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All Motor Transport articles in 2020 – Page 10
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ArticlePanther Logistics acquired by US white glove home delivery giant AIT Worldwide Logistics
White glove delivery firm Panther Logistics has been acquired by US-based AIT Worldwide Logistics for an undisclosed sum.The deal will see Panther MD Colin McCarthy step down from the position with commercial director Gary McKelvey (pictured) taking on the role. The company said McCarthy will support McKelvey during "the transition".The ...
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ArticleH Parkinson Haulage upgrades to Iveco Stralis NP 460 gas trucks after successful trial of Stralis NP 400
Preston-based H Parkinson Haulage (HPH) has taken delivery of seven Iveco Stralis NP 460 4x2 gas powered trucks after 30 months of successfully trialling seven of the Stralis NP 400 4x2 tractors.The seven Stralis NP 400 tractors each covered 550,000km over the period of the trial, making HPH one of ...
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ArticleNursery retailer seeks transport partners as it opens Dewsbury warehouse
Baby and nursery retailer Kiddies Kingdom is looking for “multiple” transport partners as it announces the opening of a new distribution warehouse in Dewsbury off the back of an online sales surge.The company currently partners with DPD Local but, after experiencing rapid growth in online demand during the Covid-19 pandemic, ...
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ArticleMonks Contractors boosts fleet after welter of contract wins
Monks Contractors is expanding its fleet and taking on new drivers after landing a number of major deals including one with Lancashire Renewables to provide 30 new waste disposal and recycling vehicles.The Blackburn-based firm, which provides waste haulage, plant hire and drainage services to around 90 clients across the north ...
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'Covid-19: the ultimate resilience test for a business,' says Bibby Distribution chief
Bibby Distribution’s well-publicised restructure has seen the business dramatically change course over recent years from a jack-of-all trades to a master of full load logistics.Gone are low-margin contracts and diversification into driver agency, packaging and training divisions, replaced instead with a desire to strengthen core competencies.Alongside this, a move to ...
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ArticleHireco lands major trailer deal with Owens Group
Hireco has won a deal with Owens Group to provide 22 new SDC curtainsider trailers after impressing the Welsh operator with its ability to provide them quickly and at a competitive price.The trailers, which have a specified internal loading height of 3.1 metres, will be used to help Owens Group ...
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ArticleEuropa Road webinar on Brexit draws more than 1,000 delegates
A webinar on how the logistics industry can prepare for Brexit has revealed a high level of demand for information.Hosted by Europa Road, which is part of logistics operator Europa Worldwide Group, the webinar drew more than 1,000 delegates from 13 countries who asked a total of more than 200 ...
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ArticleBrian Yeardley Continental to issue CVA after events division suffers £12m loss due to pandemic
Brian Yeardley Continental is proposing to issue a company voluntary arrangement after its events transport division, TRUCKINGBY Brian Yeardley, suffered the “devastating” loss of £12m due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The West Yorkshire-based haulier has appointed partners Charles King and Hunter Kelly of EY to oversee the process.In a statement issued ...
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ArticleMeet the 2020 MT Award winners - Haulier of the Year sponsored by Volvo Trucks UK
MT editor Steve Hobson, Neil Rushworth, MD of Expect Distribution, and Christian Coolsaet, MD of sponsor Volvo Trucks UKExpect Distribution is a family-owned 3PL based in Bradford employing 296 staff at four sites and running 110 vehicles. Now in its 32nd year, the firm is consistently improving its financial performance ...
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ArticleFTS Group appoints Peter Samuel as group MD
FTS Group has strengthened its senior management team with two senior appointments.The group’s former commercial manager Peter Samuel has been promoted to the new role of group MD while former general manager Andrew Bull takes on the role of group operations director.The company said the appointments follow a period of ...
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ArticleBiomethane can cut carbon emissions from heavy trucks right now
HGVs are the most challenging road vehicles to transition to electric or hydrogen power, a practical and affordable solution is 20 to 30 years away. This is why major logistics companies across the UK are today switching away from diesel to biomethane gas as a transport fuel, which can be ...
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ArticleNAVCIS calls for industry sponsors to help it fight freight thefts
The freight arm of the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NAVCIS) is on the hunt for industry partners to help it tackle rapidly rising levels of cargo theft from lorries.The call comes just two weeks after the theft of £5m of Apple products, from a truck exiting the M1, which ...
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New association gives a voice to UK training providers
The launch of a new independent trade association for vocational transport training providers gives the sector a collective voice for the first time.The Logistics Skills Network (LSN) has been a long time in the making, but the catalyst for its formation came earlier this year, as professional training ground to ...
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ArticleXpediator flies in face of pandemic to deliver 18% profit
Xpediator has defied the Covid-19 pandemic to deliver an 18% rise in pre-tax profits this year, according to the company’s latest trading update.The 3PL, which recently bought UK international groupage freight forwarder Nidd Transport, said it expects to report £6m in pre-tax profits for the year to 31 December 2020, ...
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ArticlePall-Ex appoints new MD in Poland
Pall-Ex Group has taken on an MD to oversee its Polish operations as it ramps up its drive into Europe.Sebastian Plesiński brings 20 years of logistics and international business experience to the role, including his previous job as sales and marketing director at DSV where he boosted company revenue by ...
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ArticleScottish cartel ruling to trigger UK action?
Haulage operators in Scotland now have until next summer to lodge a claim for damages in relation to a cartel among truck manufacturers, following a decision in the country’s Supreme Court.The Court of Session rejected an argument by Europe’s largest truck manufacturers that it was too late for companies to ...
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ArticleElectric truck data connectivity will bring operators “massive” operational gains, software specialist predicts
The data connectivity provided by electric trucks will mean a bigger revolution for fleet management than the vehicles themselves, r2c Online is forecasting.The commercial vehicle compliance and maintenance software specialist, which has 85,000 users across 33,000 fleets, said that the ability to gather information in real time would provide “massive” ...
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ArticleMeet the MT Awards 2020 winners - Technical Excellence sponsored by Hankook Tyre UK
MT editor Steve Hobson, Bibby Distribution fleet and procurement director Adam Purshall and Paul Emery, sales director of sponsor Hankook Tyre UKBibby Distribution has been providing logistics and supply chain services for over 30 years and its fleet reached unprecedented levels of efficiency, reliability and safety in 2019.The company operates ...
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Article"Truly astonishing" - new online sales figures trigger fears of Christmas delivery chaos
Online food orders soared 99.2% in October and web sales grew 60.1% year on year, sparking warnings that operators will need to review their planning ahead of the Christmas peak.October’s retail sales estimates, released today (20 November) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), reveal sales volumes rose by 5.8% ...
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ArticleDfT considers trial of 48-tonne trucks for intermodal operations
Visitors to the virtual Commercial Motor Show at the end of September may have sat in on the break-out session on eco trucks, when Andrew Malcolm, chief executive of the Malcolm Group discussed a proposed trial of 48-tonne GCW trucks to feed railheads for intermodal operations.Malcolm operates trains on regular ...