Operator news – Page 202
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MT ArticleFife council rubber stamps temporary HGV park for Amazon warehouse
Amazon has been given the green light to operate a temporary HGV park in Rosyth in order to service its nearby fulfilment centre.Fife Council gave the go-ahead to the lorry and trailer park following complaints that vehicles were parking on roads near its facility.The site will be used for 18 ...
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MT ArticleDPD ramps up food deliveries with Morrisons' essential grocery box deal
DPD has seen the volume of food deliveries boosted to 200,000 per week as it secures a partnership with supermarket Morrisons to meet consumer demand for online grocery deliveries during the COVID-19 pandemic.It is also seeing an increase in volumes for existing food and recipe box customers, alongside the transportation ...
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MT ArticleClipper Logistics responds to alleged breach of social distancing rules at Nottinghamshire warehouse
Clipper Logistics has revealed it has been inundated with requests from customers to provide supply chain support, while dealing with criticism by employees that it was failing to implement social distancing policies.The BBC reported that workers at its Ollerton, Nottinghamshire warehouse had complained that they were being “crammed into corridors” ...
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MT ArticleInternational Forwarding adapts business to deliver NHS supplies
A Coleshill-based pallet specialist has re-organised its business and warehousing sites to prioritise the delivery of vital NHS supplies to hospitals across the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.Palletways member International Forwarding has been deploying its truck, trailer, warehousing and 60-strong workforce to transport urgent medical equipment seven days a week.Rob ...
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MT Article"Furlough scheme a welcome lifeline but our volumes are through the roof," insists ABE MD
Clive Brooks (pictured), MD of Herefordshire-based haulier ABE, has applauded the government's offer to pay employees 80% of their salaries while giving them leave of absence during the COVID-19 pandemic.The chancellor's furlough scheme has previously come in for criticism from hauliers who claim it won't work if parts of a ...
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MT ArticleFowler Welch rate review condemned by subcontractors
Subcontractors have slammed Fowler Welch's plans to review rates in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.The company, which specialises in the delivery of ambient and temperature controlled products to major supermarkets, has told its subcontractors it is reviewing rates in response to falling fuel prices.In a letter sent to its ...
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MT ArticleAbbey Logistics tops up pay of self-isolating workers to prevent financial hardship
Abbey Logistics is topping up its frontline workers’ sick pay to ensure they do not feel the need to continue to work if they need to self-isolate during the COVID-19 outbreak.The Wigan-based firm will top up sick pay for frontline staff for two weeks with staff receiving no less than ...
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MT Article"Social distancing a challenge," admits Europa MD as volumes fall by 25%
Andrew Baxter (pictured), MD of Europa Worldwide Group, has revealed the pressures transport and logistics companies are facing in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.Reports last week claimed staff at a Scunthorpe DHL depot were struggling to comply with new government social distancing rules and putting workers at risk – ...
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MT ArticleNew contracts help boost Pollock (Scotrans) profits
Pollock (Scotrans) said enhanced customer relationships and new contracts helped it increase turnover by 4% last year.The Scottish operator reported revenues of £27.8m for the year ending 31 August 2019, as well as a £256,000 pre-tax profit – up from £58,000 in 2018.It said it had achieved the figures “against ...
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MT ArticleFleet Source cancels classroom training courses after haulier criticism
Training provider Fleet Source has confirmed all its classroom-based courses have been cancelled until July, following criticism from one haulier that it was pressing ahead amid a viral pandemic.Fleet Source, which provides training for Driver CPC, Fors and Clocs, said that “to ensure full compliance with government instruction on isolation, ...
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MT ArticleLack of social distancing at DHL depot "totally unacceptable", slams haulage boss
A haulage boss whose staff deliver to DHL’s Nisa depot in Scunthorpe said its drivers were being put at risk by the absence of social distancing taking place at the site.The haulier, who asked to remain anonymous, said it was “totally unacceptable” that up to eight drivers were stood in ...
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MT ArticleAggregate Industries hauliers hit with rate cut as fuel prices slump
Hauliers working for Aggregate Industries (AI) have been hit with a 3% reduction in their rates after the construction materials supplier said fuel prices had plummeted.In a letter dated 25 March, the company told hauliers that its fuel escalator mechanism would be activated now that the average quarterly key fuels ...
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MT ArticleNagel Langdons increases profits and turnover
Food transport provider Nagel Langdons increased revenues by 7% to £160.9m in the year ending 31 December 2019.Pre-tax profit also grew, by 15% to £8.2m compared with £7.1m in 2018.The temperature controlled haulage and warehousing business said it had grown organically for several years and intended to continue growing by ...
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MT ArticlePremier Logistics (UK) returns to profit after financial restructure
CM 30.10.14Latest figures show that Premier Logistics (UK) increased turnover by 2% to £10.2m as the haulier battled its way out of its Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA).For the year ending 31 October 2019, the company also returned to the black, with a pre-tax profit of £2.3m, compared with a loss ...
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MT ArticleArsonists target Iceland deliveries despite COVID-19 lockdown
Police in Bristol have condemned the actions of arsonists who torched two Iceland delivery vans.At a time when the country was effectively in lockdown, Avon and Somerset Police said it was “beyond belief” that the vehicles were destroyed by fire.The force said this was one of several incidents of arson ...
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MT ArticleAdministrators of RPL Transport pursue legal claim linked to price-fixing cartel
A legal claim by the administrators of RPL Transport relating to a truck manufacturers’ price-fixing cartel is being pursued while the company enters liquidation.The Milton Keynes-based operator followed parent Bedfords Group into administration in April 2019 and insolvency experts at KPMG have spent the year pursuing debts and realising assets.In ...
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MT ArticleYodel reverses decision to sack security staff and replace them with unlicensed personnel
Yodel has reversed its decision to sack licensed security staff at its Hatfield depot and allegedly try to replace them with lower paid non-Security Industry Authority (SIA) licenced personnel.The decision has been welcomed by the GMB union who said it was essential the company followed good industrial relations practice to ...
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MT ArticleCOVID-19: P&O Ferries ramps up Calais-Dover freight operation
P&O Ferries has strengthened its freight operations on the Calais-Dover crossing to maintain the flow of goods during the COVID-19 crisis.The company's workforce in the Port of Calais are taking on new roles in freight handling to keep food, medicines and other goods flowing.The check-in and loading process has also ...
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MT ArticleCOVID-19: Trailer manufacturer Don-Bur hibernates and furloughs workforce
Trailer manufacturer Don-Bur has put the business on ice for the next three weeks and furloughed the majority of its workforce.The move aims to ensure staff and customer safety during the COVI-19 pandemic and comes in the light of 5.4% of the company’s 500-strong staff having gone into precautionary self-isolation.In ...
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MT ArticleTuffnells pledges to recruit over 100 new drivers and warehouse staff
Tuffnells has pledged to guarantee anyone out of work because of COVID-19 an interview as it looks to hire more than 100 new warehouse workers and lorry drivers.The announcement comes after the chief executive of the British Retail Consortium, Helen Dickinson, said the UK does not have short supplies but ...