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Van sector needs to improve safety to avoid O-licensing, says SMMT
Van operators are being urged to improve maintenance arrangements and safety to avoid being bought into the O-licensing regime.The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has launched its van maintenance campaign at the CV Show today, which it hopes will help operators meet their self regulatory requirements.The organisation, which ...
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ArticleThe changing face of the Motor Transport Top 100
"To lose one… may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness." This year we’ve lost three of the (formerly) one hundred largest operators in the UK, either by business failure or acquisition. Is this misfortune? Carelessness? Or something else altogether?At the end of last year the ...
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ArticleDHL renews Ford Fleet Demonstrator contract
DHL Supply Chain has won a three-year renewal with Ford to manage the manufacturer’s Fleet Demonstrator programme, which grants customers an extended test drive period with the vehicles. DHL’s automotive marketing and sales support business, Inside Track, will manage the programme’s customer booking, delivery and collection of the cars, ...
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ArticleDeben Transport MD and finance director stepped down from roles ahead of collapse
With the shock, if not complete surprise, that Deben Transport has ceased trading today, The Hub took a closer look at some of the company's recent filings at Companies House. Having rescued Elite Transport Services from administration in 2013 (picking up the assets for £75,000 - but paying a total consolidation ...
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Deben Transport ceases trading
MT Top 100 company Deben Transport has ceased trading, with an administrator expected to be appointed later today.The Felixstowe-based operator, which rescued Elite Transport Services from administration in 2013, blamed a “sustained period of losses” for the decision to cease trading, in a termination of employment letter seen by Motortransport.co.uk.The ...
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Wincanton boss Eric Born to quit role in summer
Wincanton chief executive Eric Born is to step down in July.He is to be replaced by the company's group finance director Adrian Colman on 1 August, when Born will leave the business to become chief executive of a global, as yet, unnamed company.Born (pictured) joined Wincanton in April 2009 as ...
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Creating a legend: Europa MD Andrew Baxter
At the first sight of Europa, according to the Greek myth, Zeus was instantly overcome by her beauty and grace. She’s been a popular woman ever since, inspiring the name of a continent, a moon of Jupiter and now the face of one of the fastest changing operators in the ...
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Is it the weight? Or is it the technique?
It’s not our business to go about imposing extra hassle and costs on truck operators, but The Hub is wondering whether all the fuss recently about the maximum weight of pallets in tail-lift deliveries is really warranted. Talk to Palletline, the pallet network that first raised the idea of reducing pallet ...
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ArticleOnly 50% of foreign-registered trucks visiting Northern Ireland pay HGV Road User Levy
Only half the foreign-registered trucks visiting Northern Ireland are paying the HGV Road User Levy, NI minister of the environment, Mark Durkan, has suggested. Responding recently to a written question about the impact of the HGV Road User Levy on cross-border trade in Ireland, Durkan confirmed: “The most recent data ...
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Restricted licence holders in decline in Northern Ireland
New figures from Northern Ireland’s Department of the Environment (DOE) suggest there are still many operators who should hold restricted operating licences there but do not, after changes to the operator licensing scheme back in 2012. Despite the requirement from July that year for own-account operators to get a restricted ...
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ArticleYour FedEx TNT questions answered
Got any burning questions about FedEx’s acquisition of TNT? We might be able to help.The two companies held a Q&A session shortly after the takeover announcement was made, and The Hub tuned into the webcast so we could fill you in on all the details.Highlights of the opening speeches included ...
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Pallet-Track starts new European service ahead of schedule
Wolverhampton-based pallet network Pallet-Track has said its new international service in partnership with Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK will begin operating next Monday (13 April). The partnership, which the two firms announced a year ago, will deliver to 56 countries via a combination of road, sea and air.Pallet-Track founder and MD ...
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RHA wants maximum pallet weight across the industry
The RHA has confirmed it would like to see a reduced maximum pallet weight applied to tail-lift deliveries right across the road haulage sector – not just among pallet networks. Commenting on the recent decision by pallet network Palletline to limit the maximum weight of pallets it takes for tail-lift ...
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ArticleMeachers wins three year contract with Nexeo Solutions
Meachers Global Logistics has signed a three year contract with chemical and plastics distributor Nexeo Solutions. The deal will see Meachers arrange the sea freight of quantities of polypropylene granules from the US to the UK on behalf of Nexeo, from whence it will transport the cargo to its Nursling ...
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TPA Portable Roadways becomes 3,000th firm to gain Fors accreditation
Worksop, Nottinghamshire road access equipment provider TPA Portable Roadways has become the 3,000th company accredited to the Fors scheme, which was rolled out nationally earlier this year. A spokesman for the company, which has gained bronze level accreditation, said: “We are looking to become bigger and better at what we ...
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UK Pallets is dead, long live UK Pallets!
UK Mail Group is inundated with parcels, according to its latest trading statement. This in part is due to the demise of City Link.However, spare a thought for the passing of UK Pallets, which warrants only a paragraph towards the bottom of the release.“Our pallets business has now ceased operating, ...
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Article"For the shareholders at TNT this is fantastic..."
FedEx's €4.4bn bid for TNT Express has sent shockwaves around the industry, and the ramifications of the deal are still to be felt. The Hub spoke to Justin Zatouroff, global head of logistics at KPMG, to put the deal into perspective.JZ: "My impression is that we are already seeing more ...
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UK Mail surpasses parcel operational capacity
The volume of parcels being handled by UK Mail has surpassed its current operational capacity.In its pre-close trading update for the financial year ended 31 March 2015, UK Mail said the final quarter saw a 12% increase in parcel volume on the same period of the previous year.The spike, it ...
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ArticlePallet-Track members to exhibit at Multimodal 2015
Sheldon Clayton Logistics and Aztek Logistics are gearing up to exhibit at this month’s Multimodal show.The show veterans are returning this year to meet with customers and discuss the services on offer. Hertfordshire-based Aztek Logistics will also be telling customers about its new food-grade warehouse.Aztek Logistics MD Stuart Charter said: ...
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ArticleFramptons Transport Services acquired by Gregory Distribution
Gregory Distribution has bought fellow South-West haulier Framptons Transport Services.The acquisition is Gregory’s fifth in just over two years and further expands its footprint in the West Country, adding 245 employees, a fleet of 60 vehicles and 220,000ft² of warehousing to its 22 sites throughout the UK, home to 550 ...