All Operator news articles – Page 181
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MT ArticleEuropa turnover passes £200m but 2020 growth will be "limited"
Europa Worldwide Group has revealed its results for the year ending 31 December 2019, showing turnover increased from £176m to £205m and net profit before tax increased to £6m from £5.2m in 2018.The business, which has just opened a £60m logistics facility in Corby, Northamptonshire, has also reported an increase ...
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MT ArticlePML rides Covid-19 storm to win major fresh produce deal with Asda
Logistics specialist PML has won a major contract with IPL, Asda’s produce-buying arm, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.PML is a family-owned business based in Feltham, near Heathrow Airport, that provides import and export logistics for perishable and non-perishable goods by air, sea and road.The deal with IPL sees ...
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Dutch haulier becomes first international FORS Gold member
Dutch specialist precast concrete haulier Driessen Speciaaltransport has become the first FORS member to attain FORS Gold outside of the UK.Based in Horst, Driessen Speciaaltransport, which became a FORS member in 2013, has a fleet consisting of a range of in-loaders, V-frame loaders, low-loaders, extendable flatbeds and diagonal loaders, ...
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MT ArticleJohnston Logistics UK sees deliveries to Asda almost triple during pandemic
Johnston Logistics UK’s deliveries of anti-bacterial wipes on behalf of client Dynamic Wipes to Asda supermarkets have increased almost threefold during the Covid-19 pandemic.The Norfolk-based company is delivering around five containers a day from Felixstowe Port, via the company’s Snetterton depot in East Anglia, where the goods are decanted and ...
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Hermes plans mega hub in Barnsley
Parcel delivery firm Hermes is continuing its expansion strategy with plans to open a new mega hub in Barnsley with space for almost 600 HGVs.This latest news closely follows Hermes announcement last month that it is to open another ten depots, spend £100m expanding its warehousing capacity and recruit ...
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Wincanton opens fifth DC for Screwfix
Wincanton has met a tight deadline to launch its fifth distribution centre for tools trade customer Screwfix.Located at Prologis Park in Stafford, the 128,000sq ft DC will open on time next month.This latest facility is the second Screwfix hub that Wincanton has opened in Stafford. Other DCs operated by Wincanton ...
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MT ArticleAbacus counts its blessings as it re-joins HazChem Network
Abacus Transport has re-joined The Hazchem Network just months after leaving.The Hemel Hempstead haulier will cover central and north west London, which the network said were a natural fit for its deliveries and collections.Abacus MD Martin Baxter said re-joining was a “a very easy decision”.“The team here at Abacus Transport ...
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Hermes rides the home delivery boom to recruit another 10,500 'parcel people'
Hermes UK has launched a major recruitment drive and is looking for 10,500 “parcel people” to handle volumes that are predicted to be double last year on Black Friday and at Christmas.The delivery firm wants to employ 1,500 full time staff for roles in its head office in Yorkshire, as ...
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MT ArticleRyder announces job cuts and workshop closures
Ryder is to offload the servicing and maintenance carried out at its own locations to approved dealer partners, resulting in redundancies and workshop closures.The contract hire and rental firm said it had completed a review into those services and that it would establish a new operational model as a result.In ...
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MT ArticlePalletforce signs D&G Global Logistics
Palletforce has snapped up D&G Global Logistics as its latest member to cover postcodes in Oxfordshire.D&G replaces NGC and will take responsibility for postcodes in the north-west of the county, including Banbury and Chipping Norton.Palletforce said it had also redistributed the area and given Ralph Davies International postcodes around Bicester.D&G ...
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MT ArticleCEVA Logistics rolls out digital platform
CEVA Logistics has launched an “all-in-one” digital platform, myCEVA, which it said provides customers with more control over the booking process.The online tool also gives customers instant quotes and enables them to track shipments in real time.It said the rollout of myCEVA this summer means the portal will become available ...
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MT ArticleElddis Transport takes delivery of SDC Freespan trailers
Elddis Transport has taken delivery of two new SDC Freespan curtainsiders to strengthen its service in FMCG transport.The trailers provide a 3.2m side aperture for loading and feature SDC’s low friction alloy curtain rail, which aids the company’s movement of full and part loads throughout the UK and Ireland.The Freespan ...
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MT ArticleXPO Logistics signs warehouse and distribution deal with Greene King
XPO Logistics has been selected by Greene King to manage dedicated warehousing and distribution for Greene King’s secondary drinks channel.XPO will provide innovative logistics services from five warehouses distributing to retail pubs and restaurants, including Pub Partner independent licensees and on-trade trade customers.Its dedicated sites in Northampton, Tilbury, Avonmouth and ...
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MT ArticleUPS to launch Saturday Standard delivery service
UPS is launching its UPS Saturday Standard delivery service this month across eight of Europe’s top e-commerce markets: the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Poland.The company believes the new service will offer businesses of all sizes, particularly smaller online retailers, a reliable and cost-effective option to ...
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MT ArticlePeterson secures four-year logistics deal with Sellafield
Global energy logistics specialist Peterson has been awarded a major logistics contract from Sellafield to support operations in West Cumbria.The contract sees Peterson continue as the operator of the Control Tower and Security and Distribution Centre (S&DC) at Lillyhall on behalf of Sellafield for another four years.Sellafield is responsible for ...
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MT ArticleDPD trebles Mercedes-Benz Actros order as online deliveries soar
DPD has ordered an extra 100 Mercedes Benz Actros tractor units to help manage the continuing e-commerce boom. These will add to the 50 units it has already ordered this year. All vehicles will be 4x2 variants with Active Drive Assist technology. The company said the public’s ...
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MT ArticleTW Road Haulage thanks Pallet-Track for rapid expansion
Essex-based TW Road Haulage has realised its expansion ambition by doubling in size and delivery reach, as well as increasing its workforce, less than two years after it joined Pallet-Track.The Basildon company, which started life as a commercial vehicle repair business 18 years ago and moved into logistics in 2008, ...
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MT ArticleTPN launches pallet recycling service for members
The Pallet Network (TPN) has launched a recycling scheme which has cut members' costs, their landfill waste and their carbon footprint.TPN’s end-of-life pallet scheme allows members to return end-of-life pallets and other waste wood to its Minworth hub near Sutton Coldfield, where it is shipped to a plant which processes ...
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MT ArticleEV Cargo joins Kuehne + Nagel in pledge to protect Arctic
EV Cargo Global Forwarding has added its name to a pledge to protect the Arctic and not intentionally route ships or send goods through the region.The Artic Shipping Corporate Pledge has the support of big name firms such as Hapag-Lloyd and Hudson Shipping Lines, Kuehne + Nagel, H&M Group and ...
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MT ArticleCollapsed haulier in legal claim against price-fixing cartel
The administrator of Stanian Transport said the company has about 70 lorries participating in a legal claim for compensation from truck manufacturers involved in a price-fixing cartel.Alvarez and Marsal Europe LLP are currently managing the Manchester haulier’s affairs after it entered administration on 18 November 2019.On the same day, it ...