All Operator news articles – Page 183
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Ballyvesey sees profits plunge in “difficult” year
Ballyvesey Holdings saw a fourfold profits fall in 2019 in what the company described as a “difficult” year in an intensely competitive market.In its latest financial results to 30 September 2019, the privately owned logistics giant, which owns Montgomery Transport, Montracon Trailers and a number of truck and heavy plant ...
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MT ArticleUPN strengthens Iberian links with Trafertir deal
United Pallet Networks (UPN) is to boost its route capacity in Spain and Portugal under a partnership deal with Trafertir Group.The new deal will see Basildon-based Trafertir Group become UPN’s Iberian partner, providing a range of palletised freight distribution services to Spain and Portugal and helping UPN negotiate new customs ...
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MT ArticleDFDS cuts jobs and warns Covid-19 freight levels could become the “new normal”
Shipping giant DFDS is set to cull around 86 UK warehousing and logistics jobs as part of major cutbacks across the company as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.A total of 86 UK posts have been placed into consultation, with 650 jobs to go across DFDS’ entire European operations.Announcing the ...
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MT ArticleWincanton lands Waitrose.com fulfilment centre deal
Wincanton has won a five-year contract to operate an online fulfilment centre for Waitrose.com in Greenford, West London.The move is part of wider plans by the retailer to ramp up its online operations in London and across the UK ahead of its September split with Ocado and in the face ...
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MT ArticleDX fined £200,000 after worker loses leg in forklift truck accident
Parcels and secure delivery firm DX Network Services has been fined £200,000 after “systemic” safety failures led to a worker losing a leg after being hit by a forklift truck.Warehouse worker Les More, 58, was hit by a forklift truck and trapped under the vehicle for an hour at the ...
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MT ArticleSouthgate Packaging dispatches over five million Covid-19 test kits
Southgate Packaging - sole packing contractor for Europa Warehouse - has dispatched over five million test kit bags since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and continues to issue around 100,000 tests a week, the company has revealed.Southgate Packaging operates its distribution centre in partnership with Europa Warehouse at its ...
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MT ArticleCullimore MD celebrates drivers for their efforts during Covid-19
Gloucestershire haulier The Cullimore Group has nominated two of its drivers for the Road Haulage Association’s (RHA) HGV Heroes campaign, running to 13 August.The campaign celebrates hauliers working across multiple disciplines for their efforts in keeping essential goods moving around the country during the Covid-19 pandemic.The Cullimore Group’s nominees, Richard ...
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MT ArticleAbbey Logistics wins plastics contract with SABIC Europe
Abbey Logistics has signed a plastics distribution deal with Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) Europe.The contract will see Abbey providing bulk polymer granule distribution services throughout the UK using its large fleet of speciality tipping silo road tankers.Abbey Logistics business development director Mike Ellis said: “All of us at Abbey ...
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MT ArticleWhistl names new Parcelhub MD
Whistl has announced that Steve Marjoram has become the new MD of Parcelhub.He has spent the last four years as finance director at the company and replaces Mark Rosenberg who has moved to an advisory role until the end of the year.Rosenberg, who created the business Mail Workshop nearly 20 ...
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MT ArticleBrit-Pol targets international expansion with Krone trailer order
Brit-Pol has added 160 new trailers from Krone to its fleet.The move aims to take the the family-run business into new markets throughout the Benelux countries and other parts of Europe.Formed just over 10 years ago, Brit-Pol runs an average of 89 vehicles, delivering auto parts and general cargo.TIP, whose ...
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Currie continues buying spree with Laser Transport
Currie Solutions Group has made its third acquisition in 18 months with the purchase of Laser Transport International. It said the latest acquisition added a prime location in Kent, as well as new hubs in Coventry and Swindon to the group’s expanding network, which also includes sites in Holland and ...
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Royal Mail sheds jobs after slow reaction to parcels growth
About 2,000 jobs are set to go at Royal Mail after it admitted it had been too slow to adapt to a huge growth in parcels.As it published its financial results for the year ending 29 March 2020, Keith Williams, interim executive chair of Royal Mail Group, said: “In recent ...
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Tough market in removals sees Pickfords profits fall
Increased competitive pressure in the moving market led to a 26.5% drop in pre-tax profits at Pickfords Move Management last year.Latest financial results for the removal company, for the year ended 30 September 2019, showed profits fell by £547,000 to £1.5m.Revenue reduced by almost £600,000 to £58.9m, with £30.3m of ...
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Acquisitions pay off for ARR Craib
ARR Craib made a pre-tax profit of £2.5m in the 18 months prior to its acquisition of Highland Haulage, its latest accounts showed.The Aberdeen headquartered company, with locations also in Cumbernauld, Stockton upon Tees and Great Yarmouth, also reported revenues of £79.4m during the period ending 28 September 2019.The accounting ...
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MT ArticleStaff and creditors of collapsed fleet hire firm now likely to get pay out
The administrator for contract hire and rental firm Axis Fleet Management said it now looked likely both former staff and trade creditors will receive some of their money back.This reversal in fortune follows a report from FRP Advisory Trading that came out last year and which warned that preferential and ...
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MT ArticleFraikin hailed for quick response after healthcare firm asks for trucks to collect hospital waste
Fraikin jumped into action when a client needed DAF rigids on the road in time to help with vital hospital waste collections during the pandemic.Tradebe Healthcare was able to get the 7.5-tonne and two 12-tonne models into service as quickly as possible, thanks to Fraikin’s ability to “get things done”.Neil ...
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MT ArticleCouncil bin lorries benefit from new video and wireless technology
Liam Prince, operations manager at Carlisle County Council with an RCV fitted with ISS safety equipmentCarlisle City Council has addressed an increase in insurance claims by equipping its fleet of refuse and recycling trucks with video cameras and wireless reverse radars.After a successful trial, the council installed the RX3 hard ...
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MT ArticleDPD partners with London EV Company to trial "revolutionary" VN5 electric van
DPD is to trial a specially adapted 2.5-tonne electric van as it pushes forwards with its ambition of having “the greenest fleet in the UK”. The courier firm has partnered with the London EV Company (LEVC) for road trials of its VN5 electric van. The vehicle will ...
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MT ArticleDMC boosts fleet with 20 Schmitz Cargobull trailers
Contract hire and rental firm DMC Trailers has added 20 new Schmitz Cargobull trailers to its fleet.DMC, which is owned by Ballyvesey, chose the new units, which are fitted with Carrier Transicold fridges, to meet customer demand for robust, high quality trailers for their operations.The new trailers, which have been ...
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MT ArticleTransport software firm Mandata buys Returnloads.net
Northumberland-based transport management software provider Mandata has acquired Returnloads.net as part of the company’s diversification plans.Essex-based Returnloads.net is an online marketplace for hauliers and freight forwarders where members can promote subcontracting jobs and empty vehicle capacity.Chris Rigg, chief executive of Mandata, said: “Returnloads.net’s focus on using digital solutions to benefit ...