All Operator news articles – Page 337
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MT ArticleSainsbury's piloting alternative truck refrigeration technology
Sainsbury’s has revealed it is piloting a naturally refrigerated trailer to transport chilled and frozen goods.The CO2 refrigerated unit is part of the supermarket’s strategy to slash its carbon footprint by reducing depot to store transport emissions by 35% by 2020, with an absolute reduction of 50% by 2030.Nick Davies, ...
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Assets of Palletline Logistics (Midlands) were bought via pre-pack
The assets and business of Palletline Logistics (Midlands) were bought for £71,000 in a pre-pack deal in July by newly formed Global Logistics Central on the same day the former went into administration, according to administrator RSM Tenon.Palletline Logistics (Midlands), established in 1993 by former RHA national chairman and Palletline ...
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Turners (Soham)'s acquisition of Lewis Tankers is "all about growth"
Paul Day, MD at Turners (Soham), has described the group’s purchase of hazardous logistics specialist Lewis Tankers last month as being “all about growth”.Day said the deal would give Turners access to new markets in chemical and gas beyond fuel distribution, and there was no operational duplication.“The business is a ...
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MT ArticleGregory updates fleet for Spar deliveries
Gregory Distribution has invested in a fleet of 10 new temperature controlled trailers for its work with the Appleby Westward Group servicing Spar stores across the south west of England. The Gray & Adams trailers all feature Carrier Transicold Vector 1950 MT fridges, all-round lighting, directional reversing lights and rear ...
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K+N workers set to strike over 'superhubs'
Union Unite has confirmed a 24-hour strike by drivers, draymen and warehouse workers at Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logistics (KNDL) will take place on 11 September.The strike, which will start at 10am, is expected to affect deliveries of brands including Fosters, Heineken, Kronenbourg, John Smith’s, Strongbow and Britvic soft drinks ...
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Royal Mail workers could strike from 10 October, says CWU
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has warned that strike action at Royal Mail and Parcelforce is possible from 10 October if union members vote in favour of it later this month.The union said a ballot for strike action will be held from 20 September if talks with the post and ...
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KNDL workers vote for strike action
Workers at Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logistics (KNDL) have voted in favour of strike action in a ballot by union Unite, which concluded last week (28 August).Unite revealed that 85% voted to strike on a turnout of 64%, having balloted 970 drivers, draymen and warehouse workers.Industrial action could affect deliveries ...
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Unite recommends DHL/ Jaguar Land Rover pay settlement
Union Unite is to recommend to its members a settlement with DHL and four companies providing the operator with agency staff on its contract with Jaguar Land Rover.DHL, alongside staffing firms NAC, Staffline and Milestone had been in negotiations with Unite over terms of pay for permanent and agency staffDHL ...
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UK Pallets adds Neill & Brown and Hellmann Worldwide
UK Pallets has added two new partners - Neill & Brown Global Logistics and Hellmann Worldwide Logistics – as part of the “continued development” of the network.Neill & Brown will handle the HU postcode for the network, effectively replacing D&P Haulage, which, at the end of 2011, switched networks to ...
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MT ArticleTurners (Soham) acquires Lewis Tankers
Turners (Soham) has acquired hazardous logistics specialist Lewis Tankers, as part of a strategy to expand its ADR operations.Hensall, East Yorkshire-based Lewis Tankers already has a well-established presence in the chemicals, aviation and energy industries, which will complement Suff0lk-based Turners' fuel distribution operations.Turners general manager Colin Rutherford will head ...
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MT ArticleYearsley Logistics opens northern superhub
Yearsley Logistics has completed the first phase of its new £20m northern ‘superhub’ in Heywood, Greater Manchester.The new 13.6-acre cold, which will be constructed in three phases, will double the chilled distribution specialist’s pallet capacity from 40,000 to 80,000 units per night.Harry Yearsley, MD at the Lancashire firm, said the ...
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Tesco receives permission for Oxfordshire home delivery DC
Tesco has received planning permission to develop a 134,333 ft² DC near Abingdon, Oxfordshire.Documents submitted to Vale of White Horse District Council in May revealed the supermarket’s plans to develop a home delivery DC on a former Esso site in Milton Hill, near Abingdon, which will be used specifically ...
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Premier Logistics adds second southern location
Leicester-based Premier Logistics has added a second southern site to its rapidly growing operation.The operator, which revealed plans to leave its Meridian Business Park home last month for bigger premises, has acquired the business and assets of collapsed haulier Cobley Transport (Reading).The deal for the Thatcham depot of Cobley Transport ...
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Nightline Logistics joins Fortec network
Nightline Logistics has joined the Fortec Distribution Network as it seeks to enter the next phase of growth.The Nuneaton-based firm will serve Fortec customers in Coventry, parts of Warwickshire, including Nuneaton, Rugby, Leamington, Warwick, and Tamworth in Staffordshire.This is the first time Nightline, which also operates a satellite depot in ...
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Trading at Welch's Transport "progressing well" in 2013
Trading at the transport operations at Welch’s Transport this year is “progressing well” after a “reasonable performance” in 2012, according to MD Jim Welch.Despite the contribution of road haulage and warehousing activities at Welch’s Transport falling slightly from £8.8m in 2011 to £8.6m in the 12 months ending 31 December ...
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MT ArticleStobart Group reports solid first half, appoints new chairman
Stobart Group has made a “solid” start to its financial year despite a cold and wet June followed by the July heat wave causing volatility in its retail distribution business.The Group said today (23 August) that in the six months to the 31 August its transport and distribution division had ...
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Turnover down but profit up at John Raymond Transport
John Raymond Transport, which celebrates 60 years in business next month, achieved a modest increase in profit last year.For the year ending 30 September 2012, the company, with depots in Bridgend, Cannock and Swindon, reported a pre-tax profit of £42,000, on a turnover of £19.9m.Director Jonathan Raymond, son of the ...
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John Mitchell feels the benefit of tough rates stance
The managing director of John Mitchell (Grangemouth) said an increase in turnover and profit at the company was down to being tough with customers who wouldn’t move on rates.The haulage and warehousing firm saw an 8.5% increase in turnover for the year ending 31 March 2013, to almost £13m.Pre-tax profit ...
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MT ArticleCourier Diamond Logistics opens four new franchise sites
Courier franchise network Diamond Logistics opened four new depots last month as it continues with ambitions to operate over 30 sites by the end of 2015.The new sites in Croydon, Norwich, Newcastle and Ashburton in south Devon were opened in July to allow the franchises to grow before the Christmas ...
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Palletways expands into Czech Republic and Slovakia
Palletways is to launch services in the Czech Republic and Slovakia next month, a move that expands its services across 13 countries on the Continent.On the same day, Palletways’ European business will also start offering mini quarter pallet and light pallet services, bringing its number of different sized pan-European pallet ...