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ArticleScania: The Next Generation
Scania has taken the unusual step of introducing second-generation Euro-6 engines nine months before Euro-6 emissions legislation is fully implemented at the end of this year. When it unveiled its first Euro-6-compliant 12.7-litre engine two years ago, Scania said that testing showed fuel consumption was comparable with Euro-5’s. But now ...
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Life after UPS for TNT Express
TNT Express has unveiled a two-year plan to target higher margin business, which includes palletised freight and larger, heavier parcels, and improve its profitability.TNT has been evaluating its business following the collapse of its proposed merger with UPS in January.One analyst believes that moving into pallets would be a challenge ...
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ArticleStobart, Palmer-Baunack and Tinkler
Back at the Motor Transport Awards 2012, at the height of July when the weather was hot, I had the pleasure of chatting with Andrew Tinkler. Stobart was in the process of acquiring Autologic and I asked him how it was going.The Stobart boss said it was going well, and ...
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Retailer Next extends Hermes contract to 2022
High street retailer Next has extended its contract with Hermes extending their relationship to over 30 years.The four-year contract renewal will see Hermes continue to provide home delivery for Next Directory customers until 2022, a contract it has held since the retailer launched it as a mail order operation in ...
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MT Tracker 4 April
Good old Stobart. You can always count on them doing something that will hit the headlines. What was somewhat overshadowed yesterday - when it was revealed that Avril Palmer-Baunack would be leaving the role that was created for her in January - is some welcome financial news.Firstly: Stobart Group - ...
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Elddis Transport on efficiency drive as fuel costs bite
Elddis Transport is focusing on efficiency with new trucks and trailers in a bid to mitigate the effect of the rising price of fuel.The Consett-based operator will take delivery of 10 new Actros units in June from Bell Truck and Van, having already bolstered its fleet with 20 Euro-5 ...
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ArticlePall-Ex: pallet networks gaining from shrinking own-account fleets
The UK’s continuing economic malaise is creating new business opportunities for pallet networks as own-account operators look to slim down their vehicle fleets, according to the boss of Pall-Ex. Pall-Ex MD Adrian Russell told MT that a number of national own-account fleets had contracted as the UK’s economy continued to ...
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ArticleDHL Supply Chain reveals plans for new Heathrow hub
DHL Supply Chain is to spend £8.8m on a new shared user hub at Heathrow airport for its airline catering contracts.The new hub will provide procurement and sourcing services, menu development, food assembly and final mile delivery to aircraft, as well as an integrated specialist-recycling centre, for DHL’s £40m per ...
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Culina reveals new Bristol DC plans
Culina plans to open a chilled distribution centre in Bristol after winning new and extended contracts with major food brands.The proposed 210,000ft² DC is expected to open in the second quarter of 2013 and will replace its current Cabot Park warehouse, which is located on an adjacent site.The new warehouse ...
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TNT Post wins slew of new and renewed business
TNT Post has won new contracts with Cotton Traders and Matalan, as well as more business from ten existing customers, including BT and Home Retail Group.The new contracts will see the firm handle delivery for over 35 million mail items a year for Matalan and clothing retailer Cotton Traders.It will ...
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Stobart and Palmer-Baunack to part company
Stobart Group is to restructure is board of directors for the second time this year, with executive chairman Avril Palmer-Baunack to leave the company in May.At the same time the company has signed a new three-year contract with Tesco, which runs until 29 February 2016, formalising its role as primary ...
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ArticleGrocontinental enjoys 29% boost to profit
Grocontinental has seen profits riseWhitchurch, Shropshire-based food logistics specialist Grocontinental has reported a near 29% increase in pre-tax profit for the year ended 31 October 2012 .Profit increased from £2.08m to £2.68m, which came on a rise in turnover of almost 9% to just over £28.3m (2011: £26m).Turnover was split ...
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Argos facing disruption as workers reject latest pay deal
Argos is facing potential disruption to its UK distribution network, after staff at a flagship DC in Staffordshire overwhelmingly rejected the company’s latest pay offer in a long running dispute.Union members at Argos’s Barton-under-Needwood site, described by Unite as the company’s “jewel in the crown” within its distribution network, have ...
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UK fuel usage remains broadly stable
Consumption of road transport fuels fell fractionally during 2012, latest statistics from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have shown.A 5.4% fall in petrol sales over the year being almost entirely offset by a 2.36% rise in diesel sales, according to DECC. In the fourth quarter of 2012, ...
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ArticleAsda takes delivery of 187 new Scanias
Retailer Asda has taken delivery of the last of 187 new trucks from Scania, comprising 120 for its retail distribution fleet, 55 for its primary distribution network and 12 for its petroleum distribution fleet.The retail fleet additions are a mix of 420hp 4x2 and 6x2 [with pusher-axle] models with Scania's ...
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Ireland duty rebate may lead to greater use of illicit fuel, warns RHA
The introduction of a rebate on fuel duty for goods vehicle operators in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) this summer may tempt more UK operators to use illicit fuel, the RHA has conceded. RHA policy director Jack Semple said the 7.5 cent rebate, which fully licensed vehicle operators in the ...
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ArticleAPC Overnight invests in longer semi-trailers for trunking fleet
Parcel carrier network APC Overnight has added four new double-deck longer semi-trailers to its fleet.The 15.25m Cartwright trailers, which APC hopes will increase load carrying capacity by 15%, have been added to its trunking operation on top of its existing fleet. It is also considering increasing its fleet of standard ...
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Whitbread renews K+N contract
Kuehne + Nagel is transforming its Manchester DC, introducing dual fuel vehicles and cutting trunk miles since winning more business from hotel and restaurant group Whitbread.Whitbread has extended its relationship with Kuehne + Nagel for five years, in a deal will see it handle over 34 million cases of food ...
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CitySprint acquires Heathrow Baggage Services
Same day courier CitySprint has acquired Heathrow Baggage Services, its third acquisition in three months.Operations and staff at the luggage delivery, replacement and repair company, have been transferred to the courier’s luggage delivery arm CityBags, which was created when Lewis Day courier operations was acquired by CitySprint in 2011.Heathrow Baggage ...
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News Extra: It's freezing out there
Last month to the collective relief of the road transport industry, chancellor George Osborne froze duty once again, announcing September’s 3ppl increase would not happen.He said the decision in the past two years to freeze duty meant fuel was 13ppl cheaper than it would have been if no action had ...