All Operator news articles – Page 277
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TNT Express UK shakes-up international sales division
TNT Express has restructured its UK and Ireland international division sales force as part of a wider strategy to boost turnover and improve customer service.The move follows a management cull last month at the Dutch-owned delivery company that saw a number of top executives made redundant, including general manager ...
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Wincanton group finance director assumes role
Wincanton's new group finance director, Tim Lawlor, has assumed his new role as of today, after it was announced that he'd secured the job in early July.He replaces Adrian Colman, who was appointed as chief executive when Eric Born said he would be leaving the business.Lawlor was formerly the director ...
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MT ArticleNelson Distribution gets £1m makeover after two years of rapid growth
Nelson Distribution has spent more than £1m upgrading its Belper, Derbyshire head quarters after outgrowing the site.The haulier said it was struggling for space at its depot on Goods Road following a steady stream of contract wins, and had now doubled its office space there.The £1m figure also includes the ...
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MT ArticlePalletways goes live with former UK Pallets site as part of major expansion
Palletways has significantly increased its capacity at its central hub in Lichfield, Staffordshire, after taking on the former UK Pallets site on Fradley Distribution Park.The pallet network has been conducting a pilot at the site, located 500m from its central hub, and has now gone fully operational with immediate effect. ...
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MT ArticlePall-Ex Benelux from 2016
Pall-Ex Benelux will launch at the start of 2016, the pallet network has said.The latest addition to the Pall-Ex Group will cover the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium from a hub located in the latter.It is expected to start operation with a membership of ten hauliers.“The Pall-Ex Benelux hub will be ...
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MT ArticleNeill & Brown invests in new facility as pallet business grows
Neill & Brown Global Logistics has spent £90,000 on a new transit warehouse.The warehouse at its headquarters in Hessle, near Hull, has been designed to accomodate double-decker trailers and will be used for loading and unloading pallets bound for both the UK and Ireland.The warehouse will handle anything from shipments ...
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Fortec to limit tail-lift deliveries to 750kg
Fortec has followed Palletline and become the second pallet network to back a tail-lift weight restriction of 750kg across its network.The new weight restriction will kick in from next month and follows Palletline’s announcement in March that it would launch a weight restriction of 750kg on all standard tail-lift deliveries ...
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DX meets with residents protesting new super hub build
DX has met with residents of a village who are protesting the proposed build of the parcel courier’s new super hub in Essington, Staffordshire. Earlier this week around 80 residents gathered at the site on Hobnock Road to protest the new hub, which will cost an estimated £63m to build, ...
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MT ArticleMD 'confident' despite widening losses at Hoyer UK
Hoyer, Mailand, Vado Ligure, Hafen Scenen, Deep See, Container Terminal, Hupac, Fahraufnahmen Sattelzug, Container Chemie, FoodHoyer UK MD Mark Binns has said he is “confident” this year will be better than last after the firm reported widening losses for the 12 months to the end of December. Turnover at the ...
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MT ArticleEdge Transport's Deeside base fully operational
Edge Transport’s new Deeside base is fully operational, following an official opening ceremony attended by former secretary of state Lord Barry Jones and RHA chief executive Richard Burnett. The company relocated from Llay, Wrexham to Deeside in May of this year. The new 6.2 acre site houses a warehouse, which ...
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MT ArticlePentalver adds 52 Scanias to fleet
Container operator Pentalver has added 52 new Scania R series tractor units to its road haulage fleet. The vehicles are to be split between its Cannock and Felixstowe operations, with 45 and seven vehicles going to each site respectively.The Scania R450SCRs were provided by Scania dealership Keltruck.Nick Matthews, general manager ...
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Abbey avoids Calais with new Zeebrugge route
Liverpool-based tanker operator Abbey Logistics Group has begun sending unaccompanied tank containers to mainland Europe via Zeebrugge for one of its food ingredient customers in order to avoid ongoing migrant problems in northern France. The firm, which previously sent articulated tankers to mainland Europe via Eurotunnel, has invested in eight ...
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Merlin launches driver retention course for managers
Training company Merlin Supply Chain Solutions is attempting to tackle the problem of the HGV driver shortage by launching a course aimed at helping transport and line managers retain their driving staff.The training company, which is a subsidiary of Knights of Old, is set to launch the course early next ...
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MT ArticleWincanton adds Renault Range T to its fleet
Wincanton is continuing its fleet expansion at pace with the addition of 21 Renault Range Ts for its construction division and 85 for its container business.This latest expansion follows on from the addition of 80 new Renault and Mercedes-Benz trucks and 276 curtain-sided trailers to Wincanton’s fleet in December of ...
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MT ArticleGrafton Merchanting invests £1.2m to safeguard cyclists
Grafton Merchanting GB (GMGB) has spent £1.2m on driver training and fitting safety equipment to its fleet, as part of its commitment to the Construction Logistics and Cyclist Safety (Clocs) certification.The builders and plumbers' merchant has fitted alround camera system, as well as reversing sensors, to its fleet of 750 ...
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MT ArticleCountrywide Freight opens ninth depot in record time
Countrywide Freight Group has sourced and opened a new depot in just eight weeks to meet a major client’s urgent request for a dedicated logistics operation to service the Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton areas.The 21,927ft² site on the Pensett Estate in Kingswinford is Countrywide Freight’s ninth depot.The firm’s other depots ...
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Further industrial action hangs in the balance at Indesit
Union Unite has warned further industrial action could be on the cards by drivers and warehouse staff at white goods manufacturer Indesit UK, if a ballot on the company’s latest pay offer leads to it being rejected. The union, which staged the last of three strikes over pay and conditions ...
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CM Downton to open new office and warehouse as growth continues
CM Downton is opening a new office and warehouse following growth this year. The office, which is close to the company’s HQ in Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire, will house 20 staff, previously based at the company’s offices at Quedgeley West.CM Downton has also taken on a 47,000ft² warehouse in Tuffley to ...
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Dalkeith Transport and Storage acquired by Palletways
Palletways bought Dalkeith for the second time this year, after it went into administration in August.Scottish haulage company Dalkeith Transport and Storage has been acquired twice in two months by Palletways.The pallet network bought Dalkeith on 27 July but was forced to put it into administration on 21 August after ...
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MT ArticleAction Express directors officially launch driver training school
The directors of Action Express launched a driver training school last week, with the promise that it will fully fund the training of 100 new drivers with a guaranteed job for those who pass their tests. Although the company was set up in April this year, directors Elaine Harries and ...