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ArticleDB Schenker expands capacity at Midlands hub
DB Schenker has expanded its road network hub in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, promising "agressive growth plans" in the UK.The UK arm of German firm Schenker expanded the site after the contract logistics work carried out there was moved to a new site in Tamworth.Schneker has increased capacity and improved security at ...
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ArticleEuropean backload rates fall
International operators suffered due to weak rates during Christmas 2012 due to the recession across most of the Continent, according to an online international backloads service.The latest Freightex European Road Freight Rate Index, based on the price paid per load between November 2012 and January 2013, revealed that rates ...
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ArticleYearsley Group unveils new livery on new Actros trucks
Lancashire-based Yearsley Group has unveiled its refreshed livery on 30 new Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks.The chilled distribution specialist has replaced older vehicles as well as increasing its overall fleet size with the purchase of the Actros 2545 SteamSpace tractor units.It has also taken a delivery of 300 new refrigerated Gray & ...
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ArticleTNT Express – ouch
UPS/ TNT Express – it’s over. Gone. Finito. Forget about it. Now we have to look at the future of TNT Express and that means turning the global business into a profitable one.Back in January – TNT insisted its future was bright – despite the European Commission shunning UPS’ advances. ...
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ArticleWincanton raises the roof and improves fuel efficiency with Freddies
Unliveried Wincanton unit featuring Hatcher FreddieWincanton has taken delivery of 115 new tractor units equipped with powered, height-adjustable roof fairings, reporting that height-matched fairings improve fuel consumption by about 5% compared with conventional fixed fairings.The units, 90 Mercedes-Benz Actros (the outgoing model) and 25 Renault Premiums, have joined Wincanton’s container ...
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ArticleSuttons Group looks to bring food to the table
Suttons Group looks set to flex its financial muscles under the leadership of new MD John Sutton and is looking at acquisition targets in the UK food supply chain market.The operator revealed last month that MD Andrew Palmer would retire at the end of its financial year in April, with ...
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DHL Express plans £30m hub and depot investment
DHL Express is planning to invest £30m in its network of depots and hubs over the next four years.UK and Ireland chief executive Phil Couchman revealed exclusively to MT that the logistics giant plans to expand capacity nationwide as a result of demand for international express deliveries over the past ...
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ArticleMarks and Spencer set to open Castle Donington DC in spring
Retailer Marks & Spencer has confirmed that its new DC in Castle Donington in the East Midlands will open this spring.The 900,000ft² site, which M&S will run itself, will create around 1,000 new jobs over time, said a company spokesman. The Castle Donington warehouse, which will incorporate an automated storage ...
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Could locker boxes be the answer to parcel carriers' capacity problems?
With many of the major parcel carriers struggling to increase capacity and cap volumes as a result of the boom in online retail, Motor Transport Award winner ByBox thinks that online retailers need to look at alternative ways of delivering the parcels to customers.The company has gone into 2013 with ...
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Vote on truck noise leaves current limit in place
Proposals to reduce the maximum noise limit of heavy trucks have been rejected by a plenary session in the European Parliament. Although MEPs in the EU Parliament’s Environment Committee approved a proposal in December that would see most newly registered heavy road-going trucks restricted over an eight-year period to a ...
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RHA urges chancellor to consider diesel prices and rates in Budget
Rates pressure, diesel prices and lorry road user levy revenues are among the points the RHA wants the chancellor to consider ahead of the Budget (20 March).Rates remain a ‘key concern’ , with members noting that a significant increase in fuel prices would not push them to raise rates as ...
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Boughey reshuffles management to boost customer service
Nantwich, Cheshire-based Boughey Distribution has reshuffled some of its management team, creating two new roles to raise levels of service to customers. The move, effective from the end of January, has seen former transport operations director Martyn Nicholls become commercial director; while former depot director Bernard Murphy has become operations ...
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Do you deliver at night?
Motortransport.co.uk would like to hear from any operators and retailers that currently make or receive deliveries at night.Perhaps you tried out-of-hours deliveries for the first time during the Olympics and are now continuing to operate outside of the traditional delivery window. You may transport goods in a specific sector that ...
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ArticleNigel Rice Transport wins Bartoline distribution contract
Nigel Rice Transport is no moreNigel Rice Transport has won a nationwide distribution contract with DIY product manufacturer Bartoline.The new contract will see the Palletways member distribute Bartoline’s products to major DIY retailers and supermarkets across the UK.The operator has been working with Bartoline for a few months and although ...
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Lack of innovation thwarting operators' push for better rates
New research suggests operators’ expectations of growth this year could be hamstrung by a lack of innovation within the road transport sector.The latest UK Logistics Confidence Index, conducted by Analytiqa, for Barclays and Grant Thornton reveals that more than half of respondents (53%) expect profits to increase in the next ...
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Meachers reveals new cross-Channel partnership
Meachers Global Logistics has revealed its second major commercial relationship in recent months, teaming up with French freight forwarder Morvan Fils Transit.The Southampton-based operator, which announced a tie-up with Isle of Wight haulier Steve Porter Transport last autumn, has entered into a commercial agreement to receive inbound freight from France ...
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ArticleScania helps operators go green
Late last year, Scania held a high level conference in Brussels to discuss how European road freight transport can cut CO2 emissions while remaining competitive. MT caught up with recently appointed Scania chief executive Martin Lundstedt at the event.At its annual conference held in Brussels last year, Scania took on ...
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ArticleFortec welcomes new member Border Traffic Service
Border Traffic Service has joined FortecBorder Traffic Service has replaced Transpeed in the Fortec pallet network.The Berwick-upon-Tweed-based haulier has opened a second, 4,000ft² depot in Cramlington, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne to support its Fortec pallet work.The family-owned firm, which was set up in 1979, has a fleet of 30 vehicles today and ...
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MT Tracker 13 February
A quiet week for share trading in listed transport firms - but it didn't stop an upswing in the combined share-price, with a total basket worth £16.37.4p. The swing comes predominantly from a rise in the price at Hargreaves Group, which will publish annual results on 28 February.But its profit ...
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Bibby Distribution wins Havelock contract renewal
Furniture manufacturer Havelock Europa has extended its distribution contract with Bibby Distribution for another three years.Bibby operates the contract from Havelock’s warehouse in Dysart, Fife, since 2004. The operator delivered more than 70,000 pallets for Havelock in 2012 and expects similar volumes in 2013, delivering six days per week.Bibby Distribution ...