Operator news – Page 249
-
MT ArticleArrowXL spends £2m on new DAF LFs
Arrow XL has spent £2m on 40 new 7.5-tonne DAF LFs.The two-man delivery firm chose the vehicles after asking its drivers for feedback on their requirements."If you want to know about driving, ask a driver," Arrow XL CEO Charlie Shiels told MT."The drivers gave us 12 things they wanted and ...
-
MT Article
Charlie Shiels "excited to get stuck in" at ArrowXL as operator's new boss
Former DPD director Charlie Shiels has been appointed as the permanent CEO of ArrowXL, after his predecessor Ian Howell stepped down in September. Shiels was filling the role on an interim basis, but today confirmed to MT he will remain in the post."I never thought I’d be CEO, it was ...
-
MT ArticleNorth Sea Express raided by police and trucks seized as part of social dumping investigation
Belgian police seized and sealed 112 tractor trailers at the Zeebrugge premises of international haulier North Sea Express (NSE) as part of an investigation into social dumping.The international haulier, which has offices in Zeebrugge, Tilbury Port in the UK, Slovakia and Portugal is being investigated for its use of Romanian ...
-
MT Article
Own-account giant Palmer Harvey & McLane in administration
One of the UK’s largest own-account operators, Palmer Harvey & McLane, has collapsed into administration and ceased trading with the immediate loss of 2,500 jobs.The wholesaler has more than 600 vehicles specified on its O-licence, which placed it at 23 in MT’s Own-Account top 50. This was published alongside our ...
-
MT ArticleHalfords Group renews long-haul fleet with 50 new Volvo FH units
Halfords Group is renewing its entire long-haul fleet with 50 new Volvo FH tractor units. The 500hp trucks with Globetrotter XL cabs were supplied by Volvo dealership The Hartshorne Group, which the retailer has been working with for three years, and will be run by Wincanton on its national distribution ...
-
MT Article
Kingsmill Bakery drivers vote to strike over pay dispute
Kingsmill Bakery’s bread deliveries are under threat after drivers at the firm’s West Bromwich site voted overwhelmingly for strike action this week.More than 100 drivers at the West Bromwich site, which supplies 1.5 million loaves a week to customers including Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, took part in the ballot ...
-
MT ArticleClugston Distribution appoints former Rhenus Logistics manager as distribution director
Former Rhenus Logistics general manager Tim Doggett has joined Clugston Distribution as distribution director. Before his time with Rhenus, Doggett worked for Europa Worldwide Logistics Group, and has more than 25 years of experience in the transport and warehousing sector.Robert Vickers, chief executive at Clugston Distribution parent Clugston Group, said: ...
-
MT Article
Keyne Express Deliveries and KED Logistics rescued from administration by Beaches Logistics
Keyne Express Deliveries and KED Logistics have been purchased by Beaches Logistics after both companies entered administration.All employees have transferred to Beaches and they will continue to operate from the Milton Keynes site previous occupied by Keyne Express.According to Helen Jarvis, Keyne Express Deliveries’ director, the administration on 20 November ...
-
MT Article
Ontime Automotive fined after worker crushed by vehicle transporter deck
Automotive logistics and vehicle recovery firm Ontime Automotive is to pay £100,000 in fines and costs after a worker was crushed to death by the upper deck of a vehicle transporter.John Wallace was jet washing a twin-deck recovery vehicle at the company’s site in Hayes, Middlesex in May 2013 ...
-
MT ArticleHowdens Joinery fined £1.2m after HGV driver death
Kitchen manufacturer and supplier Howdens Joinery has been fined £1.2m after a visiting HGV driver was crushed whilst delivering into one of its sites in 2014.Agency driver Richard Bowen was crushed to death by a forklift truck that overturned whilst lifting kitchen worktops from a trailer at the firm’s Workington, ...
-
MT ArticleJames Dolan Group snaps up haulage firm Dooley Rumble
Cambridge-based James Dolan Group has bought Ipswich haulage firm Dooley Rumble for an undisclosed sum.The deal comes 18 months after it snapped up Green & Skinner (Haulage).Speaking to MT, group MD James Dolan said the deal, which brings the group’s turnover to more than £10m, is part of a strategy ...
-
MT ArticleBrakes extends trial of DAF LFs using GTL fuel
Food wholesaler Brakes is extending a trial that will see all 18-tonne DAF LFs based at its West London depot run on Shell Gas to Liquid (GTL) fuel from Certas Energy.Following a successful pilot involving a "handful of LFs" at its Park Royal facility earlier this month, all of its ...
-
MT ArticleAggregate Industries mandates FORS for its sub-contractors
Aggregate Industries will expect all its sub-contractors to have at least bronze level FORS accreditation by March 2018.The decision will affect more than 600 sub-contractors, and Aggregate Industries has committed to paying 20% of the annual FORS subscription fee those in the scheme pay.Aggregate Industries added that successful FORS Bronze ...
-
MT ArticleAO.com buys 80 Mercedes-Benz rigids with Tiger Trailers bodies
AO.com is predicting a “significant” cut in is fleet’s running costs after refreshing its fleet with 80 new rigid trucks.Built by Tiger Trailers, the rigid bodies, which are mounted to 7.5-tonne Mercedes-Benz Atego chassis, are designed to improve fuel efficiency by reducing airflow resistance. The rigid bodies’ design also ensures ...
-
MT ArticleBrit European rallies to the flag for Guy Martin's First World War Tank
Guy Martin with the tank in Cambrai, Northern FranceBrit European played a starring role in helping motorcycle racer and truck mechanic Guy Martin meet his latest Channel 4 challenge, which saw him reconstruct a World War One British Mark IV tank and operate it in a re-enactment of its first ...
-
MT Article
Dairy Crest transport contract helps Fowler Welch half-year turnover grow
Fowler Welch saw turnover increase during the first half of this year after taking over transport operations at Dairy Crest’s Nuneaton NDC in 2016.According to parent company Dart Group’s interim results, the food distribution business saw turnover rise 4% to £83m in the six months to 30 September 2017 (2016: ...
-
MT Article
DHL Tradeteam drivers balloted over industrial action in Sheffield
DHL Tradeteam employees in Sheffield are to be balloted for industrial action over alleged neglect of health and safety at the site.A ballot of more than 100 Unite drivers and drivers’ mates at Tradeteam’s Shepcote Lane depot, which services clients including Calrsberg, Greene King and Coors, will run from tomorrow ...
-
MT ArticleWaters Waste Services and Universal Tanker Solutions merge
Neal Waters (left) and Simon Gunn (right).Middlesbrough-based Waters Waste Services has merged with Universal Tanker Solutions, which operates out of St Helens in Merseyside.The merger has resulted in the creation of the Universal Tanker Group, although the respective brands will live on, and is the first step in its national ...
-
MT Article
Tesco merger with Booker gets provisional green light
Tesco’s £3.7bn merger with Booker has been given the provisional go ahead by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).The authority began investigating the merger of the UK’s largest grocery retailer and the UK’s largest grocery wholesaler in May to examine how it would affect competition.In a statement today, Simon Polito, ...
-
MT ArticleAllied Bakeries drivers threaten strike action over 'paltry' pay deal
Allied BakeriesDrivers at Allied Bakeries’ Kingsmill depot at West Bromwich are threatening to strike after being offered a “paltry” pay deal, union Unite has warned.More than 100 drivers at the depot, which supplies 1.5 million loaves a week to customers including Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, are being balloted this ...