All Operator news articles – Page 273
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Royal Mail buys NetDespatch to boost technological offering
Royal Mail has bought parcel data management platform NetDespatch as part of its ongoing efforts to boost its technological capabilities. The company already provided some medium-sized Royal Mail customers with shipping labels. It allows carriers to provide their customers with online applications and services that use delivery data, generated from ...
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MT ArticleKetra Logistics makes prehistoric delivery for Natural History Museum
Logistics company Ketra Logistics has made its largest and heaviest delivery to date, transporting a life size dinosaur from London to Kent.Palletways member Ketra Logistics was chosen to transport the Natural History Museum’s mascot, Trevor the Triceratops, to the museum’s Dino Store in Bluewater shopping centre in KentMartyn Young, MD ...
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Hargreaves Services' transport division facing half a million pound profit hit
Hargreaves Services has warned that its transport division's operating profit may fall by £500,000 this year due a decline in the coal, steel and construction markets.The warning came in a pre-close update issued by the County Durham-based company this week.It said that the continuing deterioration in the coal and steel ...
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Pall-Ex Bulgaria for 2016
Pall-Ex will open a hub operation in Bulgaria by the middle of next year, the pallet network has said.The European palletised freight specialist will commence operations in Bulgaria by mid 2016 through a partnership with Econt.Econt operates more than 40% of the parcel market in Bulgaria via 14 logistics centres, ...
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TNT Express and Royal Mail among 20 parcel companies fined for French price-fixing
TNT Express and Royal Mail’s international delivery arm GLS are among 20 parcel companies that have been fined by the French competition authority for price fixing between 2004 and 2010.An investigation by French competition body L'Autorité de la concurrence (FCA) found that the companies traded pricing information and agreed on ...
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Former JD Wetherspoon man joins Buffaload
Buffaload Logistics has taken on JD Wetherspoon executive John Farley to oversee the company’s national operations.Farley, who headed up JD Weatherspoon’s national operations, will now coordinate Buffaload Logistics’ national operations and ensure all divisions of the business work together.The company, which is temperature controlled division of Taylor Marketing (Ely), ...
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MT ArticleCleansing Service Group buys Scanias as part of multimillion pound upgrade
Waste removal firm the Cleansing Service Group (CSG) has taken delivery of five new Scania ADR-approved tankers as part of a multimillion pound fleet improvement plan. The 32-tonners, fitted with sleeper cabs and Whale tankers, are custom built for CSG’s liquid waste removal and transportation services.They will work removing ...
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DHL Supply Chain facing Christmas strike at Long Eaton
DHL Supply Chain is facing strike action from drivers at a Nottinghamshire DC serving client Marks and Spencer (M&S) due to a row over pay.Seven days of disruption are set to commence on 18 December after members of the URTU voted “overwhelmingly” in support of strike action.The HGV drivers are ...
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DB Schenker buys Redhead International
German rail and logistics giant DB Schenker Logistics has purchased Redhead InternationalThe purchase, for an undisclosed sum of the Motor Transport Top 100 operator, expands DB Schenker's land transport operations in the UK.It will however see the DB Schenker Logistics name replaced by the Redhead International banner within the UK ...
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MT ArticleCulina Logistics wins juicy contract from NFT Distribution
Culina's previous lookCulina Logistics has finalised the transfer of a juice distribution contract for MMUK (the UK subsidiary of Spanish food supplier AMC Group) after it won a contract previously held by rival NFT Distribution.Mark Graham, juice logistics and operations manager at MMUK, said that the company needed a logistics ...
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MT ArticleHope puts five festive tankers onto the roads
Hope Construction Materials has unleashed five new festive powder tankers onto the UK’s roads in time for the Christmas season.The cement delivery tankers feature happy elves preparing parcels for Father Christmas.The festive MAN TGS trucks are the latest in a line of customised Hope vehicles, which include ‘Noel’ trucks last ...
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MT ArticleGe-Be signs up to Palletways network
Kings Lynn-based Ge-Be Transport has joined the Palletways network, taking over the Norfolk area previously covered by failed firm Heathcliff Haulage. Ge-Be Transport, which runs more than 40 vehicles and was previously a member of Palletforce, began work with Palletways in July and will handle approximately 2,000 pallets a week ...
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MT ArticleBernard Matthews takes six new Schmitz Cargobull trailers for Christmas
The turkey on your table this Christmas may have had a ride in one of Bernard Matthews’ six new Schmitz Cargobull refrigerated trailers, which the poultry retailer took delivery of in a new livery in time for its peak season. The trailers, which replaced older models on the brand’s 41-strong ...
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Tesco responds to strike threats with new two-year pay offer
The threat of strike action by at least 2,000 members of union Unite at a number of Tesco DCs in the run-up to Christmas appears to have receded after the supermarket chain made a revised two-year pay offer. Neither Unite nor Tesco have provided the details of the offer, but ...
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Licence increase for Poundworld
Discount retailer Poundworld, which was convicted of tachograph offences earlier this year, has been granted an interim increase in its O-licence authorisation.North East traffic commissioner (TC) Kevin Rooney (pictured) considered Poundworld Retail’s application for the variation at a public inquiry (PI) on 5 November.Poundworld Retail was called before the TC ...
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MT ArticleBCA Marketplace paid £16m for Eddie Stobart’s automotive business
BCA Marketplace bought Stobart Automotive, formerly Autologic, in August 2015.BCA Marketplace, which owns WeBuyAnyCar.com, paid £16m in cash for Eddie Stobart’s automotive logistics business when it purchased it earlier this year.The acquisition of the company, previously known as Autologic, also saw Avril Palmer-Baunack - the former Stobart chairwoman and ...
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Fortec adds new member services to its IT system
Fortec has introduced new functionality to its IT system for its haulier members.Branded as MapIT, ReportIT and TrackIT, the new capabilities build on upgrades it has been making to its IT during the past few years including the introduction of Fortec Connect.MapIT allows members to plan drivers’ routes using drag ...
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MT ArticleNisa launches new Heritage liveries on 68 trucks
Nisa is upping its profile with the launch of 68 trucks decorated with liveries advertising its Heritage range.The move will see the first of 68 trucks from its new distribution fleet take to the road this week displaying a mixture of six 3D designs on them.The trucks themselves are a ...
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Global Eyes Logistics goes to the wall
Cutthroat competition and unprofitable contracts have forced aviation logistics group Global Eyes into administration with the loss of more than 80 jobs.Global Eyes Logistics, which is owned by parent company EMT (UK), specialised in transportation and support services to the aviation industry, servicing more than 30 UK airports each day.It ...
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Hermes sorts nearly 5 million parcels over Black Friday weekend
Hermes processed 4.8 million orders over the Black Friday weekend, an increase of 34% compared with last year, despite adverse weather conditions. The parcel carrier said its order volumes had doubled compared to the previous Black Friday’s statistics.“Business as usual” was how the company described its operation over the weekend ...