London, UK: Recruiting talent for the cold chain sector, emission-free transport refrigeration technologies, and investment in cold chain infrastructure, were just three of the topics discussed at this week’s Cold Chain Federation Parliamentary event. Over 150 temperature-controlled logistics operators joined the federation in the House of Commons to discuss the Cold Chain Manifesto with ministers, …
Glasgow, Scotland: The Port of Greenock has expanded its reefer point infrastructure from 32 to 220. The £750,000 investment into reefer point infrastructure at the port marks a significant upgrade to the country’s refrigerated cargo capabilities, the port operator says. The increase in reefer points will increase ease of access to global markets for food …
Eye, UK: Moores Refrigeration Controlled Transport has trialled Sunswap’s zero-emission transport refrigeration. The trial demonstrated that the performance of Sunswap Endurance matched traditional diesel-powered units, making it an easy-to-adopt solution to reduce the environmental impact of truck refrigeration. During the trial, 73% of the energy used by the Sunswap Endurance unit came from on-board solar …
London, UK: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating GXO’s completed £762m acquisition of Wincanton. The watchdog said it has served an initial enforcement order to the companies on 26 April.When GXO completed its acquisition on 29 April it said that the company and Wincanton would “continue to be run independently” until the CMA …
Lisburn, Northern Ireland: McCulla Ireland has taken 33 Schmitz Cargobull SKO Cool Smart trailers. The trailers have Schmitz Cargobull’s TrailerConnect telematics and a double deck loading beam to carry 66 pallets. Brian Beattie, operations director, McCulla Ireland, said: “We took our first two semi-trailers from Schmitz Cargobull in 2008 having been exclusively with another manufacturer …
Preston, UK: Huntapac has 22 new Thermo King A400 Advancer fridges supplied by Marshall Fleet Solutions as replacement units. Joanne Cleece, head of transport, Huntapac said, “Whilst we did look at other options, we knew we wanted to replace our old units with Advancer units. The first five Advancer units we ordered outperformed our existing …
London, UK: GXO Logistics has completed its acquisition of Wincanton, effective today (29 April). All conditions of the acquisition have been met and GXO is now the sole shareholder of Wincanton. GXO and Wincanton will continue to be run independently until the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has completed its review. GXO chief executive Malcolm …
Arlington, Virginia, USA: Lineage has ranked number one on Global Cold Chain Alliance’s lists of the largest European and worldwide refrigeration and logistics providers. NewCold comes in at number two on the European list with Constellation Cold Logistics and Magnavale at number five. On the worldwide list, NewCold is number four while Constellation is number …
Birmingham, UK: Food wholesaler T Quality has taken delivery of the first of 26 new rigids on a seven-year contract from Fraikin. All the trucks have a bespoke-built split-load body design that the two companies developed together in 2021. The split-load body has now been rolled out to the twenty two 15-tonner and four 18-tonners …
Brussels, Belgium: European cold chain trade associations are calling for the industry to speak with a united voice before this year’s European Parliamentary elections. “It is vital that the voice of the cold chain is heard and included in decision-making across a range of vital issues that face the future of the European Union”, …
Until recently red diesel accounted for 15% of all diesel used in the UK. Has the red diesel phase-out served its purpose, asks Marshall Fleet Solutions? Cambridge, UK: In April 2022 the UK government enacted restrictions on red diesel, aiming to reduce usage of the discounted but environmentally harmful fuel. Prior to the reform, a …
Dublin, Ireland: The United Kingdom’s cold chain logistics market is set to grow 8.16% by 2029 according to a new report by Research and Markets. The report, United Kingdom Cold Chain Logistics – Market Share Analysis, Industry Trends & Statistics, Growth Forecasts 2019 – 2029 says that fresh food, pharmaceuticals, and e-commerce are expected to …
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