All Operator news articles – Page 370
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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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 ...
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MT ArticleDHL expands Unilever warehousing capacity
DHL Supply Chain has opened its expanded capacity warehouse for long-term customer Unilever, marking the end of a 21 month project.The Cannock, Staffordshire, centre has the capacity to house 100,000 pallets and will handle all of Unilever’s homecare and ambient food lines for the UK and Ireland – including brands ...
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MT ArticleCulina shortens Tesco's ambient supply chain
Culina Logistics has shortened ambient supply chains for supermarket giant Tesco, with the roll-out of a new 'Day 1 for Day 2' delivery service.The logistics firm will consolidate suppliers’ deliveries at its multi-user facility in Wolverhampton, for onward trunking to Tesco’s NDC network on a six-day Monday to Saturday cycle.Culina ...
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News extra: Kuehne + Nagel on growth track
International Swiss-based freight and logistics business Kuehne + Nagel reaped the benefits of its long term growth strategy with record results in the 12 months to 31 December 2011.Globally, K+N saw net profit rise to CHF606m (£421m) on turnover of CHF19.6bn (£13.6bn), increases of 12.2% and 9% respectively after the ...
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United Biscuits drivers complete CPC training
All 68 drivers at United Biscuits have now successfully completed their final 7.5 hours of Driver CPC training.Bill Hooton, national transport controller at United Biscuits, says he is “delighted and proud” that all drivers have completed their CPCs. “We are committed to ongoing annual training and recognise the benefits, as ...
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MT ArticleTDG buy puts ND UK logistics in top spot
The head of Norbert Dentressangle’s (ND) UK logistics believes 2012 will see the operation cement its number one spot in ND’s overall international operations as the business shifts into another gear following the integration of TDG.In ND’s latest results, the UK outperformed all other countries to become its logisitic division’s ...
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Reed Boardall has right price for Asda
The distinctive happy surfing polar bear adorning the sides of Reed Boardall Transport’s temperature controlled trailers had extra cause for celebration on Friday (9 March) as the company’s MD Tom Cassells was kept busy collecting accolades at the Asda Carrier of the Year awards.A sell-out audience at Leeds’ Queens Hotel ...
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Maritime Transport appoints two new MDs
Maritime Transport has created two new director positions to handle distribution and container transport at the firm.Simon Smart and David Boomer, both previously operations directors at the firm, have become MD, container transport and MD, containers respectively.Maritime says the appointments were required to strengthen senior management at the firm and ...
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MT ArticleStrong performance from the UK buoys Ceva profit
Ceva has singled out the performance of its business in the UK for having a "very strong year" in 2011 after the Netherlands-based logistics giant revealed a 10% rise in profit.Speaking to MT.co.uk, Leigh Pomlett, president for Northern Europe at Ceva, singled out delivery from the UK and Poland as ...
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MT ArticleCity Link unveils recovery plan
City Link’s new MD has put in place a three-year turnaround strategy at the struggling parcels business in the wake of “disappointing” losses.The plan will see City Link break-even within the next four months, make a profit by Q4, and become a £500m business in the next three years, through ...
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MT ArticleK+N wins Spirit food service contract
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) is to invest £5m in multi-temperature distribution centres and a fleet of 60 vehicles for a long term new food service customer, Spirit Pub Company. K+N sees food service as a significant growth market, already representing £50m of its UK contract logistics business, much of ...
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MT ArticleCity Link losses plummet to £31.3m
City Link parent Rentokil has blamed a decline in both volumes and rates for the parcel firm’s “disappointing” £31.3m pre-tax loss during 2011, compared with a £9.6m loss the previous year, on a revenue down 8.5% to £306.9m.It has also revealed a significant hit from writing off intangible assets of ...
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Yodel confirms depot closures
Yodel has confirmed the schedule of its service centre closure programme, as it enters the final phase of the merger of the Home Delivery Network and DHL Domestic UK businesses.According to an internal letter seen by MT, the parcels giant has been transferring volumes across from Cardiff (the first site ...
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Stobart and AW Jenkinson buy another 1,000 Scanias
Stobart Group and A.W. Jenkinson Forest Products have struck a second joint procurement deal with Scania to take delivery of a combined 1,000 trucks over the next two years.Between March 2012 and December 2013 Stobart and A.W. Jenkinson will take a mixture of R-series and G-series models. The first 300 ...