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All Motor Transport articles in 2019 – Page 2
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ArticleFormer Axis Fleet Management staff refused payout after shortfall found in road fund licence refunds
Former employees of contract firm Axis Fleet Management, which entered administration earlier this year, will not receive any money owed to them from the business due to a £25,000 shortfall in road fund licence (RFL) refunds.According to the latest administrator’s report, a significant number of vehicle licence fees were prepaid ...
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ArticleIndustry associations slam M4 traffic-easing measures as "hopelessly inadequate"
Fast-track measures for easing congestion on the M4 in Wales are “hopelessly inadequate”, according to the industry’s trade associations, which accuse officials of tinkering around the edges.The South East Wales Transport Commission, established following the Welsh government’s decision not to proceed with the M4 relief road, has suggested introducing an ...
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ArticleXPO Logistics graduate helps build Transaid driver training programme in Uganda
Ellie Lynch, XPO Logistics graduate, has been supporting a major project to build the capacity of heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and passenger service vehicle (PSV) driver trainingAn XPO Logistics graduate has spent the last six months in Uganda helping to build up a driver training programme, as demand for qualified ...
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ArticleTPN driver receives commendation for saving suicidal man's life
A TPN member driver has been awarded a commendation for saving the life of a man intent on committing suicide on a flyover.Dan Binns, 27, who works for pallet distribution firm Claude Hellowell, saw the man standing at the edge of Burdock Way flyover in Halifax last spring and stopped ...
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ArticleClipper Logistics executive chairman Steve Parkin has bid deadline to take company private extended
Steve Parkin, executive chairman of Clipper Logistics, has been granted an extension to his deadline to take the company private.Parkin, who founded the company in 1992 and owns nearly a third of its shares, is understood to be preparing a £300m bid with Florida-based Sun Capital Partners.He now has until ...
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ArticleMT Awards 2019 winner: Team of the Year – sponsored by HIAB
MD David Collett, centre, and projects director Eric Crosby, second left, collect their trophy from Ian Mitchell, MD UK & Ireland, at sponsor Hiab, accompanied by comedian Omid Djalili (far left) and MT editor Steve HobsonHeavy haulage requires some serious planning. Team of the Year at the Motor Transport Awards ...
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ArticleUnipart Logistics agrees to Acas pay talks with Unite before strike ballot
Unipart Logistics has agreed to take part in pay talks affecting NHS lorry drivers after previous negotiations with the Unite union collapsed.Talks mediated by conciliation service Acas will now take place before a ballot for strike action by “low-paid NHS lorry drivers” goes ahead, according to the union.It said the ...
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ArticlePall-Ex recruits new UK MD and executive chairman after October management buyout
Pall-Ex Group has strengthened its senior management team with two new appointments.Former Palletways network development director, Barry Byers (pictured), becomes new UK MD while Martin Rantle has been named non-executive chairman, after previously serving as vice president of sales for DHL.Both will be instrumental in growing Pall-Ex operations in the ...
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ArticleDartford DHL drivers call off strike action
Strike action involving 200 DHL drivers based at Sainsbury’s RDC in Dartford has been cancelled after they accepted a 6% pay increase over two years and an enhanced redundancy package.The drivers, who deliver to the supermarket’s stores across London and the South East, voted overwhelmingly – 94% - in favour ...
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ArticleAggregate Industries excludes non-franchise hauliers from rate increase
Aggregate Industries (AI) has defended its decision to apply a rate increase only to its franchise hauliers after the move was criticised by an external haulage contractor.In a letter to hauliers in the company’s northern region, AI said it had chosen to “only apply an increase to the franchise vehicles ...
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ArticleWincanton to use electric Fuso eCanter for Adidas contract
Wincanton has added another Fuso eCanter electric truck to its fleet, this time to service a contract with Adidas in Manchester.The 7.5-tonne truck is based at the company’s distribution centre in Trafford Park and will make regular deliveries in the city and surrounding area.A regular destination will be Old Trafford ...
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ArticleEddie Stobart Logistics CEO Sebastien Desreumaux to leave at the end of the month
Eddie Stobart Logistics (ESL) has announced that Sebastien Desreumaux, who became CEO in August 2019, has resigned from the board of Greenwhitestar Acquisitions (GWSA) – the subsidiary which holds all of the trading entities within the Eddie Stobart Group – and will leave at the end of the month.A statement ...
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ArticleHauliers stranded at sea for three days after ferry breakdown
Hauliers were stuck on board a freight ship in the Irish Sea for three days after a P&O freight ferry broke down.The ship, travelling from Liverpool to Dublin with five drivers on board, suffered “technical difficulties” late last week and became stranded a mile out from the Irish coast.Yvonne McArdle, ...
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Election result gives us 'certainty and renewed vigour', claim operators
Haulage and logistics firms have welcomed last week’s General Election result which paves the way for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to finally push through his Brexit deal and give greater clarity to business.The government is also aiming to guarantee the UK fully leaves the EU, with or without a trade ...
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ArticleGist tackles Christmas rush with 188 new DAF vehicles and 450 extra trailers
Supply chain specialist Gist has taken delivery of 188 brand new DAF Euro-6 vehicles and more than 450 additional trailers for its operational fleet.The new units were delivered to Gist sites across the UK and the Republic of Ireland this month and are already in use to cope with increased ...
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Driver recruitment struggles, CPC value and agency use trends revealed in latest Fraikin research
Nearly three-quarters (70.4%) of operators struggle to fill their HGV driver vacancies some or all of the time, according to new research just published by motortransport.co.uk.Meanwhile, more than half (51.6%) of operators do not think Driver CPC has added any value to their business since its introduction to the UK ...
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Hilary Devey's HLD Holdings dogged by mounting losses at Pall-Ex subsidiaries in 2018
Mounting losses of £1.7m accrued by Pall-Ex’s three haulage subsidiaries - Shears Brothers (Transport), Intercounty Distribution and Pall-Ex London - “constrained” HLD Holding's performance last year, according to its latest annual results.HLD Holdings, which is owned by entrepreneur Hilary Devey, sold Pall-Ex to its management and network members for an ...
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ArticleNikola CEO slams truck manufacturers for avoiding switch to alternative fuels
Trevor Milton (pictured), CEO of Nikola Motor Company, has accused OEM truck giants of putting the brakes on the switch to zero emissions but warned them that the days of diesel are “dying pretty quick”.Speaking to motortransport.co.uk following the release of new data by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) ...
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ArticleClipper Logistics ploughs through Brexit and UK high street turbulence to deliver "impressive" half year results
Clipper Logistics has defied UK high street turmoil and Brexit uncertainty to deliver "impressive" revenue growth in the first six months of the financial year, boosted by "strong growth" in e-fulfilment and returns management, according to its interim results.Announcing Clipper Logistics half year results for the six months to 31 ...
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Article'Let's tackle the key issues together,' RHA tells new government
The RHA has congratulated Prime Minister Boris Johnson on his General Election victory but urged him to work with the freight and logistics trade on "a number of key issues of vital importance to member companies"."Over the past three years we have highlighted the risks and impacts of whatever Brexit ...