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ArticleND gets its freight forwarding on
Well, that didn’t take long. Barely two weeks after Norbert Dentressangle began raising funds, sorry, trading on the NYSE Euronext London stock exchange it’s flexed its acquisitive muscles again. This time picking up Franco-Russian freight forwarder Daher Group.It’s not the first time ND has snapped up freight forwarding interests in ...
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ArticleAre Britain's roads equipped to handle the summer?
During a time where the British Retail Consortium is reporting above average retail figures, all the more important for trucks to be on the roads and delivering goods into stores, one of the busiest roads in the UK, the M25, came to a standstill on Sunday (14 July).Unable to take ...
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ArticleMT Tracker 17 July
The success story of the first half of the year, without doubt, is UK Mail. It simply, absolutely, will not stop, moving parcels with volumes up 25% in the first quarter year-on-year. If you had bought a share in the firm in January, it would have set you back 365p ...
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ArticleAn Inconvenient Truth: even utopia needs deliveries
The London Olympics may be a happy memory for most, but it appears the freight industry’s “legacy” is far from assured.While it is true that the Games successfully pushed freight’s needs onto the political radar at the traditionally people and passenger focused Transport for London (TfL), not everyone it seems ...
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K+N predicts stronger second half
Profit fell at Kuehne + Nagel's road and rail logistics division in the first half of 2013, compared to the same period in 2012, although it predicted a stronger second half-year performance.The division pulled back strongly in the second quarter from an 85% first-quarter drop in EBITDA caused by adverse ...
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ArticleTransaid goes back to its roots
International development charity Transaid has gone back to its roots providing logistics support to other aid organisations since Gary Forster took over as chief executive in 2011, as he explains to Steve Hobson.While Transaid was set up as an independent body in 1998, its origins go further back, and ...
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Panther launches Saturday delivery service
Household furniture and appliances delivery firm Panther Warehousing has launched a Saturday delivery service as it attempts to meet consumers’ demands.The operator, which recently expanded its services to include delivery of 'light and large' goods, is now able to offer next day delivery of goods six days a week, provided ...
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ArticleEvans Transport opts for Euro-5 fleet renewal
Evans Transport in fleet renewalPalletforce member Evans Transport has spent £2.5m on more fuel efficient vehicles in the past year, as part of an on-going fleet replacement programme.The family-run firm, which has its head office in Barnstaple, has replaced 35 LGVs over the past 12 months. The bulk of ...
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Brit European prepares for growth in 2013
Automotive specialist Brit European Transport improved its margins in 2012, despite a slight fall in turnover.The haulier – which acquired bulk liquids business Tankplus in November 2012 – saw pre-tax proft for the year-ending 31 December 2012 rise to £465,265 from £334,522 in the previous financial year.This represents an pre-tax ...
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Schenker and Roadways Container Logistics cut truck miles
Rail freight operator DB Schenker Rail UK has selected Roadways Container Logistics' Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal (BIFT) as its Midlands rail hub.Two DB Schenker trains from Southampton and one from Felixstowe run daily into the state-of-the-art terminal, carrying more than 770 containers a week in and out of BIFT. Roadways ...
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ArticleDPD East Midlands parcel hub given the green light
Building work for DPD’s £100m East Midlands parcel hub is likely to begin in August, following the granting of planning approval.The project, which will form part of the £175m investment in its hubs and depots revealed last year, will see a 330,000 ft² hub developed on the 33-acre site close ...
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ArticleMT Awards 2013: the movie!
The highlights from the 2013 Motor Transport Awards are now available for your viewing pleasure.If you missed the road transport industry’s Oscars on Wednesday 3 July, or if you were there and want to be reminded of what a great night it was, the movie features all the best bits ...
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Norbert Dentressangle to open two-man DC in Taunton
Norbert Dentressangle will open a new DC in Taunton, Somerset, at the end of this month, granting it greater access to the South West.The Taunton site will act as a regional hub for its two-man delivery Specialist Services division.The operator is spending £150,000 in refurbishing a 160,000 ft² warehouse, located ...
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FFUK to hand over petition urging OFT to investigate oil pricing
FairFuel UK (FFUK) and its supporters will hold a rall outside the London HQ of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on Monday (15 July) as the campaign group renews calls for a fair and transparent investigation into oil pricing.Founder Peter Carroll, who won a service to the industry award ...
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ArticleDSA investigated 100 Driver CPC centres last year
The DSA had 100 Driver CPC audits referred to it by JAUPT last year after concerns about the standard of training provision were raised following general inspections.The figures were revealed at last month’s RHA National Training Conference at Warwick University by Peter Weddell-Hall, head of training accreditation services at DSA.Of ...
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Scottish hauliers fear independence effect
Scottish hauliers have expressed fears for the viability of their businesses following the revelation that they would have to pay to use UK roads if Scotland votes for independence.A Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) report revealed recently that operators based in an independent Scotland would need to pay ...
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ArticleHermes and ByBox team up to offer parcel locker deliveries
Hermes has teamed up with ByBox to offer a parcel locker delivery and collection service for SMEs and online retailers.The carrier will launch the service with 100 drop-off and pick up points across the UK, with hopes to increase the number of lockers to 250 by the end of 2013.The ...
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Gregory Distribution snaps up Interoute Transport Services
Devon-based Gregory Distribution has acquired the business, assets and goodwill of Oxfordshire firm Interoute Transport Services, which went into administration on 17 May. The acquisition includes Interoute’s 120,000ft² warehouse operation on a leased site in Thame. It also includes the 27 employees retained out of its original 65 staff after ...
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Royal Mail IPO to take place this year
Royal Mail’s planned privatisation will go ahead with the sale of shares through an initial public offering (IPO) this year, the government has revealed.Business secretary Vince Cable told MPs that the IPO will include both a retail offer to allow large investors and members of the public to buy shares ...
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Call to shift London freight deliveries outside of peak hours
Freight deliveries within the capital should be shifted outside of peak hours, according to a new report from the Roads Task Force (RTF).In its vision for London’s roads and streets, the RTF called today for more investment in infrastructure, as well as greater use of technology to ease congestion through ...