Latest news – Page 739
-
Article
Plaid Cymru leader backs Petrol Promise campaign
The leader of the Welsh national party, Plaid Cymru, has signed up in support of PetrolPromise.com.Elfyn Llwyd is the 69th MP to back the campaign website’s push for an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) investigation into the price of fuel.PetrolPromise, which was founded by Robert Halfon MP, wants the non-tax ...
-
Article
Redhead International opens Northen Ireland depot
Redhead International has officially opened its new depot in Northern Ireland’s Mallusk.The opening ceremony on 27 July was performed by Northern Ireland’s executive minister for regional development, Danny Kennedy.The new 33,000ft² facility features a 20-tonne overhead crane for heavy lifting, as well as office space.Redhead international’s director of Ireland and ...
-
Article
Pall-Ex Polska set to launch next year
Pall-Ex Polska is set to launch in Poland in May 2013, the pallet network has revealed.KMC-Services has become the network’s latest network partner as part of its ambitious European expansion plans.Pall-Ex is aiming to have a 15-strong European network in place by 2015, and Polska will be the company’s fifth ...
-
Article
Cost Tables Feedback Form
Your Name (required)[text* your-name] Your Email (required)[email* your-email] Subject[text your-subject] Your Message[textarea your-message] [submit "Send"][your-subject][your-name] From: [your-name] Subject: [your-subject]Message Body:[your-message]--This mail is sent via contact form on Motor Transport https://motortransport.co.ukwebteam@roadtransport.com[your-subject][your-name] Message body:[your-message]--This mail is sent via contact form on Motor Transport https://motortransport.co.uk[your-email]Your message was sent successfully. Thanks.Failed to send your ...
-
Article
Send us Your Feedback
We value your feedback - please fill in the form below to, stating any areas of improvement you would recommend for the Cost Tables, and report ad technical difficulties.[contact-form-7 id="3552" title="Cost Tables Feedback Form"][s2If current_user_cannot(access_s2member_level0)] Login Register[/s2If][s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level0)] Modify Profile Motor Transport Cost Table Motor Transport Top 100 Best Practice ...
-
Article
Autologic prepares for Stobart takeover
Trading in shares in Autologic will be suspended on 9 August as Stobart Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stobart Group, completes its acquisition of the firm.On 18 June Stobart made an offer of £12.4m- the equivalent of 20p per share - for the automotive logistics firm. Both parties had been ...
-
Article
Roadways Container Logistics back in the black
Roadways Container Logistics has returned to profit despite a fall in turnover and a warning that rates in the market remain depressed.For the year ended 31 December 2011, Roadways achieved a pre-tax profit of £319,000, compared with a pre-tax loss of £697,000 in the previous year. Turnover, however, fell ...
-
Article
Palletline backs FairFuelUK
Palletline is backing the FairFuelUK (FFUK) campaign by sponsoring the IT infrastructure that enables FFUK to communicate with its hundreds of thousands of supporters.Kevin Buchanan, MD of Palletline, says: “We’re proud to be part of this admirable movement and the important work it is doing to force the fuel price ...
-
Article
London 2012: cabbies plan third strike tomorrow (27 July)
Some of London's black cab drivers are set to demonstrate tomorrow (27 July) at 5pm at Hyde Park Corner in protest against restrictions being imposed on them during the operation of the Olympic Route Network (ORN).FTA has been advised by the Metropolitan Police of the planned demonstration as it is ...
-
Article
London 2012: UPS makes final delivery of media equipment
UPS has completed its final delivery to the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) and Main Press Centre (MPC) at the Olympic Park.As a result the equipment for 21,000 media representatives is now all delivered, set up and in place for the start of the Games.The logistics giant has transported 400 tons ...
-
Article
Norbert Dentressangle wins bootiful Bernard Matthews contract
Bernard Matthews has appointed Norbert Dentressangle (ND) to manage national storage and distribution for its frozen and fresh products.ND will supply Norfolk-based Bernard Matthews Farms with frozen and chilled consolidation services at shared cold stores in Easton, Norfolk and Lowestoft, Suffolk - sites ND says it has invested £1.5m in.It ...
-
Article
London 2012: FTA hits the road with DHL ahead of Olympics
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) joined DHL earlier this week on their contract with Iceland to a delivery to central London to discover how prepared the business is for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.On Sunday, DHL moved a lot of its London-based accounts onto night deliveries ahead of the start ...
-
Article
Wincanton on track for profit growth
Wincanton says it is making good progress this financial year in its strategy to return to “sustainable profit growth”.An interim statement issued today (26 July), for the period commencing 1 April, reveals the logistics giant has traded in line with expectations and with a strong new business momentum.In particular, Wincanton ...
-
Article
Wincanton signs £30m deal with AvantiGas
LPG supplier AvantiGas has extended its partnership with Wincanton, extending its contract by five years in a £30m deal.Wincanton runs a 40-vehicle fleet, from seven sites across the UK for AvantiGas, distributing LPG to commercial and domestic consumers. Driver numbers ranging from 56 during peak winter months to between 30 ...
-
Article
Bibby Distribution puts Morrisons consolidation contract InMotion
Bibby Distribution has won a contract with Morrisons to operate five regional consolidation centres (RCC) across the UK.Bibby will operate the five RCC operations from its existing facilities in Yorkshire, the East Midlands, the South East, Staffordshire and the South West. First to go live will be Yorkshire and the ...
-
Article
Pentalver signs used vehicle export deal
Pentalver has signed a deal that will see it open a vehicle pre-clearance facility for the export of second-hand vehicles.The deal is a joint venture with New Zealand-based vehicle logistics firm Autohub and Japanese inspection company Jevic and is based at Pentalver’s depot in Felixstowe. The facility has the capacity ...
-
Article
London 2012: Olympic Route Network now live for next 21 days
Operators delivering into and around London are reminded that the Olympic Route Network (ORN) is live as of today (25 July) and will remain in place until 14 August.All traffic can use the vast majority of the 109-mile long ORN, it is just the dedicated Games Lanes that are reserved ...
-
Article
UK derogation gives12-month Euro 5 extension
The UK has secured a 12 month derogation for Euro 5 trucks, enabling operators to delay registration of new Euro 5 trucks until the end of 2014.Euro 5 trucks built before 30 September 2013 will be allowed to be stockpiled and registered up until the end of 2014, though all ...
-
Article
Movianto to be sold to US firm Owens & Minor
Medical 3pl giant Movianto is to be sold by parent company Celesio to US firm Owens & Minor for €130m.Celesio says it wants to divest of logistics arm Movianto, which has been part of the German-based company since 2004, to concentrate on its core sectors of pharmaceutical wholesaling and ...