Operator news – Page 296
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Potter opts for Mercedes-Benz Antos to mark golden anniversary
Potter Logistics is celebrating 50 years in business with an order for two Mercedes-Benz Antos tractor units.The vehicles, which will have personalised registration plates to reflect the multimodal operator’s milestone, are expected to be delivered next month.In 1965, founder Derrick Potter established Topcliffe Transport Company with a single 10-tonne Bedford ...
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Advanced Supply Chain's profit plummets but better times are ahead
Advanced Supply Chain suffered a 44% drop in pre-tax profit in the year ended 30 June 2014, according to newly published accounts at Companies House.The accounts show that Advanced Processing, which trades as Advanced Supply Chain, suffered a pre-tax profit fall to £730,698 (2013: £1.3m) after a major, undisclosed customer, ...
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MT ArticleWelch's Transport sees improvements in 2014
Cambridgeshire haulier Welch’s Transport has said that trading is on a “reasonably upward trend” after it saw volume improvements in its transport business in its most recent financial year.Turnover fell slightly at £11.6m for the year-ending 31 December 2014, from £11.9m in the previous year. However, pre-tax profit rose by ...
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Tesco goes live with new Microlise system
Tesco has gone live with a Microlise routeing system after a six week installation operation. Microlise installed both hardware and software for the supermarket giant in 2,500 vehicles across 19 depots over a period of six weeks. This followed an earlier phase which saw 4,000 units installed 18 ...
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Hoyer UK MD says financial recovery in UK is "fragile"
The UK MD of Hoyer Petrolog, the German bulk transport giant, has said that Britain is “experiencing very mixed general economic conditions and fragile confidence” after the company saw turnover and profit dip.Mark Binns, who also sits on the board at Hoyer GmbH as director of its Petrolog business, said: ...
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Norbert Dentressangle likely to be the first of several European purchases, says XPO Logistics boss
A €3.2bn (£2.3bn) acquisition of French transport and logistics giant Norbert Dentressangle by US group XPO Logistics could be just the first in a series of takeovers of European companies the Greenwich, Connecticut firm's chairman Bradley Jacobs has said. Speaking the day after news of the takeover emerged, Jacobs said ...
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Tesco names replacement after Laffey's move to Eddie Stobart
Supermarket giant Tesco has appointed Andrew Woolfenden as its new UK distribution director, following the naming last week of former incumbent Alex Laffey as chief executive of Eddie Stobart.Woolfenden, who has already taken up his new job, has held numerous senior roles within Tesco, most recently an 11 month stint ...
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Deben Transport collapse highlights need to address container transport rates
The collapse of Deben Transport highlights the urgent need to address the poor rates plaguing the container haulage market, the boss of Pentalver has said.Speaking to Motortransport.co.uk, Chris Lawrenson said Deben’s demise did at least take 200-plus vehicles out of “a network that’s already creaking”.However, “the benefit to the container ...
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MT ArticleNR Evans opts for Schmitz Cargobull reefers to boost fleet size
NR Evans has expanded its fleet with 15 new Schmitz Cargobull refrigerated trailers.The new trailers join the temperature-controlled operator’s 202-strong fleet - of which 98 are Scmitz Cargobull vehicles - and will be used to transport packaged milk between DCs across the country as NR Evans seeks to expand its ...
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Norbert Dentressangle to be acquired by XPO Logistics for £2.3bn
Norbert Dentressangle is to be acquired by US 3PL XPO Logistics for €3.24bn (£2.3bn) – in a deal that values ND at €2.17bn and incorporates €1.08bn of net debt – creating what both parties claim to be one of the top 10 logistics firms in the world.The deal will also ...
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Nagel Langdons pleased with performance
Temperature controlled supply chain specialist Nagel Langdons saw its turnover increase by 11% year-on-year, but its margins contract slightly as it sought to maintain service levels for customers.For the year-ending 31 December 2014 turnover rose at the MT Top 100 firm to £94.2m, compared to £85m in the previous year.Pre-tax ...
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MT ArticleBOC shows Frostcruise refrigeration system at Multimodal
Bulk gas supplier BOC is exhibiting its Frostcruise cryogenic truck and trailer refrigeration system, which it claims can chill a trailer in less than half the time of a mechanical system, at this week’s Multimodal show.The system, developed by BOC and its parent The Linde Group, uses liquid nitrogen at ...
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MT ArticleHigh Cube Network targets customers who cube out before weighing out
A multi-national haulage consortium specialising in high cube movements, incorporating eight operators from the UK, Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands, has been formed - led by former TDG and Norbert Dentressangle business unit head Mick Wilson.The High Cube Network comprises of: Archbold Logistics; Collaborative Supply Chains; Elddis Transport; H ...
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MT ArticleAsda to open up Avonmouth LNG refuelling station to other operators
Asda is to open its Avonmouth liquefied natural gas (LNG) station to third-party hauliers.The announcement was made by the supermarket’s gas supplier, BOC, at the Multimodal Show opening today at Birmingham NEC.Opened last year at its chilled DC in Avonmouth, near Bristol, Asda’s LNG station incorporates zero-loss refuelling technology, developed ...
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MT ArticleOwens Road Services boosts fleet risk management control
Owens Road Services has picked 3Sixty Fleet to boost its fleet risk management processes.The Llanelli-based operator will be adopting 3Sixty’s Fleetwatch service to help it analyse and understand any road traffic incidents its employees and vehicles are involved in.“We realised that we needed to have greater control over our fleet ...
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MT ArticleMultimodal seminar to promote the importance of the Humber estuary
HumberPort is to present its case for establishing the Humber estuary as the “logical choice for shippers” at the Multimodal show.In the ‘HumberPort: Opening the door to the Northern Powerhouse’ seminar session on 28 April, delegates will hear about the capabilities and advantages of using the Humber for freight transport, ...
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NFT opens new site for food importers
Food logistics supplier NFT Distribution is to open a new distribution centre at the Port of Tilbury to serve importers. The 230,000ft² multi-temperature site should be opened in late 2015 and will be able to store 25,000 pallets with a throughput of over 2.5m cases a week, said the firm.The ...
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Tuffnells owners 'delighted' with recent surge in turnover
Tuffnells Parcels Express sales have risen sharply with almost 300 new customers being brought on board since it was acquired in December by Connect Group. Commenting on Connect Group’s interim results to the end of February, group chief executive Mark Cashmore said Tuffnells represented “a significant step in our growth ...
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MT ArticleEx-Yodel boss Jonathan Smith joins APC Overnight
APC Overnight has appointed former Yodel boss Jonathan Smith as its chief executive.He replaces former chief executive Karl Brown, who took the reins at the parcel delivery network in November 2013. Brown will remain on the APC board and continue to act as chairman of his three member depots; Direct ...
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Tesco loses distribution director to Eddie Stobart
Tesco distribution director Alex Laffey is to take over as the new chief executive of Eddie Stobart Logistics. Laffey, who takes up the post on 5 May, has been at the helm of the whole of Tesco’s UK distribution operation, which delivers to over 3,000 stores and moves 50 million ...