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All Operator news articles – Page 320
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ArticlePeter Larner acts to improve image of logistics
Following on from Alastair Campbell's thought-provoking presentation on how the transport industry can get its message across to the public at the last MT Directors' Club, Suckling Transport MD Pater Larner is taking action.A new Suckling Transport tank trailer, which is being exhibited by Lakeland Tankers at the Federation of ...
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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle opens £1m NDC
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) says it has invested more than £1m in a new shared-user site at Rugby, to serve as an NDC for Continental Tyre Group.The new 212,000ft² facility, located in Prologis Central Park just off J1 of the M6, will also store products from fellow ND customer Bridgestone ...
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ArticleSensible acquisition will add £6m a year to Autologic
Autologic says its acquisition of the assets of Sensible Transport will add £6m a year to its revenue, but warns that automotive customers remain “focused strongly on price”.For the year ending 31 December 2011, Autologic saw its UK revenue rise 4% to £114.5m (2010: £110.6m) but operating profit in its ...
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ArticleWincanton hit by decline in volumes
Wincanton has warned that a decline in customers’ volumes and a reduced demand for warehousing will “adversely affect” the business in the next 12 months.In a trading update issued today (Tuesday 3 April), the group says that while it has successfully retained and won new contracts across all sectors, market ...
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ArticleK+N sell off Renault Trucks dealership
Logistic company Kuehne + Nagel has sold its Renault Trucks dealership RH Commercial Vehicles for an undisclosed sum, a year after it bought its parent company The RH Group for £66.9m.The new owners of the East Midlands dealership, that employs 55 people, include its current MD Nigel Baxter and general ...
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ArticleYodel well prepared for Olympic challenge
Yodel has announced its plans for ensuring deliveries are handled effectively throughout the busy Olympic Games period this summer.The parcel firm's contingency plans include informing customers of those postcodes most likely to experience delays; the creation of a dedicated 'Olympics Village HQ' at Yodel's Vauxhall depot in central London; as ...
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ArticleDHL to close Coventry depot serving Sainsbury's
DHL is to close its Coventry depot, which it runs on behalf of retailer J Sainsbury, in a move that places 550 jobs at risk.The logistics giant plans to transfer the garment operations currently undertaken at Coventry for the retailer to another of its sites in Bedford.A DHL spokeswoman ...
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ArticleRoad transport operators prepare for fuel shortage
Truck fleet operators are drawing up contingency plans in the event of a national strike by fuel tanker drivers.Unite union leaders representing more than 2,000 tanker drivers working for Wincanton, DHL, BP, Hoyer, J W Suckling, Norbert Dentressangle and Turners (Soham) are locked in talks with employers over a dispute ...
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ArticleDBC Foodservice in administration
Own-account operator DBC Foodservice has been put into administration, after attempts to sell the business failed.By Chris DruceThe £300m turnover company supplies some of the best known cafes, restaurants and bars on the high Street including Café Nero, Prezzo, Loch Fyne and vodka bar chain Revolution.Other customers include hotels, local ...
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ArticleMcDowell's reveals rapid expansion
Fast-growing Keighley, West Yorkshire haulier McDowell Haulage and Distribution says work will begin shortly on a new 25,000ft2 warehouse in order to keep up with demand.The company, which has contracts to transport school furniture and cosmetics and is also a member of The Pallet Network, opened a new depot in ...
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TNT Post reveals second end-to-end postal trial
TNT Post is to conduct a second end-to-end delivery trial from mid-April in west London, following the successful conclusion of a final-mile trial in Liverpool.The private postal operator has held long-term ambitions to roll-out a complete end-to-end service rivalling Royal Mail, but says it has been unable to achieve this ...
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ArticleIncrease in fuel duty is a disaster, says Hermes
Home delivery specialist Hermes has branded the Chancellor’s decision to implement a 3ppl rise in fuel duty as “a disaster for the haulage sector”.Jon Tobbell, commercial director at Hermes, says: “Whilst we welcome the freeze in Vehicle Excise Duty, it pales into significance when compared to the pain being ...
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ArticleHellmann targets Iberian growth
Hellmann UK has launched a freight partnership with a Portuguese logistics company that increases the number of round trip road freight services to the country each week.The partnership with Rangel Express and Logistics enables Hellmann to undertake three direct level departures to Oporto and Lisbon and the company says ...
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ArticleYearsley to offer global logistics service
Yearsley Group has introduced a new global logistics and freight-forwarding service.The group says it can now offer customers a complete logistics operation from pick-up overseas (via partners) and import via air or sea, to delivery through its UK distribution network.The Lancashire firm says the new service will enhance its domestic ...
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ArticleFormer Cert Octavian chief executive joins Eezehaul
Former Cert Octavian chief executive Anthony Finlayson-Green has joined Crawley-based operator Eezehaul as a non-executive chairman.Finlayson-Green , who is currently chief executive at storage firm Apex Linvar, joins Eezehaul as its looks to strengthen its position in the contract logistics market.Eezehaul MD Mark Duggan says: “Anthony will play a key ...
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ArticleCity Link rolls out Sameday-branded fleet
City Link has rolled out a dedicated new livery for its Sameday fleet, featuring the strapline ‘when tomorrow is too late’ to help strengthen the operation’s brand.The parcels firm says the Sameday service has expanded rapidly in the past 12 months, with new contract wins across multiple business sectors, and ...
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ArticleUPS agrees TNT takeover bid
UPS is set to acquire TNT Express NV in a deal that will create a €45bn (£37.4bn) global logistics firm.The deal values the Dutch firm at approximately €5.16bn, following its increased offer of €9.50 per ordinary share.UPS says that in acquiring TNT it will fulfill its long-standing aim to expand ...
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ArticleUPS to bid again for TNT
UPS says it is still in talks to buy rival TNT Express, despite its initial bid on 17 February being rejected by the Dutch parcels giant.“UPS remains in constructive discussions with TNT Express NV regarding a potential transaction to acquire the entire issued share capital of TNT Express,” a statement ...
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ArticleDX Group buys Nightfreight
DX Group bought Nightfreight in 2012Nightfreight has been acquired by DX Group in an undisclosed cash deal that creates a mail, courier and distribution business with a combined turnover of approximately £290m.As part of the acquisition former City Link MD Stuart Godman will join the combined managerial board as chief ...
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ArticleJigsaw Solutions to use double-deck trailers to cut road miles
Consortium Jigsaw Solutions is introducing six double-deck trailers on its Indesit contract in a move that will cut out an estimated 340,000 road miles annually.Moving goods from the white goods manufacturer’s central DC in Raunds, Northamptonshire, to six home delivery satellite warehouses using the new Cartwright trailers should save ...