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ArticleMT Tracker 20 February
Looking at this week's share prices it is easy to pick out Hargreaves as the best performing company in road transport. And you wouldn't be far wrong, if you're measuring it over the past four weeks. The upturn is pretty stark. But it doesn't tell the whole story...Let's take a ...
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London mayor gets LGVs off the LEZ hook
London mayor Boris Johnson has abandoned plans to introduce a Euro-4 NOx standard for trucks operating in the London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) in 2015, but buses will still have to comply.The current phase 4 of the LEZ demands that trucks and buses meet only the particulates requirements of Euro-4, ...
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ArticleFowler Welch MD Nick Hay - Part 1
Fowler Welch MD Nick Hay has strong views on fleet replacement cycles and the switch to Euro-6 as he explains to Steve HobsonFowler Welch runs a fleet of 400 units and 800 trailers from 10 sites around the UK. Best known as a chilled operator, it dropped the ‘Coolchain’ from ...
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ArticleDfT holds out for longer-semi trailer adoption
Wincanton was one of the first operators to have an LST on the roadThe DfT has said a decision will be made in due course on the rigidity of the December deadline for operators to take up their allocations of longer semi-trailers as part of the government’s 10-year trial.It comes ...
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Elite Transport Services not ready to end yet
The chairman of Elite Transport Services has said he has a “very strong desire” to turn the business around, after creditors voted to back a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) at the container haulier.Gary Bethnal told MT that the decision to enter a CVA, which was backed by 99% of creditors, ...
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ArticleValera chooses Norbert Dentressangle for catering equipment distribution
Norbert Dentressangle has won a new logistics contract with catering equipment and commercial refrigeration supplier Valera.It will use two-man crews from its specialist services operation to collect equipment from Valera’s Banbury operation for consolidation at Norbert’s Leighton Buzzard site.Own branded products, as well as products from Sanyo, Fagor, Jordao Cooling ...
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ArticleDB Schenker expands capacity at Midlands hub
DB Schenker has expanded its road network hub in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, promising "agressive growth plans" in the UK.The UK arm of German firm Schenker expanded the site after the contract logistics work carried out there was moved to a new site in Tamworth.Schneker has increased capacity and improved security at ...
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ArticleEuropean backload rates fall
International operators suffered due to weak rates during Christmas 2012 due to the recession across most of the Continent, according to an online international backloads service.The latest Freightex European Road Freight Rate Index, based on the price paid per load between November 2012 and January 2013, revealed that rates ...
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ArticleYearsley Group unveils new livery on new Actros trucks
Lancashire-based Yearsley Group has unveiled its refreshed livery on 30 new Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks.The chilled distribution specialist has replaced older vehicles as well as increasing its overall fleet size with the purchase of the Actros 2545 SteamSpace tractor units.It has also taken a delivery of 300 new refrigerated Gray & ...
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ArticleTNT Express – ouch
UPS/ TNT Express – it’s over. Gone. Finito. Forget about it. Now we have to look at the future of TNT Express and that means turning the global business into a profitable one.Back in January – TNT insisted its future was bright – despite the European Commission shunning UPS’ advances. ...
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ArticleWincanton raises the roof and improves fuel efficiency with Freddies
Unliveried Wincanton unit featuring Hatcher FreddieWincanton has taken delivery of 115 new tractor units equipped with powered, height-adjustable roof fairings, reporting that height-matched fairings improve fuel consumption by about 5% compared with conventional fixed fairings.The units, 90 Mercedes-Benz Actros (the outgoing model) and 25 Renault Premiums, have joined Wincanton’s container ...
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ArticleSuttons Group looks to bring food to the table
Suttons Group looks set to flex its financial muscles under the leadership of new MD John Sutton and is looking at acquisition targets in the UK food supply chain market.The operator revealed last month that MD Andrew Palmer would retire at the end of its financial year in April, with ...
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DHL Express plans £30m hub and depot investment
DHL Express is planning to invest £30m in its network of depots and hubs over the next four years.UK and Ireland chief executive Phil Couchman revealed exclusively to MT that the logistics giant plans to expand capacity nationwide as a result of demand for international express deliveries over the past ...
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ArticleMarks and Spencer set to open Castle Donington DC in spring
Retailer Marks & Spencer has confirmed that its new DC in Castle Donington in the East Midlands will open this spring.The 900,000ft² site, which M&S will run itself, will create around 1,000 new jobs over time, said a company spokesman. The Castle Donington warehouse, which will incorporate an automated storage ...
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Could locker boxes be the answer to parcel carriers' capacity problems?
With many of the major parcel carriers struggling to increase capacity and cap volumes as a result of the boom in online retail, Motor Transport Award winner ByBox thinks that online retailers need to look at alternative ways of delivering the parcels to customers.The company has gone into 2013 with ...
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Vote on truck noise leaves current limit in place
Proposals to reduce the maximum noise limit of heavy trucks have been rejected by a plenary session in the European Parliament. Although MEPs in the EU Parliament’s Environment Committee approved a proposal in December that would see most newly registered heavy road-going trucks restricted over an eight-year period to a ...
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RHA urges chancellor to consider diesel prices and rates in Budget
Rates pressure, diesel prices and lorry road user levy revenues are among the points the RHA wants the chancellor to consider ahead of the Budget (20 March).Rates remain a ‘key concern’ , with members noting that a significant increase in fuel prices would not push them to raise rates as ...
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Boughey reshuffles management to boost customer service
Nantwich, Cheshire-based Boughey Distribution has reshuffled some of its management team, creating two new roles to raise levels of service to customers. The move, effective from the end of January, has seen former transport operations director Martyn Nicholls become commercial director; while former depot director Bernard Murphy has become operations ...
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Do you deliver at night?
Motortransport.co.uk would like to hear from any operators and retailers that currently make or receive deliveries at night.Perhaps you tried out-of-hours deliveries for the first time during the Olympics and are now continuing to operate outside of the traditional delivery window. You may transport goods in a specific sector that ...
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ArticleNigel Rice Transport wins Bartoline distribution contract
Nigel Rice Transport is no moreNigel Rice Transport has won a nationwide distribution contract with DIY product manufacturer Bartoline.The new contract will see the Palletways member distribute Bartoline’s products to major DIY retailers and supermarkets across the UK.The operator has been working with Bartoline for a few months and although ...