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Latest contract news – Page 19
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Steve Porter Transport wins solar panel delivery contract
Steve Porter Transport has won a contract to deliver solar panels to the Isle of Wight, as part of the island's plans to invest in renewable energy.A spokesman said the contract was awarded to the Isle of Wight-based haulier by Davies Turner Logistics.It involves the collection and delivery of over ...
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ArticleOwens begins work on Ball Packaging contract
Owens (Road Services) has opened a three-acre depot in Wrexham to service its recently-awarded contract with Ball Packaging.The new contract will cover all of Ball Packaging’s transport to customers in the UK. It also provides warehousing and transport on a just-in-time basis to one of Ball’s unnamed customers in Newport, ...
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ArticleRoadways Container Logistics begins work on BSH contract
Roadways Container Logistics has revealed the details of its new contract with Bosch and Siemens Home Appliance Group (BSH), which commenced at the beginning of the year.The contract is being managed from the operator’s Felixstowe site and involves delivering brands such as Bosch, Neff, Siemens and Gaggenau to BSH’s ...
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ArticleND recycling centre to boost CO2 savings for Asda
Norbert Dentressangle has begun operating a new asset handling and recycling centre in Bristol on behalf of Asda. The 110,000ft² purpose-built centre opened in February in support of Asda’s new Bristol DC, where the supermarket has opened a new LNG filling station,The recycling centre is said to be the most ...
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ArticleND wins multi-million-pound fuel distribution contract
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) has won a new three-year contract with motor fuels supplier Harvest Energy.Commencing in May, ND will use a dedicated fleet of vehicles to distribute fuel to commercial and retail outlets across the UK.The multi-million pound contract will be managed out of ND’s site in Thurrock and will ...
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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle wins Blue Seal approval
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) has won a new contract with catering company Blue Seal, part of New Zealand-based Moffat Group, a global supplier of commercial baking, cooking and warewashing equipment.With the majority of machines manufactured in New Zealand, goods are imported directly into Blue Seal’s Birmingham hub, where they are collected ...
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ArticleKnights of Old extends Virani Foods relationship
Knights of Old Group has signed a new three-year contract with long-term customer, Virani Foods, that will now see it provide a full logistics service for the ethnic ingredient manufacturer. The contract is worth £1.5m over the three years with the additional work commencing this month.Having worked with Wellingborough-based Virani ...
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Royal Mail wins two-year London councils contract
Royal Mail has won a two-year contract to collect and deliver bulk mail for councils across London.The contract was awarded following a competitive tender in which 14 London councils collaborated to reduce delivery costs, using the Government Procurement Service's bidding process.The operator will collect and deliver council documents, including polling ...
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ArticleDHL secures five-year extension with Boots UK
DHL Supply Chain has had its contract with Boots UK extended by five years.The operator will continue to cover national cross-docking and transport to the high street retailer’s 2,500 stores nationwide until 2018, including chilled transport.The extended contract,which builds on a 15-year relationship, will also see DHL manage national primary ...
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Bibby wins 10-year Lucite International contract renewal
Bibby Distribution has secured a 10-year contract renewal with acrylic product designer and manufacturer Lucite International.The multi-million pound deal will see it continue to manage operations for Lucite at Bibby's site in Walker Park, Blackburn.The contract covers managing and consolidating inbound products, picking stock, and cutting Perspex and Lucite sheets.It ...
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Lubbers Transport Group wins £3m Centrica Energy contract
Lubbers Transport Group (LTG) has won a £3m contract with Centrica Energy to provide transport for its exploration and production business.The three-year contract will see Lubbers cover local road transport in Aberdeen and Great Yarmouth, as well as trunking between the two sites. It features the option to extend after ...
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SJ Bargh awarded Muller-Wiseman contract
Lancashire-based operator SJ Bargh has been awarded a contract to collect and transport raw milk for Müller-Wiseman Dairies.The deal will see the operator collect from farms in the north west of England and deliver into Müller-Wiseman’s dairy at Trafford Park, Manchester.Michael Sidley, the commercial director for SJ Bargh, said: “This ...
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ArticleLife's Good for Yusen Logistics after LG Electronics win
Yusen Logistics has won a contract to deliver LG Electronics logistics subsidiary Hi Logistics UK to deliver products throughout the UK.The contract will see Yusen deliver LGs complete product range, from audio visiual products to kitchen appliances, collecting from Hi Logistics’ DC in Ryton near Coventry for onward delivery to ...
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DHL secures £30m Virgin Trains contract
DHL Supply Chain has won a three-year contract with Virgin Trains to provide transport for its on-board catering.The £30m contract will see DHL’s food service business deliver products for the train operator’s west coast mainline, which stretches between London Euston station and Glasgow.The operator will use its ‘Focus’ warehouse management ...
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ArticleYodel has Tour of Britain contract renewed
Yodel has had its contract to provide the logistics for The Tour of Britain extended by five years.The operator will continue to be the official logistics partner for the cycling event and will transport thousands of tonnes of equipment and race infrastructure across the country using a fleet of 30 ...
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ArticleND delivers Lego Movie props
Norbert Dentressangle has delivered Lego props and models in time for the first screenings of The Lego Movie in London.The operator’s specialist services arm provided two-man delivery of the props to the Vue cinema in Leicester Square.The delivery included Lego models of the film’s characters Emmet and Wyldstyle, large ...
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ArticleP&O Ferrymasters wins £187m Tata Steel deal
P&O Ferrymasters has won a new €225m (£187m) pan-European road transport contract with Tata Steel Europe (TSE).The three-year deal, which commenced last month, sees goods collected from TSE’s UK hubs in south Wales, Corby and Scunthorpe, for delivery across Europe, with cross-border distribution co-ordinated from Ijmuiden steelworks in The Netherlands.Transport ...
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ArticleHonda extends Yusen contract
Honda of the UK Manufacturing (HUM) and Yusen Logistics have renewed their contract, extending a partnership that goes back to 2006.In 2011 Yusen was appointed sole provider for HUM inbound collections, supporting the manufacture of the Civic, Jazz and CRV in Swindon. Previously it had been appointed in 2006 to ...
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ArticleBibby wins multi-million Seabrook Crisps contract renewal
Bibby Distribution has secured a three-year contract renewal with Seabrook Crisps in a multi-million pound deal.The new part of the deal will see it distribute around 3.5m packets of crisps per week from Bibby’s 530,000ft² multi-user warehouse in Yeadon, West Yorkshire.It will use a mix of dedicated and multi-user vehicles ...
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ArticleBedfords wins five-year Associated Newspapers contract extension
Bedfords Group has won a five-year contract extension with Associated Newspapers, covering distribution of the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday.The Yorkshire operator will distribute to two titles across the UK until October 2018, delivering to 60 wholesalers and covering 140,000 miles every night.It has also been named as ...