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All Motor Transport articles in 2020 – Page 7
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Hauliers urged to get ready for Brexit as end of transition period looms
Logistics UK has urged businesses that rely on UK-EU supply chains to engage with advice sites popping up all over the UK to provide HGV drivers with information on Brexit preparations.It came as negotiations on a post-Brexit trade deal reached a stalemate, with a senior UK government source telling the ...
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Debenhams distribution operation continues to fulfil online orders
Debenhams’ distribution centres remain open and busy as they continue handling online orders, days after its administrators said they should start winding up the business.The stores are set to close after the failure of last-ditch efforts to rescue the ailing chain.It had been in administration since April, but hopes of ...
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ArticleDoncaster refuse collection strikes called off after Suez acts on complaints
Planned strikes by refuse workers in Doncaster employed by Suez Recycling and Recovery have been suspended after the trade union said the company had acted on “bullying” concerns.The four days of industrial action could have disrupted Christmas for residents in South Yorkshire after workers criticised the dismissal of a Unite ...
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ArticleLondon lorry ban needs a rethink to avoid adding extra miles and emissions
An operator that received a £550 fine after his driver breached the London Lorry Control Scheme (LLCS) said the preferred route would have added 30 miles to his journey and increased carbon emissions.Purfleet-based KBC Logistics said the regulations made no sense and the LLCS needed to be “abolished, or seriously ...
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ArticleWolverhampton residents ask to name their new gritters
From left, Vijay Kumar, gully tanker driver, councillor Steve Evans, David Onions, highway inspector/winter service supervisor and Kevin Tinsley, Martin Harper and David Hodson, reactive highway maintenance operatives.Residents in Wolverhampton have been set the challenge of naming a brand new fleet of gritting lorries, which will keep hundreds of ...
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ArticleMeet the 2020 MT Award winners - Urban Delivery Operator of the Year sponsored by MyTransportPlanner
Robert Goldwater, sales director of sponsor MyTransport Planner, DPD UK CEO Dwain McDonald and MT editor Steve HobsonParcel firm DPD is redefining the way it operates in an urban environment to ensure its 8,000 delivery vehicles reduce their impact on air quality, noise levels and road safety.With 46% of parcels ...
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ArticleParliamentary group seeks industry views on fuel duty
A group of MPs are asking hauliers to tell them what impact a cut or increase in fuel duty will have on their businesses as the country emerges from the economic doldrums.The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on road haulage and logistics has launched an inquiry into whether duty acts ...
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ArticleGloucester parcels firm Lima collapsed as business dried up in pandemic
Gloucester-based parcel delivery firm Lima Logistics collapsed into administration as a direct result of the Covid-19 pandemic, its administrators have said.In a report to creditors, Nicholas Simmonds and Chris Newell at Quantuma Advisory said the coronavirus and the subsequent lockdown earlier this year had consequences on the company that lasted ...
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ArticleClipper posts 20% rise in turnover in first half-year results since pandemic
Clipper said it had “successfully chartered” the stormy waters of the pandemic to deliver a 20% increase in revenue, which was wholly attributable to growth in its e-fulfilment and returns management divisions.The results for the six months ending 31 October 2020 revealed a £305.2m turnover, along with a 20.1% boost ...
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Renault Trucks launches 3.5-tonne Master ZE and boosts battery choice for medium-duty electric models
Renault Trucks has released a 3.5-tonne version of its all-electric Master ZE model, which will join the existing 3.1-tonne model already on the market. Fully chargeable in six hours, it will add a further 400kg to the 3.1-tonne variant’s 1-tonne payload and provide a real-word operating range of 120km.Both ZE ...
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ArticleUK operators can now order right-hand-drive DAF CF Electric trucks
DAF Trucks is now opening its order book for right-hand-drive CF Electric models.Series production of the zero-emission 4x2 tractor and 6x2 rigid variants for the UK market will begin at the end of March 2021.The UK roll-out follows successful in-service trials with operators in Germany and the Netherlands.Equipped with the ...
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Knowles sweetens the deal for Silver Spoon
Knowles Transport’s ability to handle the storage and distribution for The Silver Spoon Company has resulted in its client sweetening the deal and extending the contract for another five years.The Cambridgeshire-based haulier has been responsible for all of the sugar company’s handling and transport requirements for the last three years, ...
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ArticleMeet the 2020 MT Award winners - Low Carbon Award sponsored by Fraikin
MT editor Steve Hobson, JLP fleet engineer David Wake, and Colin Melvin, sales director of sponsor FraikinJohn Lewis Partnership (JLP) has committed to a carbon-zero commercial vehicle fleet by 2045. To deliver reductions in CO2 emissions in the interim, it is working towards moving away from fossil fuels and aims ...
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ArticleH&B Logistics celebrates third decade by expanding fleet and premises
Oldham-based H&B Logistics is celebrating 30 years in business by expanding its fleet and improving its facilities, backed by £131,000 of funding.The funding, via asset finance provider Lombard, has been used to boost H&B’s 40-strong fleet with two double deck trailers and two 44-tonne articulating trucks. It has also helped ...
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ArticleAB2K expands fleet with four new Scania G450 XT Cheesewedges
Glasgow-based heavy plant and equipment hire specialist AB2K has upgraded its fleet with four new Scania G450 XT Cheesewedge plant bodies supplied by MV Commercial.AB2K is a contractor in the civil engineering, ports, quarrying, rail and energy sectors. The new trucks, three of which are fitted with a Palfinger PK ...
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ArticlePallet networks seeing “unprecedented” demand for residential deliveries, APN reports
Pallet network residential deliveries have risen to unprecedented levels during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Association of Pallet Networks (APN).It said the first quarter of 2020 saw 14% of pallet network volumes being delivered to residential addresses, but this rose to almost 36% during April.The APN said the rise ...
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ArticleLondon Electric Vehicle Company expands UK network with five new dealer locations
London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) has strengthened its dealer presence in the Midlands with the appointment of Guest Truck and Van as its Midlands sales and servicing partner.Guest Truck and Van and its sister company, Sherwood Truck and Van, will represent LEVC in Birmingham, Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent, Sheffield and Leicester, which ...
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ArticleHeed warnings on bridge strikes or risk losing licence, FORS tells members
FORS has joined forces with Network Rail to try to drive down the number of bridge strikes by HGVs.The scheme is encouraging members to heed warnings over the issue and avoid putting their operator licences at risk.As Network Rail revealed that bridges are struck by HGVs an average of five ...
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ArticleMeet the 2020 MT Award winners - Innovation Award sponsored by Goodyear Tyres UK
MT editor Steve Hobson, Russell Markstein, group commercial director of Electra and Kate Norton, sales general manager, commercial, UK & Ireland, at sponsor Goodyear Tyres UKElectra Commercial Vehicles works with chassis and body manufacturers to make new HGVs 100% electric powered. Its all-electric trucks are aimed at operators needing a ...
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ArticleClipper Logistics faces “minimal” financial hit on Arcadia contract and no job losses, industry sources say
Clipper Logistics is set to transfer around 70 drivers on its Arcadia delivery partnership to other contracts and will lose “minimal” amounts on the deal, following the retail giant’s collapse, motortransport.co.uk has learnt.Clipper Logistics won the store delivery partnership with Arcadia Group earlier this year after DHL Supply Chain declined ...