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ArticleFuel-tanker driver talks reach fourth day
Fuel distributors and the Unite union are poised for a fourth day of negotiations over tanker drivers’ training, safety and employment terms.Conciliation service Acas is heading up the talks, which first kicked off last Wednesday (4 April) and reconvened yesterday morning (10 April) at 10am following the Easter weekend.The negotiations ...
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ArticleName change for Transport for London's FORS
Transport for London (TfL) has changed the name of its operator recognition scheme to encourage greater take up amongst smaller firms.The Freight Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS), which was launched in April 2008, has now been rebranded as the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme in a bid to broaden its appeal.A TfL ...
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ArticleHermes wins five-year New Look deal
Hermes has been awarded a five-year contract with fashion chain New Look to handle the home delivery of the retailer’s e-commerce orders.Delivering more than three million parcels per year to UK households, the goods will first be collected from New Look’s fulfilment hub in Lichfield, Staffs, before being transported to ...
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ArticleAcas fuel tanker driver talks reconvene
Haulage bosses from six fuel distribution firms are due to resume talks with the Unite union this morning (10 April) following the Easter weekend.Conciliation service Acas is leading the discussions, which kicked off last Wednesday (4 April) and continued for two days, over tanker drivers’ training, safety and employment conditions.Acas ...
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ArticlePall-Ex fires up young Dragons
Pall-Ex has been playing its part in raising the profile of the logistics industry with a Dragons’ Den style workshop for local school children at its central hub in Ellistown.Year Six students from 10 local primary schools were split into groups and tasked with creating a new business product or ...
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ArticleAbbey Logistics reveals two-for-one trailer
Abbey Logistics Group has taken delivery of a revolutionary new combined road tank and curtainsider trailer designed to slash empty running.The twin cargo trailer, developed by Clayton Commercials, has a tanker at the bottom with two separate compartments that can take a total of 21,000 litres, while on top is ...
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ArticleNFT wins Adams Foods primary distribution deal
NFT has beaten rivals to a primary logistics contract with Adams Foods, that will run for a minimum of three years.Operated from NFT’s flagship Daventry DC, the deal will include the handling of more than 3,500 pallets per week of cheese and butter products, including Kerrygold and Pilgrims’ Choice brands. ...
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Miniclipper bids farewell to Pall-Ex
Miniclipper Logistics is leaving Pall-Ex after more than 15 years with the network to join rival Palletline.The Leighton Buzzard-based firm was one of the founding members of Pall-Ex went it launched in 1996. Jayne Masters, sales director at Miniclipper, tells MT.co.uk that it wasn’t an easy decision to make.“Periodically, every ...
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ArticleGefco revenue up ahead of "decisive year"
Gefco, the logistics arm of PSA Group, saw its global revenue rise 12.9% in 2011 as it prepares to embark on what it describes as a “decisive year” for the company.For 2011 Gefco reported global revenue of €3.8bn, compared to €3.4bn a year ago, and an operating income of €223m ...
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ArticleCome dine with us
Last year's 25th anniversary Motor Transport Awards were a sell-out, so to make sure you get a seat at the biggest night in the road transport calendar book now!With more than 1,500 of the top movers and shakers in road transport expected to pack the Great Room at London's Grosvenor ...
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ArticlePeter Larner acts to improve image of logistics
Following on from Alastair Campbell's thought-provoking presentation on how the transport industry can get its message across to the public at the last MT Directors' Club, Suckling Transport MD Pater Larner is taking action.A new Suckling Transport tank trailer, which is being exhibited by Lakeland Tankers at the Federation of ...
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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle opens £1m NDC
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) says it has invested more than £1m in a new shared-user site at Rugby, to serve as an NDC for Continental Tyre Group.The new 212,000ft² facility, located in Prologis Central Park just off J1 of the M6, will also store products from fellow ND customer Bridgestone ...
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ArticleSensible acquisition will add £6m a year to Autologic
Autologic says its acquisition of the assets of Sensible Transport will add £6m a year to its revenue, but warns that automotive customers remain “focused strongly on price”.For the year ending 31 December 2011, Autologic saw its UK revenue rise 4% to £114.5m (2010: £110.6m) but operating profit in its ...
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ArticleWincanton hit by decline in volumes
Wincanton has warned that a decline in customers’ volumes and a reduced demand for warehousing will “adversely affect” the business in the next 12 months.In a trading update issued today (Tuesday 3 April), the group says that while it has successfully retained and won new contracts across all sectors, market ...
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ArticleK+N sell off Renault Trucks dealership
Logistic company Kuehne + Nagel has sold its Renault Trucks dealership RH Commercial Vehicles for an undisclosed sum, a year after it bought its parent company The RH Group for £66.9m.The new owners of the East Midlands dealership, that employs 55 people, include its current MD Nigel Baxter and general ...
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ArticleYodel well prepared for Olympic challenge
Yodel has announced its plans for ensuring deliveries are handled effectively throughout the busy Olympic Games period this summer.The parcel firm's contingency plans include informing customers of those postcodes most likely to experience delays; the creation of a dedicated 'Olympics Village HQ' at Yodel's Vauxhall depot in central London; as ...
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ArticleNews Extra: The long and short of it
When the government launched its longer semi-trailer trial in December last year the question posed by many of the 180 hauliers involved was: 14.6m or 15.65m?As part of its 10-year pilot scheme, the DfT has handed out 1,811 permits, approximately 900 of each size.However, the RHA tells MT that its ...
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ArticleAcumen Distribution wins recycling contract extention
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has extended its contract with Acumen Distribution for kerbside collection of household recyclable waste until 2016.As part of the extension Acumen will now conduct two weekly collections from public bring sites.Acumen has assigned two additional compactor trucks for the new weekly collections, which will join seven other ...
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ArticleDHL to close Coventry depot serving Sainsbury's
DHL is to close its Coventry depot, which it runs on behalf of retailer J Sainsbury, in a move that places 550 jobs at risk.The logistics giant plans to transfer the garment operations currently undertaken at Coventry for the retailer to another of its sites in Bedford.A DHL spokeswoman ...
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ArticleRoad transport operators prepare for fuel shortage
Truck fleet operators are drawing up contingency plans in the event of a national strike by fuel tanker drivers.Unite union leaders representing more than 2,000 tanker drivers working for Wincanton, DHL, BP, Hoyer, J W Suckling, Norbert Dentressangle and Turners (Soham) are locked in talks with employers over a dispute ...