Sherborne, UK: Hunt’s Food Group has taken delivery of its first tractor fitted with Carrier Transicold’s Eco-Drive and three 15.5m variable deck longer-trailers, all with Carrier Vector HE 19 MT fridges. The addition of the new Gray & Adams trailers means that 12 of the company’s 13 trailers are Carrier-cooled. Hunt’s can carry more payload …
Fraserburgh, Scotland: David Duguid, Banff and Buchan MP, is backing Gray & Adams’ call for a law change to allow wider refrigerated trailers in the UK. Gray & Adams has developed new corner caps for its latest trailers but their use exceeds the 2.6m overall refrigerated trailer width limit. There is no change in the …
Hemel Hempstead, UK: Sysco is to open a new 475,000 sq ft warehouse in Hemel Hempstead in 2026 at a cost of $100m (£79m). Sysco, which owns Brakes, will be adapting a former Amazon site to make it suitable for foodservice operations, including the introduction of frozen and chilled areas. The new site will be …
Reading, UK: The Cold Chain Federation has today published the Cold Chain Manifesto ahead of this year’s General Election. Cold Chain: The Vital Link to Turbocharging UK Growth & Security sets out the actions the next government should take to help unlock the great potential of the UK’s temperature-controlled logistics industry. The federation is asking UK political …
Lydney, UK: Jones Food Company, which runs the world’s largest vertical farm, has installed Carrier AquaSnap air-cooled scroll chillers to provide cooling and heating. The vertical farm, the size of seventy tennis courts, has 148,000sq feet of growing space for stacking crops 15 layers high, and is expected to supply 1,000 tonnes of fresh produce …
Sutterton, UK: South Lincs Foodservice has taken delivery of two new trucks with Carrier Transicold Supra 1150 MT units and the company’s first-ever purchase of Eco-Drive systems. This combination allows the units to run via their diesel engine, or electrically from power derived from the truck engine itself, creating a hybrid configuration that will help …
Atherstone, UK: Discount retailer Aldi is set to invest over £550m in expanding and improving its store and distribution network during 2024. This includes plans to upgrade distribution centres to support growth. Aldi says it will create over 1,500 new jobs, including roles at regional distribution centres. Aldi currently has more than 1,000 stores across …
Bedford, UK: AF Blakemore & Son, a main Spar wholesaler in the Midlands and Wales, has added two electric Volvo FM tractors to its fleet. The Volvo FM Electric trucks have regenerative braking, and haul fridge trailers powered by biofuel supplied by Certas and produced from renewable sources. This offers a significant reduction in greenhouse …
London, UK: Truck fridges can produce as much as double the Nox emissions, five times the particulates, and up to four hundred times the particle number compared with emissions from the truck exhaust of a Euro 5 engine, according to a new report from Zemo Partnership. Zemo’s study, covers results from the first phase of …
Dover, UK: The Port of Dover could become a target for criminals smuggling illegal and diseased meat into the country under new post-Brexit plans the port’s health authority has warned. From April, under the new regulations, trucks will be checked but not at port, at Sevington, Ashford some miles away. The Dover Port Health Authority …
London, UK: Barrie Javens has taken over as managing director of Petit Forestier UK. He replaces Neale Brothwood who has stepped down for personal reasons. However, Brothwood will remain with the business as a director. Javens said: “I am truly honoured and excited to take on the role of Managing Director for Petit Forestier United …
Castle Donington, UK: Moran Logistics has added 15 new Volvo FM 460 6×2 tractors to its fleet. The new FMs – which meet Transport for London’s 3-star Direct Vision Standard rating – will be used for multi-drop delivery operations in urban areas. Supplied by Hartshorne Group, the trucks join a 250-truck fleet, a fifth of …
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