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ArticleShould parcel carriers fear Amazon's drone delivery threat?
Amazon has revealed that yesterday (2 December) was its busiest day for online orders yet, with shoppers placing an estimated 47 orders per second in the UK. This, plus a record-breaking ‘Black Friday’ last week, means that parcel carriers delivering goods on its behalf are likely to be in for ...
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ArticleTfL not convinced London lorry ban is a good idea
TfL is studying the implications of a peak hours ban on LGVs in the capital, but remains unconvinced of its desirability.Speaking at the Transport Committee’s evidence session on cycling safety yesterday (2 December), Andrew Gilligan, the mayor of London’s cycling commissioner, TfL, said such a ban could have saved the ...
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ArticleWincanton wins Paul's Boutique contract
Wincanton has won a warehousing and distribution contract with fashion label Paul’s Boutique.The contract will see the operator deliver products to department stores across the UK, as well as store its range of women’s clothing, accessories and perfume.Paul’s Boutique has taken some space at Wincanton’s 500,000ft² shared-user DC in Greenford, ...
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ArticleCándido Hermida chooses ND for express pallet deliveries
Norbert Dentressangle has won a contract with Spanish yacht furniture manufacturer Cándido Hermida, to transport product between Spain and the UK.ND will provide ‘just in time’ deliveries using a dedicated fleet to Poole, Dorset, where the yachts are produced on tight schedules.Through the operator's Red Europe Express pallet delivery service, ...
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Europa Worldwide Logistics opens Leeds site
Europa Worldwide Logistics has opened a 2,500 ft² site near Leeds as demand for European imports and exports in the region grow.The site opened on 28 October and is located at Calder Park, close to junction 39 of the M1. It will use local operators to collect and deliver to ...
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ArticleCV operator numbers continue to decline
The decline in the number of O-licences in circulation continues, according to the latest report from the traffic commissioners.The number of licences in issue fell by 3,000 last year, from 84,072 in 2011-12 to 80,894 in 2012-13. Licence numbers have been falling since 1999-2000 when there were 110,067 in circulation, ...
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Expansion plans at Miniclipper Logistics
MT Partnership Award winner Miniclipper Logistics is planning further expansion and investment after a record performance this year.The Leighton Buzzard operator, which has customers in the chemicals, solar power, soft drink and food ingredients markets, achieved a record turnover of £9.4m in the year to 31 May, up 10% on ...
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Maturi makes return to Palletways
Julian Maturi, the MD of Palletways when it was sold to its current owner James Wilson in 2004, has returned to the business as an executive director.Ex-Wincanton man Maturi led a management buyout of Palletways backed by 3i in 2002.He then sold the business to Wilson and Phoenix Equity Partners, ...
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Asda trains to reduce cycling risk
Asda Logistics Services is to give vulnerable road user awareness training to its 2,400 in-house drivers as it looks to reduce the risks of driving in urban areas.The supermarket told MT its move towards small-format stores, boosted by its acquisition of Netto in May 2010, meant drivers were increasingly delivering ...
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ArticleIveco unveils Euro-6 Eurocargo middleweight contenders
Iveco has unveiled its Euro-6 Eurocargo line up, which follows the Italian manufacturer’s SCR-only policy, with larger four and six-cylinder engines and up to 11,000 ex-factory variations of engine, transmission and chassis options.There is no Stralis-style facelift: the new Eurocargo looks the same as Euro-5 models, inside and out. In ...
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ArticleLabour enters cycling debate with HGV Safety Charter
Ahead of the Transport Committee’s cycling safety evidence sessions next week, Labour has involved itself in the debate with the launch of an HGV Safety Charter.Detailing a series of safety measures it expects hauliers to take to ensure the safety of cyclists after a recent series of deaths on the ...
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Over 2,000 FPNs issued in London road safety initiative
The Metropolitan Police issued over 2,000 fixed penalty notices (FPNs) to cyclists, LGV and car drivers during the first three days of its road safety crackdown in London this weekA combined total of 1,392 FPNs were issued to car and LGV drivers for offences such as skipping red lights, crossing ...
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FedEx prepares for 11% increase in Cyber Monday volumes
Parcel giant FedEx Express is preparing for its busiest ‘Cyber Monday’ yet, expecting an 11% year-on-year increase in worldwide parcel volumes.It estimates it will move around 22 million parcels on Monday 2 December, which Amazon has warned will be the busiest day for online retail orders. Last year, the operator ...
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Clipper Logistics expands in Germany with Geist acquisition
Clipper Logistics has announced the acquisition of German logistics firm R Geist Spedition. Based in Kempen, north west of Dűsseldorf, Geist was founded in 1938 and employs 65 staff. It runs a fleet of 30 trucks and has some 25,000m² (around 270,000ft²) of warehousing.Clipper said the move would help UK ...
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Government ports policy branded 'confused and flawed'
Government policy on who should pay for transport infrastructure relating to ports is “confused in practice and conceptually flawed,” the Commons Transport Committee has warned.In a new report on access to UK ports, the committee said there should be a presumption that significant improvements to access to ports would be ...
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Goodwill calls for more flexibility on Driver CPC training
Transport minister Robert Goodwill has called on the European Commission to consider introducing greater flexibility in the rules about Driver CPC (DCPC) training when it comes to the minimum seven-hour training periods currently required. In its official response to an EC call for evidence about the effectiveness of the DCPC, ...
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ArticleFairFuel looks beyond Autumn Statement as duty fight continues
The head of FairFuel UK (FFUK) Howard Cox has said the campaign remains very much alive and kicking, after the departure of co-founder Peter Carroll.The FTA, RHA, Association of Pallet Networks and the RAC have all pledged their continuing support as the major backers of the campaign, with journalist Quentin ...
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ArticleBBC's One Show does cycle safety and lorry bans
The Hub isn’t a follower of BBC’s The One Show, finding its middle-of-the-road, magazine format randomness unappealing. However last night’s topic of HGVs and cycle safety caught the attention.Indeed, for exactly the reason above it was fascinating to see just how mainstream the cycle safety debate has become by dint ...
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ArticleVosa and DSA to become Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has been unveiled as the new name for the combined Vosa and Driving Standards Agency (DSA) today (28 November).Robert Goodwill, parliamentary under secretary of state for transport, said he had considered “a range of options” for the name of the new agency.“I have ...
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ArticleScottish independence would see Royal Mail renationalised
Proposals for an independent Scotland include a promise to renationalise the Royal Mail, examine a fuel duty regulator and streamline government services including Vosa.In the White Paper ‘Scotland’s Future’, the pro-independence lobby said that the Scottish government were opposed to the October privatisation of Royal Mail – as it was ...