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GFS wins Skate Hut home delivery contract
Global Freight Solutions (GFS) has won a home delivery contract with leisure retailer Skate Hut.The contract will cover economy, premium, international, and parcel shop deliveries by a range of parcel delivery firms, using GFS’s carrier management system.The Halesowen, West Midlands-based company chose GFS as it believes customers have different delivery ...
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ArticleBT Fleet takes on 1,200 vehicles for gas distributor
BT Fleet has signed a four-year deal to manage a fleet of 1,200 vehicles for gas distributor Wales & West Utilities. The contract involves management of Wales & West Utilities’ light and heavy commercial vehicles as well as plant, and also involves management of its vehicle suppliers. “We chose BT ...
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Continuous improvement fuels contract renewal for DHL and Morrisons
In November, DHL Supply Chain revealed it had beaten off rival bids to renew a six-year fuel distribution contract with the UK’s fourth largest supermarket, Morrisons – a deal that extends their overall working relationship to 12 years.But this time around, both parties wanted to adopt a fresh attitude to ...
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ArticleBibby Distribution orders 150 Mercedes Benz Euro-6 trucks
Bibby Distribution has placed what is believed to be the largest single order for Euro-6 trucks with over 150 rigid and artic Mercedes-Benz vehicles to be delivered in 2014 and 2015.The deal is part of a £20 million fleet renewal and expansion programme that will also see the arrival of ...
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Palletways joins Fors as J Murphy strikes gold
Palletways has become the first pallet network to achieve Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) accreditation for its Owned Member Depots business.FORS is a voluntary certification scheme aimed at ensuring fleet operators in London maintain high standards, it includes the fitting of cycle-safety equipment and training as one of its components.Palletways ...
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FTA tells DfT to speed up Thames crossing decision
The FTA has called on the government to speed up its decision over a new lower Thames crossing, after transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin ruled out one of the three possible locations and said a final announcement would be made “as soon as possible”. The option rejected would have seen a ...
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Acumen Distribution grows longer semi-trailer fleet
Acumen Distribution has grown its fleet of longer semi-trailers from four to 18 15.65m units.In June the Department for Transport admitted that it would be “highly unlikely” that its target of 1,800 longer semi-trailers would be on the road by the end of December 2013.It subsequently changed the application process ...
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FTA: London Councils could ease cycle safety by relaxing London lorry ban
London Councils could improve cycling safety by relaxing the London Lorry Control Scheme (LLCS) to enable more deliveries to be made at night, the FTA has told Motortransport.co.uk.Instead, The Transport and Environment Committee of London Councils is meeting today (12 December) to discuss introducing new conditions to the LLCS that ...
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Cyclist safety still a political hot potato
LGV operators should not feel they are being singled out in the drive to cut cyclist deaths and injuries in London, as modifications to make construction vehicles safer are just part of a package of measures being introduced to improve cycle safety, London major Boris Johnson said on Monday (9 ...
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Royal Mail reveals union agreement
Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have revealed the details of their agreement which has ended the lengthy dispute between the two parties.The agreement covers 139,000 staff across the UK and includes a 9% pay increase over three years, a lump sum of £200 to be paid before ...
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ArticleJaupt to administer Driver CPC for another two years
Jaupt has had its contract to manage the Driver CPC extended by two years.A spokesperson for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), formerly Vosa and the DSA, confirmed that a tendering process for the future management of training and accreditation services had begun earlier this year as the ...
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ArticlePostNL to sell part of TNT Express stake
Netherlands-based post and parcel firm PostNL - parent company to TNT Post -has sold part of its stake in TNT Express.The company revealed the sale of half of its share in TNT Express last week. It formerly held around 30% of the business’s outstanding share capital.The sale commenced on Friday ...
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Nightline prepares for 50% increase in Christmas volumes
Irish parcel carrier Nightline has said it expects to move 50% more parcels this Christmas than last year, despite a slow start to the season.The company expects to process 1.3m parcels in the two weeks leading up to Christmas, and CEO John Tuohy has warned that parcel carriers may ...
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ArticleFunny how the human mind works…
time is running outIn the past fortnight, we’ve heard truck manufacturers, rental and leasing giants, and tier 2 suppliers reflect on the impact of the recession: namely that as conditions got worse and the focus on costs got ever greater, so operators’ ability to focus on the total cost of ...
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UK Mail to relocate from Birmingham to Coventry
UK Mail plans to relocate its national hub from Birmingham to Coventry after reaching an agreement with the DfT over its High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) plans.In the company’s half year results last month, which showed a 63% increase in pre-tax profit, UK Mail said its current hub is located ...
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KNDL opens new Hampshire site
Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logistics (KNDL) has begun to move into its new sites as it presses ahead with its network restructure.The operator has successfully moved some of its operations into a site in Eastleigh, Hampshire, where it will operate 12 vehicles.A KNDL spokeswoman said: “It is one of our ...
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ArticleEuropa Worldwide boss welcomes fuel duty freeze
The freeze in fuel duty until the end of the current parliament will deliver “significant benefits to the British freight industry” according to the MD of one of the UK’s largest haulage firms.Andrew Baxter, who took a 90% controlling stake in Europa Worldwide in August, said that duty rises ...
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Goodwill says there will be no hasty cycle safety changes
The government will not introduce “knee jerk” regulations requiring trucks to be fitted with additional cycle safety equipment such as detectors or cameras without scientific evidence that they are effective, roads and freight minister Robert Goodwill MP has pledged.Giving evidence to the House of Commons Transport Committee enquiry into cycle ...
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ArticleTransport minister - gaff or policy on the hoof?
Giving evidence yesterday (4 December) to the Commons transport committee's exhuastive (and exhausting) enquiry into cycle safety, recently appointed transport minister Robert Goodwill MP put in an 80 minute stint, flying solo without the support of DfT officials.Unsurprisngly the subject of training LGV drivers to look out for cyclists came ...
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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle renews AgustaWestland contract
Norbert Dentressangle has won a contract renewal from helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland.The contract covers daily UK transport of helicopter parts to the aviation and military sectors from its base in Yeovil, Somerset, for next day-delivery of a wide range of parts.ND has held the contract since 2001 and makes approximately 19,000 ...