Tuffnells has taken delivery of ten Mercedes-Benz Atego 7.5 tonners which will be used in the Staffordshire region.
The Tuffnells fleet now includes a total of 32 Ategos, each of which covers around 80,000 km a year. The company also deploys six Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks and over 100 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans on the UK’s roads.
After a long period of intense negotiations, NTG Nordic Transport Group (Hvidovre, Denmark) has signed an agreement to acquire all operational entities of the Swiss Gondrand Group. The entities included in this transaction will continue to trade under their current esteemed trading names. Gondrand Group will continue its activities of real estate and other diverse…
Derrick Potter, chairman of Potter Logistics, has taken the chairman’s Award in this year’s UK Warehousing Association Awards. Potter is a former chairman of UKWA and this year the 50th anniversary of Potter Logistics. It was one of three awards won by Potter Logistics. Scott Wallace was named warehouse manager of the year, and Joe…
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG continues on its path of further integrating the logistics chain; plus 9.4 per cent in intermodal business The HHLA Group’s container terminals in Hamburg set a new throughput record of 7.2 million standard containers (TEU). The Intermodal companies operating in rail and road services in particular achieved another substantial increase…
The retailer has outlined five key areas of focus to reduce its emissions; including cutting absolute emissions from energy. Tesco CEO, Ken Murphy highlighted the need for both efficiency improvements and cutting-edge innovation if the retailer, and the wider food industry, is to meet its climate change targets. In 2017, Tesco committed to science-based climate…
Ocado is launching its first Zoom warehouse outside London in Leeds. As reported in Logistics Manager last month the online retailer has taken Unit B Fox Way in Hunslet. It has just announced that it will run its rapid grocery delivery service Zoom by Ocado from the 17,5000ft2 warehouse. The rapid delivery service offers customers…
Royal Mail’s international business General Logistics Systems (GLS) has moved into the United States for the first time, acquiring next-day parcel delivery company Golden State Overnight Delivery Service (GSO) for £70 million. GSO primarily serves California, providing priority, ground and freight shipping services mainly for business-to-business customers. The company has 1,900 employees and 36 facilities…
