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ArticleHermes on-track to hit parcel shop target
It looks as if Hermes UK is on-track to deliver its target of 5,000 'ParcelShops' by the end of this year, after signing a deal with Payzone to open more online order delivery and collection points at its outlets.Over 1,000 more convenience stores will offer Hermes' customers the ability to ...
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ArticleMPs join forces with FairFuelUK to call for cut in fuel duty
FairFuelUK and its supporters at 10 Downing Street calling for a 3ppl cut in fuel dutyA cross-party group of MPs joined FairFuelUK (FFUK) and its backers today, to deliver a letter to 10 Downing Street calling for a 3ppl reduction in fuel duty in next week's Budget.MPs from the Conservative, ...
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Veitch to head up Yusen Logistics European business
Ian Veitch, currently MD of Yusen Logistics UK, is to head up its entire operations across Europe from April.Veitch, who has been with the business since 1994, will become MD of Yusen Logistics (Europe) and the first non-Japanese executive officer at Yusen worldwide. He will move to Yusen’s European HQ ...
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Eddie Stobart on course to go private by April
Eddie Stobart could be a private company again as soon as April, according to a circular sent to shareholders of its parent group.Stobart Group, which revealed plans for a partial realisation of its transport and distribution division last week, will hold a shareholder meeting on the 31 March in a ...
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ArticleHargreaves Services tackles cycle safety head-on
Hargreaves Services is tackling cycle safety head-on by giving its drivers – and the local cycle community – lessons about vulnerable road users.The one-day Driver CPC approved course provides its truck drivers and their two-wheel counterparts an opportunity to see life from each other’s perspective in an effort to make ...
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Revamped Safe Loading Pass Scheme for fuel terminals
A revised Safe Loading Pass Scheme (SLPS) for accessing fuel distribution terminals has been launched by the UK Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA), the Tank Storage Association (TSA) and the FTA.The original scheme was launched in the 1980s by BP Oil UK, Shell UK Oil Products, Esso Petroleum Company, ConocoPhillips (now ...
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ArticleOffergeld Logistik picks Ryder contract hire for 10 Mercedes Actros
Glass haulier Offergeld Logistik UK has added 10 Euro-5 Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor units to its fleet on a contract hire deal from Ryder. The Goole-based firm will use the new tractor units in conjunction with its own fleet of Inloader glass trailers, which it operates to undertake nationwide and international ...
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ArticleClugston reveals £2.15m fleet expansion plan for 2014
Clugston Distribution has revealed a £2.15m fleet expansion and renewal plan, as part of its strategy to boost its presence in the fuels, bulk powdered food, intermodal and bulk ash markets.The investment will see the purchase of 18 new Euro-6 Renault tractor units, and 14 new trailers.Nine of the new ...
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ArticleSeafield opens Immingham hub for Tata Chemicals contract
Seafield Logistics has opened a new Immingham hub to store sodium carbonate imported from the US by customer Tata Chemicals Europe.The new warehouse holds 60,000 tonnes of sodium carbonate (soda ash) - a powerdy white salt used in glassmaking - which Seafield distributes to Tata's customers in the East ...
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ArticleUKWA members to join this year's Multimodal
Elddis new Euro-5 units 13 regMembers of the United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) will be among those showcasing their products and services at this year’s Multimodal.Elddis Transport, Mini Clipper Logistics, Potter Logistics and AV Dawson will be among the UKWA members and associate members exhibiting within the UKWA pavilion at ...
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ArticleFelixstowe peak-time charges criticised by container hauliers
The introduction of peak-time charges as part of the Port of Felixstowe’s vehicle booking system (VBS) has been described as unacceptable by container hauliers.The port has started charging hauliers £1.50 per booking for access between 12pm and 5pm but has suspended proposals to introduce the charge between 5am and 7am.In ...
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Lubbers Transport Group wins £3m Centrica Energy contract
Lubbers Transport Group (LTG) has won a £3m contract with Centrica Energy to provide transport for its exploration and production business.The three-year contract will see Lubbers cover local road transport in Aberdeen and Great Yarmouth, as well as trunking between the two sites. It features the option to extend after ...
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ArticleThe Fortec Way to better profitability
A year after taking on the role of commercial director at pallet network Fortec, after 13 years looking after the finances, Marcus Fischer reflects: "It’s been an interesting 12 months. We have taken the next big step in Fortec’s evolution. Our MD Neil Hodgson and I spent 2012 refining the ...
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ArticleC Butt exited Pall-Ex after only six months
C Butt left Pall-Ex more than a year ago – just six months after joining – because its first foray into a pallet network failed to live up to its expectations, Motortransport.co.uk has learnt.The Northamptonshire operator joined Pall-Ex in October 2012, taking on the CV postcode. It had been earmarked ...
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ArticleTruckpol returns
Operators have welcomed the relaunch of Truckpol, the road freight crime intelligence unit that closed after its funding was cut in 2012.Relaunched last week by the National Business Crime Solution (NBCS), a not-for-profit public/private partnership, Truckpol will work with freight and logistics companies and local constabularies to collate data on ...
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Infrastructure is key to low-carbon vehicles
Dual-fuel vehicle usage may increase following the DfT’s £11.5m funding, writes George BarrowThe uptake of gas-powered trucks has increased, with several high-profile operators, including DHL, Howard Tenens and United Biscuits, adding dual-fuel vehicles to their fleets.Away from the large fleets, uptake has been slow, and that has largely been due ...
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ArticleCongestion continues to rise in London despite charge
Traffic congestion in London appears to be getting inexorably worse despite the London Congestion Charge, according to a new report.It meant drivers in the capital spent around 82 hours last year stuck in traffic (a 13% increase on 2012), according to a new report from Inrix.The report, based on journey ...
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Shortage of quality hauliers threatening networks' growth
An increasing shortage of quality hauliers is forcing pallet networks to look at ever more creative solutions to the problem of recruiting new members.Kevin Buchanan, MD at Palletline, said the acceleration in growth seen across the networks in recent months meant that the need to strengthen them with additional members ...
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DF Services snapped up by HLD Group
Kent operator DF Services has been acquired by investment firm HLD Group for an undisclosed sum.The car transporter company has been acquired by the business turnaround firm, which hopes to increase its turnover.Demis Ohandjanian, CEO of HLD Group and director at DF Services, said the fact that the operator ran ...
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ArticleStobart Group sells 51% stake in Eddie Stobart to former TDG owners
Stobart Group has sold a 51% stake in its transport division to Douglasbay Capital (Dbay) – the former owners of TDG - for £280.8m.The move sees William Stobart become chief executive of the newly formed, and once again privately owned, Eddie Stobart Logistics.Under the terms of the deal, the LSE-listed ...