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Fowler Welch to provide transport for Dairy Crest
Fowler Welch is set to take over transport operations at Dairy Crest’s national distribution centre (NDC) in Nuneaton from June.Following the sale of its dairy business to Müller UK, Dairy Crest has revealed it is in discussions with the operator over a partnership that would see the site opened up ...
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ArticleAvantiGas opts for Route Monkey to optimise its fleet
AvantiGas has picked Route Monkey software to help improve its transport planning capability with the minimum of fuss.A supplier of liquid petroleum gas, Chesterfield-based AvantiGas has a network of 15 DCs nationwide and operates its own HGV fleet.Andrew Cauldwell, logistics manager for AvantiGas, said: “We found that our previous scheduling ...
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Staffordshire and Stoke councils launch joint air quality scheme for fleet operators
A consortium of eight Staffordshire councils has launched a new ECO Stars Fleet Recognition Scheme in a bid to improve air quality on local roads.The free-to-join ECO Stars scheme encourages and supports operators of HGVs, vans, buses and coaches to run their fleets more efficiently, reducing both costs and vehicle ...
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Yodel makes £50m loss in 2014/15
Yodel has made its sixth pre-tax loss in a row, two years after it failed to hit its self set target of turning its first profit. The carrier blamed unexpected parcel volumes over Black Friday weekend in 2014 for the loss in the year ended 30 June 2015, which it ...
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Additional South West Howard Tenens warehouse nearing completion
Howard Tenens has almost completed a new warehouse in the South West, which it has been built in response to a growing shortage of warehousing space in the UK.The 169,000ft² Bristol Gateway site sits between junctions 23 and 24 of the M5, and has 20 loading docks and a two-storey ...
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ArticleCM editor saddles up for Transaid Cycle South Africa
Will Shiers, editor of MT’s sister magazine Commercial Motor, has agreed to change his lifestyle and ignore his prejudices for one year, having reluctantly signed up for Transaid’s Cycle South Africa 2017.Shiers, who said that his longest bike ride to date was a 2-mile round-trip to the local pub, will ...
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ArticleFreight in the City Spring Summit round-up: urban freight challenges in the North
Close to 300 delegates headed to Manchester last week to explore the opportunities and challenges facing the logistics sector through the chancellor’s Northern Powerhouse agenda.Freight in the City Spring Summit moved the debate about sustainable urban deliveries away from London and focused on the cities of Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds, ...
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ArticleBandvulc Group wins Wincanton tyre supply deal
Wincanton has selected Bandvulc Group as its tyre supply and maintenance contractor.The deal covers not just the supply of new Hankook tyres to the operator’s 4,000-strong fleet through its fleet management arm Bandvulc Plus+ but also the supply of Bandvulc tyres as well. Bandvulc Plus+ will also provide administration support ...
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Arla Foods to outsource Hatfield Peverel transport to Bidvest Logistics
Arla Foods' plans to close its Hatfield Peverel dairy processing plant and outsource its logistics operation to Bidvest Logistics have been slammed by union Unite.The move comes just one year after Arla outsourced its outbound logistics at its Leeds operations to Moran Logistics along with the transfer of 100 drivers.The ...
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Calling all low carbon logistics champions - enter the 2016 Motor Transport Awards now
Could your company be the Low Carbon Champions at this year’s Motor Transport Awards?If your business has greatly reduced its carbon emissions by improving the efficiency of its operation or investing in alternative fuelled vehicles, then the Low Carbon Award, now in its 9th year, is still open for entry.Sponsored ...
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ArticleBibby Distribution spends £1.2m on new Van Hool tankers
Bibby Distribution has spent £1.2m on 18 new tankers for its food ingredients logistics operation. The Van Hool-manufactured tankers will be used to deliver glucose and starch to a range of confectionary brands, but Bibby said its own technical team had designed the trailers to be flexible for future operations.Equipped ...
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Freight in the City Spring Summit: DHL calls for northern cities to adopt consistent approach to freight
DHL has called for a consistent approach across key northern cities in their methods of managing freight deliveries.Ian Cooper, director, transport value creation at DHL Supply Chain, stressed the importance of regional, rather than city-specific logistics rules to tackle the challenge of rising urban freight volumes.Speaking at Freight in the ...
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Freight in the City Spring Summit: road freight is vital to keep up with changing urban delivery demands
Learning to “love the truck” will help keep pace with changing consumer-driven delivery demands, delegates were told yesterday at the Freight in the City Spring Summit in Manchester.Ian Stansfield, former Asda VP logistics services and supply chain, said the surge in online retail and changing consumer buying habits meant more ...
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UK's pallet networks deliver another year of growth
The continuing rise in internet shopping and an increase in the carriage of hi-tech and high-value goods helped members of the Association of Pallet Networks (APN) deliver a strong performance in 2015.The eight members delivered a total of 22.4 million pallets in 2015, up more than 8% on 2014's volume. ...
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ArticleBJS Storage and Distribution orders 50 curtainsiders via Ryder
Doncaster-based BJS Storage and Distribution has inked a contract hire deal with Ryder for 50 new curtainside trailers.The new tri-axle trailers are being built by Montracon and will replace older trailers in BJS’s 120- strong trailer fleet.BJS director Richard Hall, said: “As our business expands it is essential to have ...
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Moving Calais camp could lead to migrant 'free-for-all'
Moving the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais to UK soil in the event of the UK leaving the EU would simply encourage more migrants to attempt to reach Britain by any means and could lead to a "free-for-all", the FTA has warned.Speaking after a warning from French economy minister Emmanuel Macron ...
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Freight in the City Spring Summit: North of England operators could reap £16.2bn in efficiency gains
The logistics sector in the North of England could reap £16.2bn in efficiency gains if recommendations made in the draft Transport for the North (TftN) Freight & Logistics Strategy come to fruition.Speaking at today's (3 March) Freight in the City Spring Summit: Driving Growth in the North, Chris Rowland, MD ...
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ArticleAndyfreight stretches its deal with Newell Rubbermaid
Stourbridge, West Midlands firm Andyfreight has confirmed a three-year extension to a UK-wide distribution contract with US company Newell Rubbermaid.The contract, which extends a 10-year relationship, involves the transport of some 50,000 pallets a year from Newell Rubbermaid’s Lichfield DC to retailers including Tesco and Amazon, Andyfreight commercial services manager ...
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Morrisons playing it tough with Ocado over home delivery
Morrisons’ agreement with Ocado to use its new customer fulfilment centre (CFC) in Erith, London, is far from a done deal.Morrisons and Ocado are negotiating a deal that would see the supermarket taking space in the Erith CFC and using Ocado’s system to allow Morrisons to process customers’ online orders ...
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ArticleDfT considers scheme to retrain military leavers to plug driver skills gap
The government is looking at funding HGV driver training for those leaving the military to help alleviate the skills shortage.According to transport minister Lord Ahmed, speaking at the Transport Committee hearing into the haulage industry’s skills shortage, the government has a key role to play in removing any barriers to ...