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Motor Transport Power Players: 4 - Perry Watts

2016-01-08T09:00:00Z

4) Perry Watts Title: CEO, DHL Supply Chain UK and IrelandWith a turnover of pretty much £4.3bn in 2014 DHL Supply Chain is the biggest beast in logistics in the UK by some considerable distance (and is bigger than Wincanton, XPO Logistics and Kuehne + Nagel in the UK combined).At ...

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Hermes gunning for two-hour delivery slots in 2016

2016-01-08T07:13:00Z

Hermes is set to roll out an improved delivery window service this year, which will narrow its delivery slots down to just a couple of hours. The carrier’s chief executive Carole Woodhead told Motortransport.co.uk the service should be launched over spring and summer of this year.End-customers will, at first, be ...

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Competition for HGV drivers is pushing wages up and heaping pressure on operators, warns Meachers Global

2016-01-07T16:03:00Z

Rising driver wages look set to exacerbate the current squeeze in labour supply, Meachers Global Logistics MD Stuart Terris has warned.Commenting on the financial performance of the firm in the year to 31 May - which notched up a 25% increase in turnover with a 67% rise in pre-tax profit ...

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Hellmann Worldwide signs up for Apex Park development

2016-01-07T15:40:00Z

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has leased space at Prologis UK's new Apex Park in Daventry. The 3PL said it will use the 85,000ft2 facility to service a number of new and existing companies.Hellmann will move into the site in April this year, once Prologis has completed construction of the park.Andrew Sulston, ...

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DPD Precise to allow customers to pick their own delivery slot

2016-01-07T14:44:00Z

Multi-Motor Transport Award winning parcels carrier DPDgroup is set to introduce a new service later this year that will allow its customers to choose their own hour-long delivery slot. DPD Precise, which should be running by the summer according to chief executive Dwain McDonald, follows in the footsteps of ...

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Buffaload double-decker fleet passes 100 mark

2016-01-07T13:48:00Z

Buffaload's double-decker trailer fleet has passed the 100 mark after delivery of a consignment of new Gray and Adams trailers. The 10 temperature-controlled trailers, which bring the company’s double-decker fleet up to 105, are part of ongoing expansion in the business.Buffaload said each trailer can carry around 60% more volume ...

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Motor Transport Power Players: 5 - Bradley Jacobs

2016-01-07T09:00:00Z

5) Bradley Jacobs Title: CEO XPO LogisticsJacobs has been shaking up the road transport and logistics market in the US since he bought Express-1 Expedited Solutions in 2011 and renamed it XPO Logistics.He believes that the industry is ripe for consolidation due to its fragmented nature and he’s been sourcing ...

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UPN launches latest version of live signature capture app

2016-01-06T12:31:00Z

The United Pallet Network (UPN) has launched a new live signature capture application to enhance its proof of delivery offering. SmartPOD is the network’s third generation of signature capture app, and sees signatures uploaded to the UPN servers in real time. This means proof that a pallet has arrived and ...

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Associations fear new Dunkirk migrant camp will increase drivers' danger

2016-01-06T12:27:00Z

A proposed new migrant camp in Dunkirk, just 30 miles from Calais, has been criticised by the RHA and the FTA. The French government is to commit a proposed £1.1m to the camp, which is located about five miles east of the port of Dunkirk.The RHA said the dangers faced ...

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International partnership aims to halve road freight's CO2 emissions by 2050

2016-01-06T11:58:00Z

A new international partnership focused on tackling road freight emissions was launched at last month’s COP21 climate change forum in Paris.Its aim is to explore the “currently untapped and unmapped potential” for reducing emissions through better fleet optimisation and collaboration between road freight operators.Truck manufacturer Scania, operators Nestlé and UPS ...

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Motor Transport Power Players: 6 - Andrew Jones

2016-01-06T09:00:00Z

6) Andrew Jones MP Title: Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Department for TransportIf you knew Andrew Jones before he became freight minister you were either well plugged in to the world of politics in North Yorkshire, or were familiar with him from his days working at Bettys and Taylors ...

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Amazon Pantry expansion knocks Ocado shares yet again

2016-01-05T16:15:00Z

Ocado suffered at the hand of Amazon yet again last week, when the e-retail giant said it was expanding the catalogue of products on offer as part of its new Amazon Pantry service. The announcement, embedded in a Guardian interview with Amazon UK chief executive Christopher North, was followed by ...

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Motor Transport Power Players: 7 - Richard Burnett

2016-01-05T09:00:00Z

7) Richard BurnettTitle: Chief executive RHAFor the general public, Richard Burnett is the face of the road transport industry. When he became chief executive of the RHA in summer 2014 Burnett would hardly have believed he would have to be a man for a crisis. But life isn’t always that ...

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Stuart Jackson joins Bridgestone UK's senior management team

2016-01-04T15:50:00Z

Stuart Jackson has been appointed as business development director for northern Europe at Bridgestone.As part of his new role Jackson will work in support of all departments in the UK and Ireland, and will manage the delivery of a number of projects intended to transform the sales and profitability of ...

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Century earns plaudits for untangling knotty problem of returns

2016-01-04T15:45:00Z

Century Logistics is earning a reputation in the logistics industry for its innovative approach to managing returns.Sleepy Saxham in Suffolk is not exactly the sort of hotbed of logistics innovation where a company winning plaudits for maximising the value from that most thorny of retail problems – returns - might ...

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Muller to integrate Dairy Crest's dairy operation "at pace"

2016-01-04T13:39:00Z

Müller UK and Ireland is planning a rapid integration of Dairy Crest’s dairy operations following the completion of the £80m takeover deal.The integration could bring major changes to its milk collection and delivery operations.Unlike Dairy Crest, which mainly used third party logistics suppliers, including Wincanton, for fresh milk operations, Müller ...

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Motor Transport Power Players: 8 - Ray Ashworth

2016-01-04T09:00:00Z

8) Ray AshworthTitle: MD Daf Trucks UKOne in every three trucks registered every month is a Daf, which means arguably, he is man who ultimately dictates the price of anywhere between 26% to 30% of new trucks bought in the UK.In August 2015 Daf celebrated 20 consecutive years of topping ...

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Motor Transport Power Players: 9 - David Hunt

2016-01-03T09:00:00Z

9) David Hunt Title: vice-president and managing director at Ryder EuropeWith some 12,500 truck assets on its books Ryder remains the largest truck rental firm in the UK - which means it’s one of the biggest truck buyers as well as one of the biggest truck suppliers in the UK.Ryder’s ...

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Motor Transport Power Players: 10 - Dwain McDonald

2016-01-02T09:00:00Z

10) Dwain McDonaldTitle: Chief executive, DPDgroup UKFive MT Awards in one night? Only McDonald has managed that. He might not like us saying it, but McDonald has led the biggest success story in UK road transport in not just the past year, but the past decade.Back in August 2006 the ...

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Sheriff makes recomendations after Glasgow bin lorry tragedy - part 2

2016-01-02T09:00:00Z

This is part two of two of an article that originally appeared in Freight in the City's sister publication, Commercial Motor. Why not subscribe and get 12 issues for just £12?The recommendation that non-driver crew members should be given basic training in how to stop a refuse truck in an ...