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ArticleTNT Express and TNT Post await HMV outcome
HMV transport providers TNT Express and TNT Post are awaiting the outcome of the retailer’s administration.Both carriers have confirmed that they worked with the music and film retailer, which appointed administrator Deloitte on Tuesday (15 January).A spokesman for TNT Post confirmed that the carrier would continue working with HMV as ...
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ArticleStobart to discontinue chilled operations
Stobart Group is to discontinue its chilled operations “as a stand alone unit” insisting that the “change will not affect Stobart's national network solution for customers”.In an interim management statement today (17 January), Stobart said the Eddie Stobart transport and distribution division continued to perform in an uncertain economic environment ...
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ArticleVauxhall remains largest CV manufacturer in the UK
Van production at Vauxhall’s Luton and Ellesmere Port plants totalled more than 58,000 units in 2012, making the company the UK’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer for the 11th year running.Total production at Luton for Vivaro vans was 53,465, with manufacturing at Ellesmere Port contributing 5,373 Astravans to the 58,838 total.In ...
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ArticleMiniclipper grows business and fleet
Miniclipper Logistics has expanded its operations and vehicle fleet due to increased demand for warehousing from existing customers, as well as new business wins.The operator has taken on an 87,000ft² warehouse a mile from its main base in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, boosting its overall warehousing capacity to 200,000ft².Jayne Masters, sales ...
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Allport Cargo Services puts new leadership team in place
Allport Cargo Services, which recently rebranded and adopted its new name in celebration of its 50th anniversary, is to reshape its executive team with the appointment of joint group MDs from April.Danny Clayton, MD of the supply chain division, has been named as joint MD of Allport Cargo Services alongside ...
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Lakeland to spend £10m expanding Cumbria DC
Kitchenware retailer Lakeland is to spend £10m expanding its DC in Cumbria by 50% to provide additional capacity to match expected sales growth in the UK and abroad.The company celebrated record sales in 2012 and is looking to add to its 60-strong high street presence in the UK in the ...
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ArticleFelixstowe LEZ plans put on hold
Plans for a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) at Felixstowe port and fining the most polluting LGVs have been shelved after the air quality improved substantially.Lorries were calculated to be contributing more than a quarter of all NOx concentrations at a receptor site and prompted the local council to consider measures ...
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ArticleNews Extra: Playing smart to stay ahead
MT’s latest UK Commercial Vehicle Operator Report, produced in association with Texaco Lubricants, reveals the value of being smart. There’s much talk of the squeezed middle in British politics but the latest UK Commercial Vehicle Operator Report confirms the emergence of savvy operators forming a smart middle within road transport.These ...
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Hermes ParcelShop concept running ahead of expectations
Hermes has revealed that each of its ParcelShops handled an average 60 parcels a week in the run up to Christmas, as more than 60,000 parcels were moved through the network during the festive period.The carrier has also hit its target of opening 1,000 ParcelShops by the end of 2012, ...
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ArticleJobs at risk at Dublin haulier
Up to 83 jobs, including a dozen driving jobs, are at risk at Dublin-based distribution firm Johnson Brothers after it decided to outsource warehousing work to DHL (pictured), according to union SIPTU.It said the announcement that it planned to implement redundancies came as a shock and it was urging the ...
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DHL wins £100m Panasonic contract
DHL has won a £100m contract with electrical goods manufacturer Panasonic that will see it manage its warehousing and transportation.The contract will see DHL carry out order fulfillment of electronic goods, manage a shared warehouse operation, and look to enhance Panasonic's domestic transport operation.DHL Supply Chain MD of specialist ...
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UPS and TNT merger termination "risks reducing competition"
The European Commission’s decision to prevent UPS from acquiring TNT Express “risks reducing competition, not increasing it”, an analyst at Transport Intelligence said.UPS has now pulled out of its multi-billion Euro plans to take over TNT Express, which the logistics analyst believes highlights the scale of the challenges the US ...
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ArticleUPS and TNT: How the merger unfolded
Life after UPS for TNT ExpressUPS has pulled out of its multi-billion Euro bid to take over TNT Express, almost a year after it first entered into talks with the parcel firm. It hoped the merger would create a €45bn (£37.4bn) logistics giant, increasing the US firm’s presence in the ...
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ArticleUPS pulls out of TNT deal
UPS has pulled out of its €5.16bn offer for TNT Express - in a deal that would have created a business with a combined annual turnover of £1.3bn in the UK - blaming European Commission (EC) concerns with the acquisition.The proposed merger is expected to be prohibited by the ...
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ArticleCity Link extends partnership with Secured Mail
City Link is to extend its relationship with postal service Secured Mail from mid-February to include mail items.It already collects larger packets and parcels from businesses and the new collaboration allow it to extend the service.Secured Mail accesses Royal Mail mail centres and collects its customer’s mail. It then transports ...
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ArticleAdvanced Supply Chain turnover leaps 57%
Advanced Processing, which trades as Advanced Supply Chain, took another step towards its target of £100m turnover by 2016, after a revealing a 57% rise in its most recent financial year.For the 12 months ending 30 June 2012 turnover rose to £28m, from £17.5m in the previous 12 month period.The ...
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ArticleHellmann strengthens Dutch connections
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK has entered into partnership with BF Global Logistics and said it will strengthen freight networks in the Netherlands.BF Global Logistics has recently taken over from former Hellmann partner at Tilburg, Cargo-Partner Network BV, and this new partnership is expected to continue the Road Xpress and logistics ...
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ArticleJohn G Russell warns of continuing squeeze ahead
Glasgow haulier John G Russell (Transport) has warned the distribution sector of a “difficult” 12 months ahead as costs keep rising while rates and profit margins continue to stagnate.Alan Poulton, chief executive, logistics at the group, told MT the firm was finding it increasingly difficult to squeeze further efficiencies out ...
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ArticleOFT's commercial vehicle investigation enters home stretch
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is about to enter the final stage of its investigation into Mercedes-Benz and five vehicle dealerships over suspected breaches of the Competition Act in the distribution of commercial vehicles.The investigation, launched in 2010, relates to five separate alleged infringements between March 2007 and ...
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ArticleDHL Supply Chain wins £14m Travis Perkins contract extension
DHL Supply Chain has won a £14 million contract renewal with Travis Perkins Group, which will see it handle 160,000 deliveries per year.The three and a half year contract extension will see the firm manage national transport operations from the builders merchant's Northampton DC, moving 20,000 loads annually.It will transport ...