Dubai: Sixty three countries have pledged to cut cooling-related emissions at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai. The Global Cooling Pledge marks the world’s first collective focus on climate-warming emissions from cooling, which includes refrigeration for food and medicine and air conditioning. It commits countries to reduce by 2050 their cooling-related emissions by at …
Warrington, UK: Iceland Foods, has completed a 20-year lease on a 505,000sq ft distribution centre in Warrington. The site is on the Omega West logistics park, the largest mixed-use development site in the North West covering around 2.5 million sq ft of logistics space. Law firm Gordons advised Iceland Foods on its new lease. Commercial …
Novi, Michigan, USA: Lineage has endorsed the Join the Move to -15 C initiative to reassess the international temperature standard of -18C, established in the 1930s and untouched for nearly a century. This initiative offers a chance for industry-wide collaboration to explore practical avenues that would contribute toward realising the shared net-zero goal for the …
London, UK: This website, coldchainnews.com, has been ranked as number 3 for best cold chain websites and blogs by FeedSpot. Lineage, the world’s largest cold chain logistics provider, takes the number one slot followed by the Global Cold Chain Alliance‘s site. ColdChainNews.com says it “provides the first and best news on temperature-controlled matters from Britain, …
Atherstone, UK: Aldi is to become the first supermarket to pay all warehouse staff at least £12 an hour from 1 February 2024. The new minimum hourly rate for warehouse and store staff, which increases to £13.55 within the M25, takes effect from 1 February 2024. Aldi says the move makes it the first supermarket …
Boroughbridge, UK: Reed Boardall has gained a Silver award, accredited by the Ministry of Defence, as part of the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme recognising Reed Boardall’s commitment as an armed forces-friendly organisation. Reed Boardall has over 20 veterans, regulars and reservists in the business with eight soon to join. The Silver award, nominated by a …
Newhouse, Scotland: Sysco GB is expanding its Newhouse site. The £15m investment will create around 100 new jobs and expands the site by more than 25%. The site’s expansion will allow Sysco to increase the amount of locally sourced Scottish products, it says. Te Newhouse site will grow to more than 200,000 sq feet once …
Munich, Germany: Customers using Idem telematics now have access to all data from Thermo King fridges and BPW AxlePower energy generators..The three companies collaborate to share data with customers to provide better visibility of their refrigeration systems, tractors and trailers regardless of their preferred platform. Thermo King’s TracKing e-Vision solution provides customers with insights on …
London, UK: Volta Trucks, which filed for bankruptcy in Sweden where it is based, has been bought out of administration by one of its biggest creditors. Sky News revealed a week ago that Luxor Capital Group, a shareholder and lender to Volta, was in advanced talks with the company’s administrators. Volta, which has prototype elecric trucks …
Novi, Michigan, USA: Cold storage giant Lineage Logistics is aiming for a valuation of over $30bn in its initial public offering (IPO), expected in the first half of 2024, according to press reports. An IPO refers to the process of offering shares of a private corporation to the public in a new stock issuance for …
Daventry, UK: Maritime Transport has a three-year contract with Tesco to deliver Tesco’s rail operations at its central distribution hubs within Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal. “The new agreement builds on Maritime’s 13-year history with the UK’s largest retailer of groceries and general merchandise, providing distribution services by road to Tesco sites and strengthens Maritime’s …
Rueil Malmaison, France: Carrier Transicold unveiled a retrofit system for vector trailer fridges at the Solutrans trade show in France. The [R]eCool converts existing Vector diesel refrigeration units with E-Drive technology installed on semi-trailers into a 100% electric refrigeration powered by a battery. The hybrid [R]eCool can also be recharged via the Vector’s generator set. …
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