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Latest news – Page 626
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ArticleGnewt Cargo impressed with Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL for London final-mile deliveries
Gnewt Cargo, the zero-emission final-mile delivery firm, has ordered an additional three Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL vans to work across central London on its TNT Express contract.The business ordered its first Vito E-CELL three months ago and has been impressed with the vehicle’s load volume and payload potential compared with other ...
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GeoPost "absolutely delighted" with turnover and profit growth in 2013
GeoPost UK, comprising of DPD and Interlink, showed robust financial health in 2013 with significant increases in turnover and pre-tax profit.Turnover at DPD rose by 24% to £492m for the year-ending 29 December 2013, from £397m in the previous year, while turnover at Interlink rose 12% to £179m. Combining the ...
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ArticleWilson James wins £10m deal from University College London
Wilson James has won a five-year contract with University College London (UCL) to act as logistics partner for the university’s Bloomsbury Transformation Programme.The £10m contract will be serviced out of its London Construction Consolidation Centre, which last month received the gold award under TfL's Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (Fors).The partners ...
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ArticleSovereign Transport named main haulier for Victorian Plumbing
Sovereign Transport has won a contract to become the sole haulier for online bathroom retailer Victorian Plumbing.The Merseyside-based haulier, which is a member of Palletways pallet network, previously did some European work for the bathroom retailer. However, post deal it has taken on responsibility for all of Victorian Plumbing's deliveries ...
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ArticleDo operators really fear click and collect?
Barclays’ The Last Mile report has found that around a third of transport and logistics firms perceive click and collect as a threat to their business. With click and collect estimated to account for over a third of the B2C deliveries by 2018, predicted to be around 433 million shipments ...
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ArticleWincanton wins renewed Total contract
Wincanton has secured a three-year contract renewal from Total, covering the management of its refinery maintenance warehouse.The operator, which won the initial contract in 2007, will continue to manage the warehouse at the Lindsey Oil Refinery in South Killingholme, North Lincolnshire on the fuel supplier’s behalf. It also plans to ...
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ArticleSkills for Logistics officially launches Standard of Excellence for Driver CPC
Skills for Logistics (SfL) launched its Driver CPC Standard of Excellence last week at an event held at the John Lewis Northampton distribution centre.Operators and training providers took part in presentations evaluating how the first five-year wave of Driver CPC had been conducted, highlighting best practice from across the industry ...
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ArticleFraikin invests £4m in Iveco trucks for rental fleet
Fraikin has placed a £4m order for Euro-6 Iveco trucks for its rental division.The new vehicles comprise a mixture of Eurocargo rigids and Stralis Hi-Way tractors and will be new additions to the firm’s 1,000-strong rental parc, in which Fraikin has invested £27m in since the start of last year.Fraikin ...
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ArticleBullet Express opens East Kilbride warehouse
Bullet Express has opened a 4-acre storage facility in East Kilbride to meet demand for warehousing from its customers.The site complements its Bothwell distribution operation and offers storage space for more than 4,000 pallets, pick and pack, and de-containerisation.It has 14 dock levellers (pictured right) for loading and unloading containers ...
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PD Portcentric Logistics wins LCL deconsolidation contract with Allport
Allport Cargo Services is to relocate its less-than-container load (LCL) deconsolidation service to the port of Felixstowe after signing a three-year contract with PD Portcentric Logistics.It plans to move all of its LCL deconsolidation operations, currently at Tilbury, into a 500,000ft² site operated by PD Portcentric Logistics. Allport then ...
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ArticleFuel cells the future for low carbon urban transport?
Where California goes, the US goes, and where the US goes the rest of the world will follow, so they say. So the news that California is investing in a hydrogen refuelling network to power vehicles running on hydrogen fuel cells might be significant. Maybe.Air Products is supplying hydrogen fuelling ...
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ArticleUnited Pallet Network turnover jumps
The United Pallet Network (UPN) enjoyed a good 2013/14 with turnover up more than 20% according to its latest accounts.The pallet network saw turnover in the year ended 31 March 2014 climb 20.9% to £5.9m compared with £4.9m a year ago.Pre tax profit also increased, climbing 9.6% to £1.4m (2013: ...
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ArticleACS&T wins three-year extension with bakery brand Kara
ACS&T has secured a three-year contract extension with foodservice brand Kara to manage outbound storage and distribution.The temperature-controlled specialist will collect frozen burger buns, breads and teacakes directly from Kara’s Manchester manufacturing site for palletised storage at ACS&T’s Wolverhampton hub.Up to 300 pallets per week will then be picked and ...
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Kuehne + Nagel plans Heathrow site
Kuehne + Nagel plans to move into a depot at London Heathrow airport next year, as it continues with its restructuring plans.The 130,000ft² flagship warehouse will be located on the Heathrow South Cargo Centre and is due to open in early 2015.A K+N spokeswoman was unavailable to disclose how many ...
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ArticleStart spreading the news about out-of-hours deliveries at Quiet Cities
Credit: Mark Lennihan/AP/Press Association ImagesStacey Hodge, director at Office of Freight Mobility, New York City Department of Transportation, will bring an international perspective to the first Quiet Cities summit in Twickenham next month. As well as showcasing the out-of-hours delivery experience in the Big Apple the two-day event will bring ...
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Allport Cargo Services appoints joint MD
Allport Cargo Services has appointed Charles McGurin as joint MD, replacing Jerry Gray who is to retire.McGurin rejoins Allport after 13 years and will head up the company alongside joint MD Danny Clayton. Most recently, he worked at DHL Supply Chain as vice president, business development for Europe, ...
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ArticleImport Services wins London Gateway warehouse contract
Southampton-based port-centric logistics firm Import Services has been chosen to operate DP World London Gateway’s shared user facility.It will take on a ‘significant portion’ of the 386,000ft² common user facility on the London Gateway Logistics Park, which is due to open in the second quarter of 2015.It will provide devanning, ...
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ArticleBook now to secure your place at Quiet Cities
Quiet Cities is the first global summit focused on enabling quieter deliveries of freight in urban environments.The two-day summit, a joint imitative between Motor Transport, TfL, DHL and Route Monkey, and it will take place on 25 and 26 November at Twickenham Stadium.It will bring together key stakeholders interested in ...
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ArticleFormer Roadways MD joins Pentalver in wake of Maritime buyout
Nick Matthews, formerly MD of Roadways Container Logistics, has joined Pentalver as general manager of its Cannock operation just weeks after Roadways was bought by Maritime Transport.Matthews will be responsible for running Pentalver (Cannock) – its 22 acre inland container port facility north of Birmingham – which includes 260 employees ...
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ArticleBuffaload increases Huntingdon HQ capacity
Cambridgeshire temperature-controlled operator Buffaload Logistics has opened a new cross-docking facility at its Huntingdon base, which it claims will increase capacity at the site by up to 50%.The six-bay cross-docking facility can accommodate its 65 double-deck refrigerated trailers and will help the firm cope with peak demand. It is currently ...