Tag: Road Transport

BT Fleet Interested in Consignia Fleet Contract

Posted by | Mar 13, 2002 | |

Janet Entwistle, general manager of BT Fleet (the commercial vehicle division of BT Group – telecommunications), confirmed that BT Fleet has submitted a formal “indication of interest” in taking over the fleet operations of Consignia, formerly the Post Office. Like BT, Consignia is seeking outside partners for its 37,000-vehicle fleet. But Ms Entwistle said the former Post Office had provided “very little financial information” on plans for its vehicle leasing and maintenance operations.

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Framptons Company Profile

Posted by | Mar 8, 2002 | |

Investing in expensive heavy trucks can only be justified where they are guaranteed to run every day — ideally 24 hours a day — and hauliers must try to limit their exposure to risk.
That’s the opinion of Paul Frampton, director of Shepton Mallet-based Framptons, who points out that in his business, heavy trucks cost the most, but make the lowest margin.

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TNT Logistics win contract to handle car parts for GM plants in Brazil

Posted by | Mar 5, 2002 | |

The division of the Dutch-based TNT Post Group, which supplants Ryder of Miami, Florida in managing the supply chain of Brazil’s third-largest car manufacturer, expects the deal to add $2.5 million to its annual revenue, company executives said.
General Motors, which makes cars and trucks at two different locations in the state of Sao Paulo, will account for 20% of TNT’s local business. TNT’s local sales amounted to 200 Brazilian reels ($90 million) last year, up 64% in local currency terms. The subsidiary has forecast 15% growth in 2002.

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Profile of Astre, a European haulier network

Posted by | Mar 1, 2002 | |

(> explains André Heintz, President of Heintz Transports SA, Forbach (France). He is a member of Astre and chairman of the Eastern France regional section, where the international Transport Journal was recently invited to attend one of their meetings at Epinal.

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