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Beacon Foods adds two reefers

Brecon, Wales, UK: Beacon Foods has added two 26 ton refrigerated reefers to handle growing UK deliveries. Eardisley supplied the The MAN TGS chassis which have dual and single temperature Gray & Adams bodies. “These new additions to our temperature-controlled fleet… will ensure that we maintain our product delivery service to customers in all parts …

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Moran Logistics trials electric refrigeration

Castle Donington, UK: Moran Logistics has competed a 10-day trial of Sunswap’s Endurance, electric fridges. The10-day trial of the battery and solar-powered technology put the system routes for Moran’s contract with Arla Foods and demonstrated Sunswap Endurance’s performance in transporting goods at 2°C. Data shows that Endurance was capable of operating solely on solar energy …

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Move to -15°C campaign grows

Reading, UK: The Cold Chain Federation and the British Frozen Food Federation have joined The Move to -15°C campaign. The move follows Morrisons supermarket also declaring support by cutting some of its shop freezer cabinets to -15. Recent studies show that temperature increases do not compromise food safety or quality, but changing the standard would …

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Hybrid reefer for Trans-Bridge pharmaceutical deliveries

Manchester, UK: Pharmaceutical and healthcare distributor Trans-Bridge Freight Services has taken delivery of its first Carrier Transicold Vector E-Cool fridge. The new fridge is on a 13.6-metre Gray & Adams trailer as well as a Carrier Transicold Vector HE 19 fridge. The combination allows Trans-Bridge Freight Services to predominantly power the system using electricity from …

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Lidl makes progress on plans to build two new distribution centres

London, UK: Lidl is working with IMA Architects on the construction of two regional distribution centres (RDCs) – one in Belvedre London, and the other in Leeds, according to Insider Media. In Belvedere,IMA Architects is rebuilding and expanding the existing centre. In Leeds, the council has approved plans to build a 581,200 sq ft distribution …

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Hultsteins teams with electric fridge maker Courage Technologies

Biggleswade, UK: London, UK: Hultsteins is to provide sales and aftermarket services for the UK, Ireland and Sweden for Spanish electric fridge maker Courage. Courage Technologies, based in Sagunto-Valencia, Spain produces all-electric refrigeration systems for urban, inner city and ‘last-mile’ logistics operators using vans and box bodies from 2 cubic meters to 32 cubic meters. …

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Dover port border zone to be expanded

Dover, UK: The French border control zone at the Port of Dover is to be expanded to reduce the risk of queues at peak times when new EU rules come into force in November, the government says. Home Office minister Seema Malhotra will lay a Statutory Instrument in Parliament on Monday to allow French border …

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AI: a threat or a valuable tool for the future?

Newcastle-Under-Lyme, UK: Artificial intelligence is fast becoming established as key to many business management software systems but yet to become a standard feature of a typical TMS. But transport managers should look favourably on its inevitable arriva, says Clare Chidlow, executive director at Haultech. “While media debate rages on about the best uses of AI – …

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How will Artificial Intelligence change the cold chain?

Minneapolis, MN, USA: Thermo King asked ChatGPT – an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool – what the impact of AI will be on the cold chain. Thermo King asked ChatGPT a series of questions about AI and the cold chain. Declan McAndrew, vice president of connectivity at Thermo King, reviewed the answers – he did not …

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The story behind Lineage

Novi, Michigan, US: Lineage Logistics has raised $4.45bn in biggest IPO in 2024. What’s behind the success. Lineage, the world’s biggest cold-storage operator by capacity, when it listed its stock on the Nasdaq exchange this past week, was the largest initial public offering in the US so far this year. At $78 a share, the …

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Oakland recruits for its new depot

Skelmersdale, UK: Oakland International is recruiting HGV drivers and transport staff for its newly opened depot in Skelmersdale. Oakland International needs fifteen HGV Class 1 drivers as well as to fill several transport and office-based staff roles. Lynne Pearson, transport manager, said, “Operations with Skelmersdale will initially undertake chilled distribution before expanding to become a …

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Cold storage innovation savings for food processor

Glasgow, Scotland: Aqua has saved a UK tropical fruit processor many pounds by re-using an old stand alone cold store. The processor was looking to store 200,000 individual fruits, all year round, which would be processed and distributed as snack packs or prepared fruit products for private brands. Old age of the stand-alone cold stores …

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