Two companies have been fined after an HGV driver fractured one of his neck vertebrae when pallets were being unloaded from his vehicle. Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard how the delivery driver, an employee of Brighouse Pallet Services, was struck…
Pallet-Track’s Wigan hub has hit its two millionth pallet milestone less than five years after it opened. The 70,000sq ft Ashton-in-Makerfield site was selected because of its close proximity to the motorway network and initially engaged with 30…
Southampton-based company 4PLinks has joined both the Pall-Ex and Fortec pallet distribution networks as a shareholder member. E-commerce Supply Chain, which trades as 4PLinks, was founded in 2017 and provides general and container haulage, cust…
The Palletways Group has marked 20 years since the launch of its Italian network, its first outside of the UK. Palletways Italy was founded in early 2002 from its base in Isola Rizza (VR) and moved 69 pallets during its first night of trading. T…
The Pallet Network (TPN) has appointed Bob Delaney (pictured) as its new director of network development. A former employee of both Palletforce and Palletways, Delaney has spent his entire career in logistics and the past 20 years in pallet netw…
Pallet-Track has coordinated a relief response on behalf of all UK networks, which saw more than 100 pallets of aid delivered to people affected by the war in Ukraine. Two lorry loads of supplies, including formula milk, nappies, baby food, pers…
Pall-Ex Group said its decision to invest in its people and technology helped boost turnover by 35% last year. The group said revenues had increased to £117.6m in the year ending 31 July 2021 and partly contributed to a 52% rise in gross profit …
Palletforce has recruited Chiltern Transport to its fold, covering the LU postcodes around Luton, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard. The Pitstone, Bucks-based haulage firm was founded in 1989 by Keith Croker and started out as a freight forwarder. …
UPN said its 2020/21 trading period was “a landmark year” after revenues rose by 4% to £10.3m. Latest figures for the pallet network, for the year ending 31 March 2021, showed that turnover increased by almost £400,000 as it shrugged off any pot…
Vehicle utilisation for trucks involved in pallet distribution is significantly higher than the national average for artics and sits at 75.4%, according to the Association of Pallet Networks (APN). It said that in light of COP26 and the climate …
Palletforce said investment in capacity, infrastructure and technology helped it deliver record distribution volumes during 2020. Revenue for the year ending 31 December 2020 increased by £19.5m to £136.6m (2019: £156.1m) and underlying EBITDA w…
STR Logistics in Exeter has joined Palletways, taking on distribution services across the English Riviera as well as Teignmouth and Newton Abbott. Anthony Quinn, STR joint MD, said: “Palletways has significant, well-defined domestic and pan-Euro…
Kinaxia Logistics is expanding its internal pallet network in January to include its entire stable of haulage companies, chief executive Simon Hobbs (pictured) told motortransport.co.uk this week. However, the group insists the move does not sig…
The Pallet Network (TPN) has welcomed new member Mark Lee Transport to its fold, after the Bradford operator sought out an additional service to complement its blue-chip haulage business. The company said it specifically approached TPN after ind…