All Operator news articles – Page 322
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MT ArticleNFT takes the path of least tyre resistance
NFT Distribution is to fit low rolling resistance tyres across its fleet of 430 tractor units and 550 trailers.The operator has used Bandvulc tyres since 2010 and after extensive trials has become the first fleet to adopt Bandvulc’s new Dynamic tyre range, complemented by new low rolling resistance tyre brands ...
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Yodel and APC reveal successful Christmas peak
Yodel and APC Overnight have revealed record volumes over the Christmas period, after investing in infrastructure and staff in 2013.Yodel handled over 14 million parcels in the 24 days leading up to Christmas, while network APC reported a 27% increase in year-on-year volumes for its busiest week to just under ...
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Morrisons launches food home deliveries
Morrisons has launched its online food offering, with deliveries across the Midlands due to start on 10 January.The supermarket expects to deliver to around half of the country by the beginning of 2015 using a fleet of Morrisons-liveried home delivery vehicles.The launch of Morrisons.com follows the signing of a 25-year ...
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Gregory Distribution snapped up Interoute Transport Services for £75,000
Gregory Distribution Limited snapped up the business, assets and goodwill of collapsed Oxfordshire firm Interoute Transport Services for just £75,000, according to the firm’s administrators. In a progress report, published last month, Quantuma adminstrators Carl Jackson and Kelly Mitchell stated that following their appointment on 17 May 2013 they closed ...
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MT ArticleA year in the life of pallet networks: 2013
Having achieved record volume last year 2013 is set to be another record breaker, with the UK’s nine pallet networks on course to handle the most pallets through their systems that they have ever done since the launch of the concept two decades ago.The latest data from the Association of ...
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DHL Express delivers 1,300 instruments for New Year's Day parade
DHL Express has delivered hundreds instruments for US and Panama-based high school and university marching bands participating in the London New Year’s Day Parade today (1 January).More than 8,500 performers, including the 20 bands that DHL is providing the transport for, will participate in the event, which begins ...
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Top 10 most read stories of 2013
This isn't an editor's picks, it isn't an analysis of the most important news in the industry in the past 12 months - these are the most-read stories on Motortransport.co.uk. It is what our loyal readers wanted to read from the thousands of stories we published in 2013. Thanks for ...
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MT ArticleNFT reveals new livery
NFT has wrapped an early Christmas present – 45 of its tractor units in a brand new livery just in time for Christmas.Already 25 of its trucks featuring the red honeycomb design have hit the road during this Christmas peak, with the remaining 20 set to join in 2014.Dale ...
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MT ArticleLubbers welcomes ACC Capital on board as part of MBO
RTH Lubbers MD, Tony Tailford (Left) and RTH Lubbers company director Stuart Ferguson (Right)Equity firm ACC Capital has bought a majority stake in Lubbers Transport Group as part of a management buy-out at the firm.The deal sees the management team at Lubbers, which is lead by CEO Ger Englsman, invest ...
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UK Mail receives permission for Coventry hub
UK Mail Group has been given the green light to develop its new hub in Coventry, following its agreement with the DfT earlier this month.The operator today revealed that it has received planning permission for the 200,000ft² development. It will replace its current national hub in Birmingham, which lies on ...
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TNT extends express pallet delivery coverage
TNT Express has expanded its express pallet delivery service from the UK to 10 more locations across the Americas and the Middle East.Global director, project management and development, Soren Hoegh, said businesses in the UK will now benefit from one-, two- or three-day delivery to more locations than before.The expansion ...
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DHL e-fulfills Christmas gifts buying boost for Debenhams
DHL Supply Chain has been delivering a huge uplift in online orders experienced by Debenhams this Christmas.Demand has already rocketed by over 250% on average levels, reaching a 300% uplift during the peak customer ordering periods.Of the 150,000 product lines DHL manages for Debenhams, so far Calvin Klein men’s underwear, ...
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Unite urges Coca-Cola Enterprises to rethink compulsory redundancies
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has said it is "disappointed" with union action over plans for compulsory redundancies at its Wakefield manufacturing plant as it is doing all it can to minimise the need for such cuts.It comes after members of union Unite staged a demo at the own-account operator’s West Yorkshire ...
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Pre-tax profit at APC Overnight up 35%
APC Overnight has reported larger parcel volumes this year as well as a greater uplift on its busiest day, after seeing increases in both turnover and pre-tax profit last year.Finance director Mark Fletcher said a commitment to customer service and a “personal approach” to its deliveries contributed to a 35% ...
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MT ArticleSouth West haulier rewards good driver behaviour
C&D South WestHaulier C&D South West is incentivising its drivers to improve their driving style using data from a Quartix telematics system.The operators, which runs a fleet of 35 vehicles from its base in Chard, Somerset and is a Palletforce founder member, uses Driving Style Monitoring in combination with other ...
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MT ArticleMeachers spends close to £1m on new trucks and trailers
Meachers ActrosMeachers Global Logistics has spent around £1m on seven new tractor units and 24 new trailers as part of its fleet renewal process. The Southampton-based operation has taken delivery of four Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks and two Volvo FH400's, all at Euro-5.Another Volvo tractor-unit and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter will join the ...
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Unite rules out any further strikes at UPS London in 2013
Unite has ruled out any further strike action at UPS’s London depot for the remainder of the year.The union, whose members staged a walkout last month at the Camden site, had been threatening to strike this Friday (20 December) over the dismissal of a Unite shop steward.However, in a statement ...
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Boughey Distribution completes network restructure
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
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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MT ArticleAsda looks to dual-fuel to save a million litres a year
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. ...