Tag: Road Transport

New pallet network set for business

Posted by | Jan 18, 2007 | |

Global Pallet System is set to open its doors for business on Febmary 12, despite widespread doubts that there is room for another pallet network operator.

GPS boss and founder Mike Chamberlain, a former member of The Pallet Network, is confident of the networks success and potential. He says 61 companies have signed up as members, including Streamline Shipping in Glasgow, Lancaster-based Hempsey Transport, City Couriers in Cardiff and Aberdeen’s JGB Transport.

GPS should handle more than 2,000 pallets on its first night of operation at its Midlands- based site, says Chamberlain.

He is particularly excited about its ability to service Scotland. ‘We are going to have terrific coverage in Scotland. In fact, I would say that we will probably have the best coverage,” he tells Motor Transport.

Other pallet networks, including Pallefforce, believe there is no room for another network and that the market has reached saturation point (MT, November 16, 2006). Currently nine pallet networks operate in the UK.

But Leeds-based Macfarlane Transport, which explored the possibffityofjoining GPS, believes the market can sustain another network and that GPS will do well.
“There is still a demand there. I think there is room for another operator,” says Macfarlane director, Robert Cooke.

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Pall-Ex wins Technology in Business award

Posted by | Jan 2, 2007 | |

Pall-Ex is celebrating, having won the ‘Technology in Business’ category at the Growing Business Awards, organized annually by the CBI and Real Business magazine.

Sponsored by Dell UK, the award identifies and celebrates companies that have put technology at the heart of their business in the last year – and seen improved performance, including increased sales and profits, as a result. The judges were looking for companies that have been galvanized and transformed by the effective use of information and communications technology.

Throughout its ten year history Pall-Ex has used technology to give itself the edge in a highly competitive market. The company has designed, developed and implemented its own bespoke IT system – Pall-IT – and, in the last year, has been introducing advanced online track and trace facilities to provide the most up-to-date information to customers on the progress of their consignments.

The Awards were presented in front of 700 attendees at a black-tie gala dinner at the London Hilton on Park Lane. The ceremony was compered by William Hague MP and guests included world class entrepreneurs such as Charles Dunstone, John Madejski, Sir Peter Rigby, Sir Anthony Bamford, Lord Graham Kirkham and the entire cast of BBC2’s Dragons’ Den. The judging panel included the Go! airline founder and London Olympics bid winner, Barbara Cassani, as well as Fru Hazlitt (Virgin Radio), Peter Linthwaite (British Venture Capital Association), David Storey (Warwick Business School), Gerard Burke (Cranfield School of Management) and Bob Jones (Equiinet).

Hilary herself was also a finalist for the Entrepreneur of the Year award.

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Pall-ex signs up new Northern Ireland member to its network

Posted by | Dec 7, 2006 | |

Pall-Ex is set to strengthen its network further in Northern Ireland following the appointment of new member Reid Transport. Based in County Antrim, Reid Transport is one of Northern Ireland’s leading logistics companies.

Established in 1980, it recently re-located to a 75,000 sq ft purpose built logistics centre outside Ballymena to provide a faster and more efficient service to its customers. The company has an impressive fleet of over 60 vehicles ranging from Sliding Roof Euroliners and Refrigerated Trailers to Low-loaders.

It was specifically chosen to become the latest member of Pall-Ex – the UK’s leading “hub and spoke” palletized freight operator – because of its location close to Northern Ireland’s motorway network and its reputation for quality.

Adds Stephen Wallace, Group Sales Manager at Reid Transport: “We have been looking for some time to give our customers total UK coverage with their consignments and after meeting with Pall-Ex quickly realised that their network offered the most effective solution possible to our requirements.

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Ochoa invests EUR 50 million in new Spain facilities

Posted by | Dec 5, 2006 | |

Ochoa invests in new facilities Spanish parcel and freight operator, Transportes Ochoa, is taking its investment in new facilities to more than EUR 50 million over the past three years by opening new hubs in northern Spain.

The Zaragoza-based company, which distributes in Spain, Portugal and France and has revenues of over EUR 80 million a year, is one of Iberia’s largest parcel distribution companies and is in the throes of expansion, opening 18 new installations since 2004.

Now Ochoa has announced it will invest EUR 20 million in a new 24,000 sqm hub in Cendea de Galar, near Pamplona, another of 11,000 sqm at Erandio, increasing capacity in the Bilbao region, and a 7,000 sqm terminal in Vitoria.

The company opened a EUR 2.2 million, 6,800 sqm facility at Vigo this week, taking the number of centers it has on the Iberian Peninsula to 61.

During the course of this year, it has also inaugurated new installations in Zaragoza, Castellón and Tarragona in Spain, and Arrifana and Evora in Portugal, and started work on others in the Spanish towns of Albacete, Almería, Salamanca and Sagunto.

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Kuehne+Nagel acquires HSBC Export Services

Posted by | Nov 27, 2006 | |

Kuehne+Nagel will acquire the book of business of HSBC Bank’s Export Services division, effective December 1, 2006, for an undisclosed purchase price
The deal gives K+N access to a significant export-oriented customer portfolio.

The Coventry-based HSBC Export Services specialises in export documentation and credit management as well as seafreight and roadfreight. With expertise in outsourced documentation services, the new business ideally complements K+N’s existing export offerings for FCL, LCL and European road services.

K+N chief executive – North West Europe, Peter Ulber, said that the acquisition is a perfect strategic fit for K+N in the UK, and is consistent with the company’s strategy of acquiring businesses that bring value both to K+N and its customers.

HSBC Export Services centre manager Chris Taylor will head the new division.

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