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Logistics at head of agenda for Liverpool North West awards.
Logistics in Liverpool - road, rail, air and sea - logistics at the head of the agenda for Liverpool LEP from the Mersey tunnel to John Lennon airport, Liverpool Two container port and rail to London. Titanic Hotel venue for the June North West Transport awards, expertly handed out by traffic commissioner Beverley Bell.
Culina took the win for warehouse, TfGM received award for transport planning, student of the year went to James Norton. Gala event, lights camera action for a showcase of best practice in logistics.
Standing room only as thunder storm cells closed in on Heathrow. Hydrogen power in the car park for an IOC heads of Industry briefing that followed a proven track record of fifteen minute slots across a varied agenda. Glen Davies TFL, LoCity was first key note address, ‘ 59% of white vans are in private registration!’ watching the thunderstorm cell, Heathrow Emma Gilthorpe talked air, focused on freight, 1.5 million tonnes a year through Heathrow projected to 3 million tonnes by 2030. FORS BIS & Hydrogen followed, Inpost talked collect, Nicholas Dunhill Parcel Space had collaboration at heart, Alex Farkas DWP was on hand as national logistics, Andrew Hartley, System training de-mystified levy for employers. Sarah Bell University of Derby had level 6 degrees in preparation. It was logistics employers parked wall to wall, City sprint, TNT, UK Mail FedEx and more in a briefing focused express speed. Even the tea break was delivered at the pace of an Isle of Man pit stop for Michael Dunlop on his Hawk BMW.
Hot off the press full fellows report follows.
‘An electric centric audience’ - Full house, standing room only, Southwark Bridge Road, tech folk alongside operators and the TfL team to talk clean air solutions for Van in London.
Carl Lomas opened with clarity on the exploding numbers of home deliveries that were driving white vans into London. TfL Glen Davies had detailed 59% of white vans were in private registration. It is a challenge to communicate to these drivers. Sarah Wixey explained the present research for LoCity on various tech issues between fuels from hydrogen to gas, light and heavy, mixed fuel vehicles and electric. Lomas outlined the most eco-friendly cargo machine, cargo bikes, electric, assist and pedal. Venn Chesterton TTR set working tables to talk around the issues of what is a van, size, weight, purpose and job. How should it be defined to the wider commercial user. Operators asked for strong network time, Lomas extended the timescales to see tech folk talk to operators and exchanged best practice.
...like-for-like turnover growth was 4.4%. Pre-tax profit rose from £24.9m to £65.8m, partially boosted, it said, as a consequence of reducing its net debt from £57.6m to £39.5m...
Chief executive Adrian Colman said that the performance of the business was a signal of its confidence in the UK economic back-drop. “Growth in revenue is important, particularly with new wins but so is growth in operating profit. We have grown on a like-for-like basis by 4.4%”.
John Munnelly
Drivers are closer to the customer experience than ever before.
Thunderstorm and downpour on the M1 approaching the massive Magna Park campus of John Lewis to get in line with the giant green aero waggons of the high street retailer stamped with quality in a tradition dating from 1864 to a turnover today nearing four and half billion pounds. The camouflage blue multi-tone stripes of Magna Park sheds were in their element as the giant buildings merged into the clouds to hide the excellence of logistics that lay inside. Green boxes on Knapp systems for a delight of sortation.
IoC chairman Carl Lomas was in Guildhall yard, City of London to see it turned green by TfL for a fully-booked LoCity conference focused on clean air to save lives.
Electric vehicles, large and small were parked across the yard, even a hydrogen motor van alongside an electric cargo trike for final-mile.
Excellent and informative low emission speeches, breadth and width of logistics with a speed dating session.
Two minute technology talks in a roller coaster run of alternative fuel to consolidation solutions to bring down emissions.
FedEx TNT Express Settlement Date Wed 25 May 2016
Carl Lomas, Institute of Couriers Chair, comments,
There will be no half-day closing for logistics today.’ May 25th – the iconic brands of TNT and Fedex come together. The express logistics sector looks stronger than ever in an exploding marketplace of e-retail as shoppers move from high street to home delivery. Light van registrations up last year by 18% - these are exceptional times of change in the express courier sector. Get your DVD on tonight and load Castaway for Tom Hanks delivery home to the Memphis family.
FedEx president, David Bronczek,
This will be a profound moment in the history of these two great companies.
IoC in Manchester for the birth of a Northern govt freight group hosted by Transport for Greater Manchester TfGM. Are the Northern cities ready for logistics consolidation? Paul Davidson, (AECOM) focused on air, rail & water commenting, ‘It's difficult to engage with road freight’. Helen Smith TfGM Head of Freight ‘We want this forum to deliver, we want ideas and we want to act on them.’
With exploding delivery numbers in the express delivery, shift from high street retail to home delivery expected to be half of all retail value by 2020, light van registrations up 18% in a single year and three Q4 million foot sortation sheds in middle England 2015. The next challenge is a workforce with skills to deliver the booming numbers in an evolving platform. Minister Nick Boles has delivered news set to provide a legacy, a step change in the sector, a trailblazer apprenticeship for express delivered before the end of the year, ready for levy.
Since mid-2014, the industry benchmark for wholesale diesel prices, ULSD10, has fallen by nearly 70% from around 50p per litre to a low of barely 15p per litre in January this year. The fall was so significant that there was even speculation that the Chancellor may look to cash in by increasing fuel duty to above the current rate of 57.95p per litre. Fortunately for motorists this never eventuated, however prices have since rebounded significantly in 2016 by nearly 10p per litre in less than four months - just in time for the busy summer driving season.
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