Operator news – Page 265
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MT ArticleJJ Food Service adds Isuzu rigids to fleet
Wholesaler JJ Food Service has added 20 Isuzu rigids to its fleet as it expands to new UK locations. The 7.5-tonne Isuzu Forwards are all fitted with Carrier Transicold Xarios refrigeration units, and will be predominantly used to transport frozen goods to JJ Food Service’s customers.These include restaurants, hotels and ...
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Tesco is re-tendering its transport operation
Tesco is re-tendering its transport operation after the announcement it would close two DCs and move some of its warehouse operations in-house.A spokesman for Tesco confirmed that the retailer was re-tendering the transport services for its frozen operations from Daventry and its fresh operation from Snodland, Kent.Tesco announced yesterday that ...
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MT ArticleTesco brings DHL and Wincanton warehousing operations in-house
Tesco is to close two of its distribution centres in the UK, bringing all warehouse operations carried out by DHL Supply Chain and Wincanton in-house, as part of a long-term plan to “simplify” its distribution operations.Closing its Welham Green DC in Hertfordshire, moving grocery distribution operations to Reading, alongside the ...
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Clipper Logistics leases SDC trailers from TIP Trailer Services
A quick response time from rental firm TIP Trailer Services prompted Clipper Logistics to hire nine SDC box trailers from it on a five year lease. The 13.6m trailers, wearing the Clipper Logistics livery, will work on a specific contract across the UK, and Clipper said it was TIP’s ability ...
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MT ArticleUPS buys Freightex to expand brokerage service
UPS has acquired specialist international and temperature-controlled load broker Freightex for an undisclosed sum, and will merge it with Coyote Logistics – a similar business in North America that UPS acquired in August 2015.Tim Phillips, Freightex chief executive, will remain with the business – which will operate as a ...
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MT ArticleTuffnells Parcels Express drivers admit tachograph falsification
The MD of Tuffnells Parcels Express has said the company takes any instances of non-compliance with the drivers’ hours rules very seriously after three of its drivers admitted falsifying tachograph records.Drivers Arkadiusz Jerzy Baranowski, Graham Andrews and Gary James Edginton were prosecuted following a DVSA investigation into alleged offences at ...
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MT ArticleLidl buys RDC site to fuel North West expansion
Lidl has bought a 43.7 acres of land for a regional distribution centre as part of a push to expand its presence in the North West.The facility at Logistics North, Bolton, is expected to create around 500 jobs in the area once it has been built on the site, which ...
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MT ArticleShakespeare Transport leaving Palletways to join Palletforce
Shakespeare Transport is leaving Palletways to join rival network Palletforce.The Aylesford, Kent-based firm replaces Palletforce member Firmin, which recently quit Palletforce for Pallet-Track.Shakespeare Transport, which was bought in 2015 by Pallet-Track member Matthew Kibble Transport, will cover the Kent area for Palletforce.Matthew Kibble, owner of Shakespeare Transport, said he had ...
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DPDgroup takes control at e-commerce company WnDirect
DPDgroup has increased its majority shareholding in e-commerce delivery company WnDirect to 83%, effectively taking full control of the business.The two companies have been working together for a number of years and said the deal would support international expansion of WnDirect.WnDirect’s services are designed for e-retailers sending goods overseas.Founder and ...
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Deutsche Post DHL's UK Mail acquisition completes
Deutsche Post DHL’s purchase of UK Mail has completed, meaning the postal operator is now fully owned by the German company. DHL announced its intention to buy UK Mail for £242.7m in September, in a bid to offer its domestic customers a stronger cross-border parcel delivery service.Prior to the ...
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MT ArticleFowler Welch and Cartwright put 'carbon reducing' trailer on the road
Fowler Welch has ordered 10 units of a new trailer it has designed with Cartwright, which the firms say will reduce carbon footprint by making it easier to backload the vehicles. The refrigerated trailers are fitted with automated pallet delivery (APD), which can automatically load 26 pallets in 90 seconds.Trailers ...
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Birds Transport name, some assets and business, believed to have been sold to Widdowson Logistics
The Birds Transport & Logistics name, some assets and business, are believed to have been sold to HLD Group-owned Widdowson Logistics.The deal would represent an exit for Birds owner Ballyvesey Holdings, which purchased the loss-making business for an undisclosed sum in February 2013 from family owners Andrew and Delvene Levett.However, ...
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MT ArticleRAC puts truck rescue patrol vehicle on the road
The RAC has introduced a truck rescue patrol vehicle with plans for more in 2017.The roadside rescue vehicle (pictured), which began operating in the West Midlands on 5 December, is equipped to deal with specific issues faced by drivers of commercial vehicles from 3.5-tonne vans to 44-tonne HGVs.The RAC said ...
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MT ArticlePalletforce to open hub in South after QTR Transport acquisition
Palletforce is to expand operations in the South East, with plans to open a southern hub, following its acquisition of QTR Transport earlier this year.The network said Berkshire-based QTR Transport, which will operate exclusively for Palletforce when it leaves Palletline this week, will provide Palletforce members “with the best possible ...
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Bibby Distribution creates jobs with site expansion
Bibby Distribution is creating 50 new jobs after it doubled the capacity of its Max Park site in Corby by snapping up a neighbouring 212,500ft² warehouse.The move, which ramps up the Max Park site’s capacity to 424,000ft² making it its largest 3PL distribution campus, has followed surging customer demand in ...
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MT ArticleWincanton/Argos drivers vote to accept deal
Wincanton drivers working for Argos have voted to accept a deal offered to them by the operator to prevent them from taking planned strike action. Around 30 drivers at Argos’s NDC at Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire, had planned to strike on 20 December for three days over an unresolved holiday pay dispute.Unite ...
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MT ArticleDeutsche Post DHL/UK Mail deal gets green light from EC
Deutsche Post DHL has had its offer to buy UK Mail for £242.7m cleared by the European Commission, bringing the deal one step closer to completion. The German company announced its intention to buy the UK postal operator in September this year, after two years of turbulence at UK Mail.DHL ...
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Wincanton/Argos driver strike cancelled
Planned strike action by Wincanton drivers working for Argos has been cancelled after successful talks between the operator and Unite. Around thirty drivers were scheduled to hold a three day strike beginning at midnight on 20 December.The action was the outcome of a long-running dispute about back-dated holiday pay, with ...
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Birds Transport & Logistics closure rumours dismissed
Rumours that Birds Groupage Services, which trades as Birds Transport & Logistics, had closed last Friday (9 December), have been dispelled by the firm’s MD.The haulier, which has its headquarters in Parsonage Street, Oldbury, has been struggling for some time.In its most recent abbreviated accounts to 30 September 2015, auditor ...
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MT ArticleNFT Distribution well placed for growth despite exceptionals and tough grocery market
NFT Distribution recorded a pre-tax loss in the 12 months to 2 April 2016 after exceptional costs of £7.1m, although the operator said it was now well placed to prosper.The bulk of the costs related to a “major incident” that saw the M1 closed for 18 hours on 2 December ...