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All Operator news articles – Page 309
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ArticleProfit leaps at ARR Craib as investment and cost-controls deliver
Growth in the oil services sector, investment in its Palletline business and improved vehicle utilisation helped Scottish haulier ARR Craib boost turnover and profit in the 12 months ending 31 March.Turnover rose 8.9% to £38.9m, while pre-tax profit was 56% higher, climbing from £873,117 to £1.36m.ARR Craib attributed the profit ...
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ArticleArgos to trial new distribution model
Argos is facing potential disruption after workers at on of its major DCs rejected a pay offerArgos is planning to trial a hub and spoke distribution model in January, which it hopes will offer rapid deliveries to its stores.The trial, which forms part of a five year transformation plan that ...
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ArticleStobart hit with £4.2m of chilled distribution restructuring costs
Stobart is still restructuring the former Innovate business it acquired out of administration in 2008 – a process that has been “more challenging, costly and further reaching than first planned”.The admission came as Stobart Group revealed profit rose 10% at its transport and distribution division (Eddie Stobart) to ...
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ArticleFormer TNT Express chief executive Marie-Christine Lombard joins Geodis
Former TNT Express chairman and chief executive Marie-Christine Lombard has taken up the position of chief executive of Geodis.Having left the parcel firm last month, Lombard will take up the position vacated by former chief executive Jean-Louis Demeulenaere.She will oversee the firm's transport and logistics division, Geodis Calberson.Jean-Louis Demeulenaere is ...
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ArticleFresh strike action likely as Eddie Stobart Doncaster talks breakdown
Eddie Stobart drivers facing redundancy at Tesco's Doncaster DC look set to commence a second period of strike action next week, after talks between the operator and union Unite broke down.Unite rejected an improved severance deal for its 180 member drivers tabled at talks on the 19 October, despite Eddie ...
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ArticleStaff at DHL's Cumbernauld DC go on strike
More than 300 warehouse staff at DHL Supply Chain’s Westfield site in Cumbernauld, Scotland have held two 24-hour stoppages in a dispute over pay.However, around 30 HGV drivers who also backed the strikes in a ballot last month, withdrew from the action at the 11th hour after agreeing a deal ...
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ArticleCitySprint launches one-hour delivery-window service
CitySprint has introduced a one-hour delivery-window service for retailers, allowing them to offer greater flexibility in regards customer deliveries.The MyTime service, launched by the same day courier yesterday, allows customers to choose a specific time and date for delivery: including same day, next day, or delivery on another date specified ...
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ArticleRoadways Container Logistics opts for Fargo's smartphone system
Roadways Container Logistics is to introduce Fargo Systems’ smartphone telematics software into its business, allowing employees to respond to changing delivery and planning requirements on the go.The five-year deal will see the Tops On the Go Android smartphone software put in the hands of employees working out of Roadways’ seven ...
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ArticleUnite threatens further strike action as Eddie Stobart talks stall again
The dispute between Eddie Stobart and Unite threatens to run and run, after the union rejected the operator's latest improved redundancy offer.Harriet Eisner, regional officer at Unite, said her 180-driver members were angry that the new deal did not, in their opinion, go far enough.Unite had postponed a second wave ...
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ArticleEuropean Commission issues statement of objections to UPS TNT deal
UPS has received a statement of objections from the European Commission as part of a competition review of its acquisition of TNT Express.According to UPS the statement of objections addresses the competitive effects of the intended deal on the international express small package market in Europe.It added that UPS and ...
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Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK partners with Belgian operator
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK has launched a daily shuttle system servicing the UK and Belgium with one of the country’s logistics providers H. Essers.It said the partnership links Belgium and the industrial regions of the UK with a 48-hour door-to-door service.Hellmann added that the agreement reflected its commitment to consolidating ...
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ArticleThe Co-operative wants more longer semi-trailers
The head of logistics at The Co-operative Food would welcome any move by the DfT to expand the scope of the longer semi-trailer trial.Co-operative Food has spent £348,000 getting its full allocation of eight of the 15.65m trailers (the longest of the two variants) on the road.The Gray & Adams ...
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ArticleCollapsed Waverley TBS vehicle fleet was leased
Wholesale drinks distributor Waverley TBS’s distribution fleet was entirely leased and the vehicles have now been returned to their owners, the firm’s administrator has confirmed.Despite holding a licence to run more than 300 vehicles the £309m turnover company, which is now being wound-up after administrator Deloitte failed to find a ...
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ArticleSecond Eddie Stobart strike at Doncaster DC off for now
Former Tesco drivers at Eddie Stobart’s Doncaster DC have suspended further strike action so that union officials and the logistics firm’s management can resume talks this Friday (19 October).More strike action was set to start tomorrow (Thursday, 18 October) but Unite officials representing the 183 drivers at threat of ...
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ArticleSuttons Transport Group parent raises UK turnover 10%
Suttons Transport Group parent Thomas Cradley Holdings saw its UK turnover jump almost 10% in the year ended April 2012, from £75.4m to £82.9m.The figure includes a contribution of £63.5m (an increase of 14% year-on-year) from Sutton & Sons (St Helens), the UK road tanker, warehousing and drumming operation of ...
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ArticleMid-size hauliers come into their own
Despite the tough economic climate opportunities exist for well structured and focused medium sized hauliers, according to David Inglis, former MD and chairman of Fowler Welch.Having been one of the original shareholders in Fowler Welch, Inglis saw the company achieve it first £1m turnover and believes the key to success ...
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ArticleStobart Autologic acqusition has been "seamless"
Stobart Group has said the integration of Autologic into its Eddie Stobart division has been “seamless” with all assets and key personnel retained.Autologic was bought by Stobart in August, after an initial bid – valuing the company at £12.4m - was made for the company in June.The acquisition adds £144.7m ...
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ArticleLloyd Fraser celebrates 25 years in business
MT Top 100 company Lloyd Fraser has marked its 25th anniversary as a business with a series of events and a new livery for 10 of its milk tankers.The newly liveried tankers operate from three sites in Dalton, Yorkshire; Milborne St Andrew, Dorset; and Four Crosses in Powys.Co-founder and MD ...
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Kuehne + Nagel sees weaker third-quarter derail progress
Kuehne + Nagel’s road and rail logistics division saw volumes fall in the third quarter due to seasonality and the tough economic conditions affecting Europe, dragging down its nine month performance.It meant EBITDA was 9.6% down on the same period of last year for the first nine months of 2012 ...
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ArticleCombination trailer provides best of both worlds for Arla
Dairy producer Arla Foods has unveiled a new dual-purpose trailer to help eliminate empty running.The combination unit, constructed by Gray & Adams and Crossland Tankers, features a 19,000 litre milk tank with a refrigerated area above that can accommodate 85 milk cages or 22 pallets.The 12.2m long trailer, which Arla ...