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Boughey Distribution completes network restructure

2013-12-17T13:28:00Z

Boughey Distribution has completed the transfer of customers from its Deeside warehouse to its facility in Wardle, Greater Manchester.The streamlining of its network has been in the works since August in a bid to reduce trunking and keep capacity high in the North West.The Deeside depot remains as an overflow ...

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TNT Post nets final-mile funding in bid to challenge Royal Mail dominance

2013-12-16T14:58:00Z

TNT Post UK has secured funding to roll-out a final mile delivery service across the UK, in a bid to rival the service currently provided by Royal Mail.Parent PostNL has revealed a joint venture with private equity firm LDC, which will provide funding for a phased introduction of the service, ...

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Asda looks to dual-fuel to save a million litres a year

2013-12-13T13:15:00Z

Asda has said it anticipates saving a million litres of diesel a year from 50 new dual-fuel trucks it began taking delivery of last week. Around 20 Volvo methane-diesel FMs have been delivered to the firm’s new Avonmouth, Bristol DC, with the remainder due before the end of the year. ...

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Bibby Distribution orders 150 Mercedes Benz Euro-6 trucks

2013-12-12T16:18:00Z

Bibby Distribution has placed what is believed to be the largest single order for Euro-6 trucks with over 150 rigid and artic Mercedes-Benz vehicles to be delivered in 2014 and 2015.The deal is part of a £20 million fleet renewal and expansion programme that will also see the arrival of ...

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Palletways joins Fors as J Murphy strikes gold

2013-12-12T15:05:00Z

Palletways has become the first pallet network to achieve Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) accreditation for its Owned Member Depots business.FORS is a voluntary certification scheme aimed at ensuring fleet operators in London maintain high standards, it includes the fitting of cycle-safety equipment and training as one of its components.Palletways ...

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Acumen Distribution grows longer semi-trailer fleet

2013-12-12T14:03:00Z

Acumen Distribution has grown its fleet of longer semi-trailers from four to 18 15.65m units.In June the Department for Transport admitted that it would be “highly unlikely” that its target of 1,800 longer semi-trailers would be on the road by the end of December 2013.It subsequently changed the application process ...

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Royal Mail reveals union agreement

2013-12-10T12:28:00Z

Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have revealed the details of their agreement which has ended the lengthy dispute between the two parties.The agreement covers 139,000 staff across the UK and includes a 9% pay increase over three years, a lump sum of £200 to be paid before ...

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PostNL to sell part of TNT Express stake

2013-12-09T11:41:00Z

Netherlands-based post and parcel firm PostNL - parent company to TNT Post -has sold part of its stake in TNT Express.The company revealed the sale of half of its share in TNT Express last week. It formerly held around 30% of the business’s outstanding share capital.The sale commenced on Friday ...

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Nightline prepares for 50% increase in Christmas volumes

2013-12-09T09:58:00Z

Irish parcel carrier Nightline has said it expects to move 50% more parcels this Christmas than last year, despite a slow start to the season.The company expects to process 1.3m parcels in the two weeks leading up to Christmas, and CEO John Tuohy has warned that parcel carriers may ...

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UK Mail to relocate from Birmingham to Coventry

2013-12-06T10:49:00Z

UK Mail plans to relocate its national hub from Birmingham to Coventry after reaching an agreement with the DfT over its High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) plans.In the company’s half year results last month, which showed a 63% increase in pre-tax profit, UK Mail said its current hub is located ...

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KNDL opens new Hampshire site

2013-12-06T08:00:00Z

Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logistics (KNDL) has begun to move into its new sites as it presses ahead with its network restructure.The operator has successfully moved some of its operations into a site in Eastleigh, Hampshire, where it will operate 12 vehicles.A KNDL spokeswoman said: “It is one of our ...

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Royal Mail workers will not strike during Christmas peak

2013-12-04T12:43:00Z

Royal Mail has said its Christmas deliveries will not be affected by industrial action, as it reaches an agreement with the Communication Workers Union (CWU) after weeks of talks.The operator, which last week admitted the threat of industrial action had caused it to lose business to rival carriers, said the ...

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Europa Worldwide Logistics opens Leeds site

2013-12-02T16:21:00Z

Europa Worldwide Logistics has opened a 2,500 ft² site near Leeds as demand for European imports and exports in the region grow.The site opened on 28 October and is located at Calder Park, close to junction 39 of the M1. It will use local operators to collect and deliver to ...

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Expansion plans at Miniclipper Logistics

2013-12-02T12:30:00Z

MT Partnership Award winner Miniclipper Logistics is planning further expansion and investment after a record performance this year.The Leighton Buzzard operator, which has customers in the chemicals, solar power, soft drink and food ingredients markets, achieved a record turnover of £9.4m in the year to 31 May, up 10% on ...

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Maturi makes return to Palletways

2013-12-02T12:19:00Z

Julian Maturi, the MD of Palletways when it was sold to its current owner James Wilson in 2004, has returned to the business as an executive director.Ex-Wincanton man Maturi led a management buyout of Palletways backed by 3i in 2002.He then sold the business to Wilson and Phoenix Equity Partners, ...

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Asda trains to reduce cycling risk

2013-12-02T11:35:00Z

Asda Logistics Services is to give vulnerable road user awareness training to its 2,400 in-house drivers as it looks to reduce the risks of driving in urban areas.The supermarket told MT its move towards small-format stores, boosted by its acquisition of Netto in May 2010, meant drivers were increasingly delivering ...

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FedEx prepares for 11% increase in Cyber Monday volumes

2013-11-29T16:14:00Z

Parcel giant FedEx Express is preparing for its busiest ‘Cyber Monday’ yet, expecting an 11% year-on-year increase in worldwide parcel volumes.It estimates it will move around 22 million parcels on Monday 2 December, which Amazon has warned will be the busiest day for online retail orders. Last year, the operator ...

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Clipper Logistics expands in Germany with Geist acquisition

2013-11-29T10:11:00Z

Clipper Logistics has announced the acquisition of German logistics firm R Geist Spedition. Based in Kempen, north west of Dűsseldorf, Geist was founded in 1938 and employs 65 staff. It runs a fleet of 30 trucks and has some 25,000m² (around 270,000ft²) of warehousing.Clipper said the move would help UK ...

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TNT Express to cut 237 jobs

2013-11-27T17:18:00Z

TNT Express is to restructure its finance and admin functions in a move that will see it cut 237 data entry, administrative, supervisory and clerical roles.The operator said it had already commenced consultations with trade unions and was “working closely with staff, and their representatives, to support those employees most ...

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Royal Mail strike threat drives customers to rival carriers

2013-11-27T15:50:00Z

The ongoing threat of strike action at Royal Mail has encouraged many of its customers to switch to rival carriers, while growth in new contracts has slowed, the firm admitted in its half year results.As a result, the recently privatised carrier expects that parcel volumes for the nine months to ...