which operate a number of its DCs have already told Motortransport.co.uk that they are ...
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Eddie Stobart Logistics hits the road
Eddie Stobart Logistics is now a thing. Really. While not trending just yet (or even having anything as crazy as its own website for now), the partial divestment of the transport part of Stobart Group’s business is now complete.And so an interesting chapter for both Stobart businesses has begun. The ...
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Pressure mounts over DC penalties
Operators delivering to B&Q and Screwfix DCs are being called to account by customers as a result of fines.Jayne Masters, sales director at Miniclipper Logistics, told Motortransport.co.uk fines of £500 to £1,000 an order were being applied by the two retailers to suppliers for deliveries falling 30 minutes either side ...
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ArticleReive and Grossart signs up with Palletforce
Abington, South Lanarkshire general haulier Reive and Grossart has joined the Palletforce network, covering the KA and PA1 to PA19 postcodes. The family-owned firm, which was established in 1965, has 11 vehicles operating at 7.5 to 44-tonnes GVW and is located just off junction 13 of the M74 in central ...
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Yodel losing big bucks
Yodel’s annual loss increased by nearly half, its latest financial accounts reveal, despite a change in senior management and the firm’s extensive remodelling of its network.Loss on ordinary activities before taxation for the year ended 30 June 2013 increased 46% to £98.2m (2011/12: £66.9m). Turnover fell 28% to £389m in ...
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ArticlePalletline launches Plus Logistics to take on the 3PLs
Plus LogisticsPalletline has revealed Plus Logistics, a new brand that the pallet network plans to leverage to take on the 3PLs at their own game.Launching Plus Logistics at an event at Palletline’s central hub in Birmingham last week (11 April), MD Kevin Buchanan said that while the Palletline name ...
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Steve Porter Transport wins solar panel delivery contract
Steve Porter Transport has won a contract to deliver solar panels to the Isle of Wight, as part of the island's plans to invest in renewable energy.A spokesman said the contract was awarded to the Isle of Wight-based haulier by Davies Turner Logistics.It involves the collection and delivery of over ...
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ArticleOwens begins work on Ball Packaging contract
Owens (Road Services) has opened a three-acre depot in Wrexham to service its recently-awarded contract with Ball Packaging.The new contract will cover all of Ball Packaging’s transport to customers in the UK. It also provides warehousing and transport on a just-in-time basis to one of Ball’s unnamed customers in Newport, ...