All Operator news articles – Page 124
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MT ArticleDHL adds 270 electric vans to final mile fleet
DHL Express is rolling out 270 new electric vans, which will take to the roads as part of the parcel delivery giant’s last-mile fleet.The move, which follows last year’s introduction of 50 electric vans in DHL sites across the UK, is the latest phase in DHL plans to transition to ...
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MT ArticleSPAR store owner AF Blakemore test drives Electra e-Cargo HGV
Food and drink retail and wholesale distribution business, A.F. Blakemore & Son, has been trialling an electric truck at its Willenhall distribution centre.The week-long trial, which began on 15 March, saw the 19-tonne Electra e-Cargo refrigerated rigid vehicle delivering to the company’s SPAR retail stores within a 100-mile round trip ...
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MT ArticleDFDS relaunches daily cross-channel freight service
DFDS has relaunched its unaccompanied freight service between Sheerness and Calais with its vessel, the M/V Botnia Seaways.With a carrying capacity of 11,530 gross tonnage, the M/V Botnia Seaways will be the new dedicated vessel for the route, with a daily service via the English Channel.It can carry up to ...
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MT ArticlePalletforce signs up Chiltern Transport
Palletforce has recruited Chiltern Transport to its fold, covering the LU postcodes around Luton, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard.The Pitstone, Bucks-based haulage firm was founded in 1989 by Keith Croker and started out as a freight forwarder.It began operating its own fleet and warehouse in 2005 and joined a pallet network ...
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MT ArticlePall-Ex Poland delivers Nexus software to members
Pall-Ex Poland has rolled out its freight management and tracking software Nexus to its members.The group said the software gives firms better control of their freight and allows its membership to communicate better than before.Nexus was built in-house by Pall-Ex Group’s IT team in Coalville and its launch follows the ...
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MT ArticleNew Grafters leave Challenger flushed with success
Portable toilet firm Challenger Site Services has been bowled over by Isuzu’s 3.5-tonne Grafters, with seven added to its fleet in the last year and more to follow in 2022.Supplied by Isuzu dealer Ditchburn Truck Services, the latest three Grafters all feature the Easy Shift automatic gearbox and two are ...
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MT ArticleDuke Distribution acquires Etherhead Transport as expansion drive continues
Duke Distribution in Worksop has bought local haulage firm Etherhead Transport as part of its growth strategy.Duke Distribution was only incorporated in 2020, but in a statement it said it had achieved “significant organic growth” and that acquiring companies which shared its family values and commitment to customer services was ...
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MT ArticleDO & CO HGV drivers cancel strike after accepting 14% pay rise
Around 100 HGV drivers working for aviation catering firm DO & CO have agreed to a 14% pay increase following a row over pay disparities.The Heathrow-based drivers had voted to commence strike action earlier this month but this was suspended when the catering company tabled a new offer.The Unite union ...
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MT ArticleYusen Logistics delivered 300m doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine by end of 2021
Yusen Logistics said its partnership with AstraZeneca had led to the delivery of 300m doses of Covid-19 vaccines across the globe by the end of 2021.The vaccine is manufactured in AstraZeneca’s global supply network across 15 countries and 25 different manufacturing sites.EU supply and transportation is managed by Yusen’s European ...
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MT ArticleNTEX UK plans major European expansion
Freight forwarder and logistics firm NTEX UK has announced plans to grow in the European market with an initial focus on Italy.Headquartered in Immingham, with offices in Bristol, Glasgow and London, NTEX already trades with Scandinavian countries, but it said it would take further steps towards becoming “a complete European ...
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MT ArticleRescued haulier had been crippled by its charging structure, report reveals
Crouch Logistics was hampered by a tiered charging structure which led to it losing money on each of its drivers, every day, before it eventually collapsed into administration and was sold back to its management for £150,000, documents revealed.The Lutterworth-based haulier had recovered from losing a major contract worth £6.5m ...
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MT ArticleXPO invests £7m in low carbon trucks for long term customer British Gypsum
XPO Logistics has started to take delivery of 76 Volvo FM 6x2 tractor units valued at around £7m to be used on the firm's distribution contract with building materials supplier British Gypsum, part of Saint-Gobain.Twenty three of the 6x2 tractor units are FM LNG models which XPO will run on ...
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MT ArticleFagan & Whalley urges hauliers to check rules at industrial estates or face trespass charges
Logistics firm Fagan & Whalley is warning hauliers to check the rules when delivering to industrial parks after incurring around £7,500 of trespass charges accumulated by the company’s trucks stopping - in some cases for less than a minute – at Ransomes EuroPark in Ipswich, whilst delivering to clients.Fagan & ...
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MT ArticleMoody Logistics opens warehouse to Ukrainian aid donations
Moody Logistics and Storage opened up its warehouse facilities to Newcastle’s Polish Centre to help it cope with a torrent of donations of aid for Ukrainian refugees.After being alerted by Blyth MP Ian Levy last weekend, the family-run firm immediately offered use of its facilities after the Polish Centre ran ...
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MT ArticleGovernment extends plug-in van and truck grants for two years to 2025
The government’s plug-in van and truck grants will be extended for another two years to spring 2025 and changes to the existing plug-in vehicle grants will allow operators to apply for funding for larger trucks.From 1 April 2022, the threshold to claim the small truck grant of up to £16,000 ...
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MT ArticleKBC Logistics boosts fleet with 51 Krone skeletal trailers
KBC Logistics has taken delivery of 51 Box Liner FS10 skeletal trailers from Krone UK to support rapid growth in its deep-sea business.The investment comes after KBC landed a number of significant new contracts and increased levels of business with existing clients, after opening a depot at DP World in ...
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MT ArticleMetro Supply Chain Holdings (UK) snaps up Century Logistics
Third party logistics provider Century Logistics has been acquired by Metro Supply Chain Holdings (UK), a division of Canadian-based Metro Supply Chain.The Suffolk-based 3PL specialises in providing consumer packed goods companies with warehousing, co-packing, e-commerce fulfillment, product repairs and product returns. It manages seven distribution sites across the UK.Metro Supply ...
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MT ArticlePanther triples warehouse footprint with new Seaham facility
Two-man delivery service specialist, Panther Logistics, has tripled its warehousing space after taking on a new facility at Foxcover Distribution Park in Seaham.The 133,000sq ft warehouse will serve two of Panther Logistics’ major clients – home gym specialists, Ifit, and suppliers of cooking appliances, extractors and plasma filters, Kitchen Ex.The ...
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MT ArticlePall-Ex delivers aid to Ukrainian refugees via its European network
Pall-Ex is coordinating the collection of aid in the UK at its central hub in Leicestershire where it will then be transported to the new Pall-Ex Poland hub in Łódź.This service is being donated by Pall-Ex Group’s UK to Poland linehaul partner PKS, based in Gdansk.From Gdansk the aid will ...
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MT ArticleWincanton loses Heinz transport deal to 3T Logistics
Wincanton’s 25 year distribution partnership with food manufacturer Heinz has ended after Leicester-based 3T Logistics won the tender to take over the operation.The deal will see transport management firm 3T Logistics replace Wincanton on the transport contract from 30 June.It is unclear which operator will handle the transport element of ...