All Operator news articles – Page 323
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MT ArticleReason Transport opens second site
Palletways Platinum Club member Reason Transport has opened a new 20,000ft² warehouse at an old RAF base.The new warehouse (and depot) is located at Heyford Park, near Bicester, on the former RAF Upper Heyford Air Base.As part of the £1.5m expansion, Reason has created 15 full time jobs and added ...
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Parcelforce improves delivery notifications as it continues investment programme
Parcelforce Worldwide has launched a new delivery notification service which it hopes will improve convenience for business customers and consumers.The investment new technology follows a £75m funding boost for its hubs and depots, which was revealed in 2012.In the last 12 months, the company has expanded its site in Newport ...
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Asda opens LNG refuelling station at Bristol DC
Asda Logistics Services has opened a liquefied natural gas (LNG) refuelling station at its chilled DC in Avonmouth, Bristol after taking an order for 50 dual-fuel Volvo FMs earlier this year.The refuelling station has been supplied by compressed and liquefied gas supplier BOC and will be used to fuel some ...
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TNT Post expands final-mile deliveries into Liverpool
TNT Post is continuing to increase its final-mile delivery coverage, making its first official deliveries in Liverpool today.The expansion follows a funding deal that parent company Post NL signed with private equity investment firm LDC at the beginning of the year to help support the roll-out of the service.The first ...
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Phillips 66 contract win for Wincanton
Wincanton has extended and expanded its relationship with oil refining and energy firm Phillips 66 in a deal that will see it deliver in excess of one billion litres of petroleum products a year to forecourts across the Midlands and North-East of England.The new contract will take the working relationship ...
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MT ArticleDBL Logistics MD appointed to UPN board
DBL Logistics managing director David Clarkson has been appointed as a non-executive director of United Pallet Network (UPN). Clarkson, 46, will join the UPN board in an advisory capacity, acting as a regional representative for fellow companies within the national network.Sheffield-based DBL Logistics is a founding member of UPN and ...
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The Co-operative plans to close Huntingdon DC, relocating Wincanton operations
The Co-operative Group plans to close its Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, distribution centre later this year in a bid to improve efficiency and make its transport activities more cost-effective.Work carried out by the DC, which the supermarket hopes to close by the end of the summer, will be transferred to its depots ...
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DPD to offer more home delivery options
DPD plans to offer consumers more delivery options to reduce the number of failed delivery attempts, following an upgrade to its Predict service.The service was launched in 2012 and notifies consumers of a one-hour slot when they can expect their parcel to be delivered.The upgrade will notify recipients the evening ...
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MT ArticlePalletline completes new business development team
Palletline has recruited Peter Stewart (L), Amy Liston and Peter Carter as its new GM for business development.Palletline has completed its newly created business development team line-up, welcoming Amy Liston, Robert Carter and Peter Stewart to the pallet network.Liston was most recently business development manager for Palletline member HMT Shipping. ...
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MT ArticleAssociation of Pallet Networks: 16 million pallets delivered by members in 2013
The Association of Pallet Networks (APN) has revealed 15.7 million pallets were delivered by its member networks last year, which on a restated basis was 13% ahead of 2012. Next Day services delivered growth of more than 15% in the period, with 66% of all pallets shipped making use of ...
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MT ArticleTyre change set to save 300,000 litres of fuel a year for Dixon International
County Dublin family-run haulier Dixon International has switched to Michelin X Line Energy tyres across its 110-strong truck fleet after a trial revealed significant fuel savings.Us of the X Line tyres in a six month trial involving six tractive units on international work demonstrated an average 5.2% fuel saving. ...
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MT ArticleRGF Logistics begins Volvo FH Euro-6 fuel trial
Birmingham haulier RGF Logistics are set to conduct fuel trials on two Euro-6 Volvo FH units, comparing fuel efficiency and dealer support to the other 80 vehicles on its fleet.The two 460hp,6x2 Globetrotter XL FH’s will be supplied by Hartshore Motor Group and will be maintained overnight at the dealership ...
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Waitrose to transfer operations from K+N operated site to national DC
Waitrose plans to transfer operations covered by a Kuehne + Nagel operated regional DC to its first national distribution centre (NDC).The supermarket’s own-account operation hopes to move into a new DC in Milton Keynes next year, transferring operations currently covered at the nearby Kuehne + Nagel-run Celestia depot.All K+N staff ...
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TNT confirms half of Fashion Group's DCs face closure
TNT Express UK & Ireland has confirmed around 50% of TNT Fashion Group UK’s dedicated network of distribution sites will be integrated into existing TNT Express sites as part of the DC rationalisation announced in January. TNT Fashion Group UK currently has 16 dedicated distribution sites, of which it runs ...
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MT ArticleCemex takes 30 Dafs via Burnt Tree
Cemex has taken 30 Dafs via Burnt TreeCemex has signed a contract hire deal with Burnt Tree for 30 Daf Euro-5 tractor units.The deal forms part of Cemex's fleet renewal programme for its 200-strong aggregate logistics fleet, with each of the new units expected to cover around 100,000km a year.Paul ...
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MT ArticleWaitrose puts six dual-fuel trucks into operation
Waitrose is trialling six dual-fuel trucks with aerodynamic trailers in a bid to reduce carbon emissions and improve fuel consumption in its own-account fleet.The operator has fitted dual-fuel systems and aerodynamic body fixtures to six of its trucks and trailers after working with Cambridge University for three years.Waitrose central transport ...
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Unite members at Stobart Automotive vote for industrial action
Talks are due to take place between Stobart Automotive and union Unite after workers at what was formerly Autologic voted in favour of strike action.According to Unite employees at the car transporter division of Eddie Stobart Logistics voted 85% in favour of industrial action, on a 70% turnout because, they ...
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TNT Express to sell Dutch fashion logistics operation
TNT Express has announced the intended sale of its Dutch TNT Fashion Group operation to a consortium formed by Belgian fashion and lifestyle logistics firm Belspeed and Turkish logistics and transport conglomerate Netlog Group. The sale of 100% of the shares in TNT Fashion Group BV, which should be completed ...
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Morrisons to increase online food delivery reach this year
Morrisons has rolled out its online food offering into Yorkshire and plans deliveries to more locations this year.The supermarket expanded its home delivery reach into Yorkshire in February, following its launch in Warwickshire at the beginning of the year. It also plans to offer deliveries in more areas in 2014, ...
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Veitch to head up Yusen Logistics European business
Ian Veitch, currently MD of Yusen Logistics UK, is to head up its entire operations across Europe from April.Veitch, who has been with the business since 1994, will become MD of Yusen Logistics (Europe) and the first non-Japanese executive officer at Yusen worldwide. He will move to Yusen’s European HQ ...