All Operator news articles – Page 331
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MT ArticleBoom in volumes boosts DHL Express
DHL Express almost doubled its UK pre-tax profit last year thanks to a significant rise in inbound volumes and an increase in its share of the global express market.Financial statements for DHL International (UK), which trades as DHL Express in the UK, reveal a 95.9% jump in pre-tax profit to ...
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MT ArticleExpansion underway for Transervice as it takes on MWT customers
West Bromwich-based Transervice Express Transport will upgrade to a larger depot by the end of the year, after taking on the customer base and some of the drivers of fellow The Pallet Network (TPN) member MWT.Transervice MD Paul Johnson said his firm had taken on some of the postcode area ...
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MT ArticleGnewt Cargo impressed with Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL for London final-mile deliveries
Gnewt Cargo, the zero-emission final-mile delivery firm, has ordered an additional three Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL vans to work across central London on its TNT Express contract.The business ordered its first Vito E-CELL three months ago and has been impressed with the vehicle’s load volume and payload potential compared with other ...
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GeoPost "absolutely delighted" with turnover and profit growth in 2013
GeoPost UK, comprising of DPD and Interlink, showed robust financial health in 2013 with significant increases in turnover and pre-tax profit.Turnover at DPD rose by 24% to £492m for the year-ending 29 December 2013, from £397m in the previous year, while turnover at Interlink rose 12% to £179m. Combining the ...
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MT ArticleFraikin invests £4m in Iveco trucks for rental fleet
Fraikin has placed a £4m order for Euro-6 Iveco trucks for its rental division.The new vehicles comprise a mixture of Eurocargo rigids and Stralis Hi-Way tractors and will be new additions to the firm’s 1,000-strong rental parc, in which Fraikin has invested £27m in since the start of last year.Fraikin ...
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MT ArticleBullet Express opens East Kilbride warehouse
Bullet Express has opened a 4-acre storage facility in East Kilbride to meet demand for warehousing from its customers.The site complements its Bothwell distribution operation and offers storage space for more than 4,000 pallets, pick and pack, and de-containerisation.It has 14 dock levellers (pictured right) for loading and unloading containers ...
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Kuehne + Nagel plans Heathrow site
Kuehne + Nagel plans to move into a depot at London Heathrow airport next year, as it continues with its restructuring plans.The 130,000ft² flagship warehouse will be located on the Heathrow South Cargo Centre and is due to open in early 2015.A K+N spokeswoman was unavailable to disclose how many ...
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Allport Cargo Services appoints joint MD
Allport Cargo Services has appointed Charles McGurin as joint MD, replacing Jerry Gray who is to retire.McGurin rejoins Allport after 13 years and will head up the company alongside joint MD Danny Clayton. Most recently, he worked at DHL Supply Chain as vice president, business development for Europe, ...
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MT ArticleFormer Roadways MD joins Pentalver in wake of Maritime buyout
Nick Matthews, formerly MD of Roadways Container Logistics, has joined Pentalver as general manager of its Cannock operation just weeks after Roadways was bought by Maritime Transport.Matthews will be responsible for running Pentalver (Cannock) – its 22 acre inland container port facility north of Birmingham – which includes 260 employees ...
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MT ArticleBuffaload increases Huntingdon HQ capacity
Cambridgeshire temperature-controlled operator Buffaload Logistics has opened a new cross-docking facility at its Huntingdon base, which it claims will increase capacity at the site by up to 50%.The six-bay cross-docking facility can accommodate its 65 double-deck refrigerated trailers and will help the firm cope with peak demand. It is currently ...
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Steve Porter Transport sees drop-trailer volume jump
Steve Porter Transport enjoyed a busy summer, with a jump in drop-trailer movements during the period.The Isle of Wight haulier, which runs a drop-trailer service from Southampton to the island making use of Red Funnel ferries, saw drop-trailer movements increase by almost a quarter from the 13 January to 13 ...
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MT ArticleKnowles keeps margins high despite fall in turnover
Cambridgeshire transport and storage provider Knowles Transport managed to generate an 11.4% pre-tax profit margin in the year to the end of December 2013 despite a sharp drop in turnover, figures logged recently at Companies House have shown.Turnover for the year fell almost 18% from £33m to £27.1m; pre-tax profit ...
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MT ArticleAldi receives permission for revived Cardiff DC plans
Supermarket Aldi has been given the green light to develop an RDC on the outskirts of Cardiff, plans for which were revived earlier this year.It has been granted permission for the 490,000ft² development on the Capital Business Park in Wentloog, near Cardiff, by the local authority. It first received permission ...
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DPD seeks permission for Stoke-on-Trent site
DPD and Interlink Express parent Geopost UK has submitted plans for a depot in Etruria, near Stoke-on-Trent.The depot, which a spokesman confirmed to Motortransport.co.uk is in addition to DPD’s investment in 15 new or upgraded hubs and depots by the end of 2015, will include spaces for 16 HGVs and ...
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MT ArticleOcado boosts capacity with two more depots
Ocado is opening two more depots this year as it continues with plans to increase capacity in its distribution network.The online supermarket opened a 36,000ft² depot in Dagenham, Essex, this month and plans to open a second depot, a 20,000ft² site on the Knowsley Industrial Park in Liverpool, in November.Ocado ...
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MT ArticleCeva opens global excellence centre in Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Leigh Pomlett_president of Ceva EuropeCeva Logistics has opened its third global centre of excellence, at its UK head office in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. This European centre joins others in Florida and Singapore and is designed to demonstrate and develop Ceva’s end to end supply chain services for potential and existing customers.The centre ...
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UPS plans Dordon site
UPS plans to open a site in Dordon, near Tamworth, after signing a 15-year lease with developer IM Properties.The express parcel carrier plans to move into a 152,500ft² unit on the Birch Coppice Business Park, located near junction 10 of the M42.The site will include 7,500 ft² of office ...
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Collapsed Orb Logistics owed £1.2m
Former Palletline member Orb Logistics owed unsecured creditors over £1.26m when it went into administration earlier this year, it has been revealed.Orb, formerly named Mission Logistics, went into administration and ceased trading in July. It began trading, initially as Mission Logistics, when its directors bought the trading name and assets ...
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DX Group turnover up as Nightfreight turnaround continues
DX, which listed on AIM in February, has said that the focus for the next three years will be the turnaround of the former Nightfreight business, which is now called DX Freight.The move to one, unified, network infrastructure – incorporating both DX and former Nightfreight business – is being conducted ...
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MT ArticleEx-Innovate Logistics staff to receive payments
Ex-employees of defunct business Innovate Logistics will receive surprise payments three years after the business was dissolved, after the administrators applied for a £470,000 rates rebate.Harry Yearsley is also in line for a payment after it helped pay staff wages at the time of Innovate’s administration more than six years ...