Belfast, Ireland: Manfreight is to open its 50,000sq ft cold store in Belfast Harbour, the first purpose-built cold store warehouse constructed in Northern Ireland in more 25 years. The £14m development was supported by funding from HSBC UK. The warehouse meets Breeam Excellence Standards and will be powered by rooftop solar panels. Planning approval was …
Telford, UK: The countdown begins for the definitive cold chain industry conference. Get ready for Cold Chain Live! on 4-5 September at the Telford International Centre. This year’s event promises to be bigger and better with an expanded exhibition and networking areas designed to connect attendees with industry leaders and cutting-edge solutions, the organiser, the …
GXO Logistics, which reported a 19% jump in second quarter revenue, says that contracts are getting longer. The company generated $2.8bn in the second financial quarter. During this period GXO signed about $270m of new business wins. Chief executive Malcolm Wilson said: “We’re seeing contract duration increase, as customers look to outsource to a trusted …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 – …
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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