All Operator news articles – Page 189
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MT Article"Thanks a million!" - Pallet-Track celebrates major milestone
Pallet-Track’s Mark Pulford and Wigan Council’s David Molyneux at the opening of the Northern Hub in August 2017Pallet-Track’s one millionth pallet has passed through its northern hub in Wigan – carrying a consignment of household cleaning products to help fight the Covid-19 virus.The pallet was delivered into the hub by ...
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MT ArticlePalletforce reports record demand as Covid strategy pays off
A range of support measures introduced by Palletforce in order to protect members and maintain volumes during the Covid-19 pandemic has helped the network achieve “record” demand.The company said it had set new weekly and daily records for network volumes and this came off the back of action taken by ...
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MT ArticleProfits slip at Chris Hayter Transport
Witney, Oxfordshire-based Chris Hayter Transport saw profits drop by 22% last year, which it said was expected in the current economic conditions.The company, which operates in markets such as industrial flooring, food, retail services and home delivery, reported a turnover of £20.6m for the year ending 31 December 2019.This was ...
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MT ArticleKnowles Transport expands e-commerce operation to meet peak demand
Knowles Transport is transitioning into the e-commerce market and building on the experience of supporting its customers with their online sales throughout the pandemic.The company said that in addition to handling an initial 30% spike in volumes, it had picked, packed and distributed over 20,000 food parcels for emergency services ...
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MT ArticleWincanton hails benefits of blockchain technology
The development of blockchain technology will help springboard the transport and logistics sector into decentralised, data-driven operations, Wincanton has predicted.Experts have described blockchain as 'change-maker' technology for the logistics sector that will ultimately become an affordable and more efficient way to share information and data between open and private business ...
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MT ArticleTrade creditors of collapsed tanker business will now get dividend
Trade creditors owed money following the collapse of Norfolk waste and tankering business Harveyson Haulage are now expected to receive a dividend.The company entered administration in July 2018 and after a period of trading through its administration in order to preserve its goodwill, the haulier’s business and assets were sold ...
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Goldstar Transport faces strike action as it moves to close depot and cut jobs
Goldstar Transport is being threatened with strike action after being accused of using Covid-19 as a “smokescreen” to close its Woolpit depot in Suffolk and change more than 100 drivers’ terms and conditions.However, MD Matthew Ashworth condemned the action this week, insisting it was not supported by the majority of ...
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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 ...