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The KION Group delivered a successful performance in what was a benign market environment in 2011, raising its order intake and revenue by more than 20% year on year.
Work has started on the new North Rail Terminal in Felixstowe – its third rail terminal and the first designed to handle 30 wagon freight trains.
The Kuehne + Nagel Group maintained its growth momentum inb 2011 in a challenging market environment and achieved what it describes as ‘remarkable results’.
A new 50,000 sq ft distribution centre with space for over 5m car parts has opened in Essex. @first Parts Solutions, a fully owned subsidiary of Ford Retail, has opened the new depot at Thurrock.
The Tesco hub for most of the Midlands and some stores in the North has changed
hands in a £46.2m deal.
The 700,000 sq ft distribution unit at Fradley Park, Lichfield, was been sold by Yorkshire-based developers Evans to Epic UK.
The Chancellor George Osborne’s decision to increase fuel duty in August has come as a blow to the industry, says the Road Haulage Association.
The PD Ports Group has won a third supplier award from one of the UK’s major retailers - Asda - this year walking away with the overall prize for Carrier of the Year 2012.
A Leicester food company which allowed a fork lift truck to be used as a man lift has been handed a hefty fine. A teenager fell from the forks and was badly injured.
Supply chain solutions provider Wincanton has signed a three-year extension to a collaborative transport management contract for high street retailer WH Smith.
Peel Ports has announced it has commenced the procurement phase for the construction of its new deep-water container terminal at the Port of Liverpool, which will be operative in 2015. l
8 April 2012 Storage Handling Distribution TRUCKS & TRAILERS Trailer market up 27%
The West European trailer market finished 2011 up 27.2% over the level of 2010. This means that there was a 40.7% increase over the very low demand level of 2009 at the bottom of the recession. However, as a result, the trailer market has only recovered to the level of 2003, which itself was at the bottom of a mild downturn.
According to automotive and transport market consulting group CLEAR, 2012 will not provide any growth – in fact there will be a small drop in the demand for new trailers – thanks to the continuing Eurozone debt crisis and the resultant fall in business confidence.
The economic outlook for 2012 has been downgraded in recent months in every country of the region. Both GDP and business investment growth will fall below 1% in most countries. Looking further forward, there are grounds for optimism in 2013/14.
FORK LIFT TRUCKS FLTA clears up hire confusion
The Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) has produced a new booklet which defines the term ‘fair wear and tear’ in relation to fork lift trucks. The Fair Wear and Tear? guide explains to hire customers and their dealers what is and is not acceptable as wear and tear when a truck is returned at the end of a hire period. FLTA chief executive David Ellison said: “We are all aware of what is expected when we hire or lease cars. We’re aware – right down to returning it with a full tank of fuel – of any costs which will need to be paid. There is a great deal of
confusion, however, over what is expected at the end of a fork lift truck contract. There is a temptation to think that a fork lift truck is just a lump of steel which is immune to bumps and bangs. “Certainly, it is designed as a workhorse and will take a bit more punishment than a family saloon.
But if it does get damaged, it can cost a lot more than you would imagine.”
Replacing a seat can cost several hundred pounds, while damage to a safety structure, such as the overhead guard, can cost several thousands.
Designed to help customers and dealers reach an amicable agreement about which repairs are the customer’s responsibility at the end of the contract, the guide also advises on next steps in case of end-of-contract disputes. n
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Gary Beecroft, managing director of CLEAR, commented: “Trailer demand has been well below the long-term trend level since 2009. Even with a good level of growth in 2013/14 we will only just get back to trend at the end of 2014.”
In the meantime, a backlog of replacement demand is building. Because the level of new trailer sales is still low, says CLEAR, the trailer parc (fleet size) is both ageing and
77 percent of goods in Europe
moved by road, most of which is on a trailer pulled by a truck
shrinking. Eventually it becomes uneconomic to keep running old equipment, which should lead to increased demand for new vehicles. n
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