Operator news – Page 308
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MT ArticleBullet Express opens East Kilbride warehouse
Bullet Express has opened a 4-acre storage facility in East Kilbride to meet demand for warehousing from its customers.The site complements its Bothwell distribution operation and offers storage space for more than 4,000 pallets, pick and pack, and de-containerisation.It has 14 dock levellers (pictured right) for loading and unloading containers ...
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Kuehne + Nagel plans Heathrow site
Kuehne + Nagel plans to move into a depot at London Heathrow airport next year, as it continues with its restructuring plans.The 130,000ft² flagship warehouse will be located on the Heathrow South Cargo Centre and is due to open in early 2015.A K+N spokeswoman was unavailable to disclose how many ...
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Allport Cargo Services appoints joint MD
Allport Cargo Services has appointed Charles McGurin as joint MD, replacing Jerry Gray who is to retire.McGurin rejoins Allport after 13 years and will head up the company alongside joint MD Danny Clayton. Most recently, he worked at DHL Supply Chain as vice president, business development for Europe, ...
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MT ArticleFormer Roadways MD joins Pentalver in wake of Maritime buyout
Nick Matthews, formerly MD of Roadways Container Logistics, has joined Pentalver as general manager of its Cannock operation just weeks after Roadways was bought by Maritime Transport.Matthews will be responsible for running Pentalver (Cannock) – its 22 acre inland container port facility north of Birmingham – which includes 260 employees ...
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MT ArticleBuffaload increases Huntingdon HQ capacity
Cambridgeshire temperature-controlled operator Buffaload Logistics has opened a new cross-docking facility at its Huntingdon base, which it claims will increase capacity at the site by up to 50%.The six-bay cross-docking facility can accommodate its 65 double-deck refrigerated trailers and will help the firm cope with peak demand. It is currently ...
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Steve Porter Transport sees drop-trailer volume jump
Steve Porter Transport enjoyed a busy summer, with a jump in drop-trailer movements during the period.The Isle of Wight haulier, which runs a drop-trailer service from Southampton to the island making use of Red Funnel ferries, saw drop-trailer movements increase by almost a quarter from the 13 January to 13 ...
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MT ArticleKnowles keeps margins high despite fall in turnover
Cambridgeshire transport and storage provider Knowles Transport managed to generate an 11.4% pre-tax profit margin in the year to the end of December 2013 despite a sharp drop in turnover, figures logged recently at Companies House have shown.Turnover for the year fell almost 18% from £33m to £27.1m; pre-tax profit ...
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MT ArticleAldi receives permission for revived Cardiff DC plans
Supermarket Aldi has been given the green light to develop an RDC on the outskirts of Cardiff, plans for which were revived earlier this year.It has been granted permission for the 490,000ft² development on the Capital Business Park in Wentloog, near Cardiff, by the local authority. It first received permission ...
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DPD seeks permission for Stoke-on-Trent site
DPD and Interlink Express parent Geopost UK has submitted plans for a depot in Etruria, near Stoke-on-Trent.The depot, which a spokesman confirmed to Motortransport.co.uk is in addition to DPD’s investment in 15 new or upgraded hubs and depots by the end of 2015, will include spaces for 16 HGVs and ...
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MT ArticleOcado boosts capacity with two more depots
Ocado is opening two more depots this year as it continues with plans to increase capacity in its distribution network.The online supermarket opened a 36,000ft² depot in Dagenham, Essex, this month and plans to open a second depot, a 20,000ft² site on the Knowsley Industrial Park in Liverpool, in November.Ocado ...
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MT ArticleCeva opens global excellence centre in Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Leigh Pomlett_president of Ceva EuropeCeva Logistics has opened its third global centre of excellence, at its UK head office in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. This European centre joins others in Florida and Singapore and is designed to demonstrate and develop Ceva’s end to end supply chain services for potential and existing customers.The centre ...
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UPS plans Dordon site
UPS plans to open a site in Dordon, near Tamworth, after signing a 15-year lease with developer IM Properties.The express parcel carrier plans to move into a 152,500ft² unit on the Birch Coppice Business Park, located near junction 10 of the M42.The site will include 7,500 ft² of office ...
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Collapsed Orb Logistics owed £1.2m
Former Palletline member Orb Logistics owed unsecured creditors over £1.26m when it went into administration earlier this year, it has been revealed.Orb, formerly named Mission Logistics, went into administration and ceased trading in July. It began trading, initially as Mission Logistics, when its directors bought the trading name and assets ...
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DX Group turnover up as Nightfreight turnaround continues
DX, which listed on AIM in February, has said that the focus for the next three years will be the turnaround of the former Nightfreight business, which is now called DX Freight.The move to one, unified, network infrastructure – incorporating both DX and former Nightfreight business – is being conducted ...
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MT ArticleEx-Innovate Logistics staff to receive payments
Ex-employees of defunct business Innovate Logistics will receive surprise payments three years after the business was dissolved, after the administrators applied for a £470,000 rates rebate.Harry Yearsley is also in line for a payment after it helped pay staff wages at the time of Innovate’s administration more than six years ...
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MT ArticleCorporate Solutions Logistics boosts fleet to support Lidl contract
Corporate Solutions Logistics (CSL) has added 44 trucks and trailers to its fleet to support growing volumes on its contract with supermarket chain Lidl.The Solihull-based operator has added 44 Montracon refrigerated trailers and 44 Euro-5 tractor units- a mixture of Daf, MAN and Mercedes- to its predominantly Daf fleet. This ...
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Fortec parts ways with managing director and senior executives in management restructure
The Fortec Distribution Network has announced the departure of its senior management team, after MD Neil Hodgson, the commercial director and the operations director all left the business earlier this month.In a statement the pallet network said a new senior management structure was being put in place to “support both ...
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Parcels, pallets and prices hit UK Mail
Parcel volumes over the summer at UK Mail were below expectations, causing turnover to slip 1% year-on-year in the first half of its financial year.For the six months ending 30 September UK Mail said that the first quarter showed good revenue performance, but the second quarter has been more challenging ...
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Boughey Distribution finalises Wardle consolidation
Boughey Distribution parent NWF Group had a stable quarter of trading over the summer as it revealed that all customers have now been relocated to its Wardle, Manchester, DC.During June, July and August NWF said that Boughey “remained stable” with the normal seasonal reduction in activity across the summer months. ...
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MT ArticleAPC appoints head of transport
APC Overnight has appointed Mike Allison as head of transport.Allison has held various roles in the transport industry over the last 15 years and has also specialised in the movement of hazardous goods with the police. He has joined the company to improve efficiency, as well as setting and maintaining ...