Dublin, Ireland: Thomas Hughes is the new managing director for Constellation Ireland. His appointment follows the acquisition of VF Coldstores in Dublin and Colso Coldstorage in Cork, completed earlier this month. Hughes was formerly managing director Ireland for Americold. He started his career as a general warehouse worker, and has a deep practical knowledge of warehouse …
Birmingham, UK: Refrigerated vehicle and cold store rental company Petit Forestier has enlisted a new batch of students onto one of the UK’s only transport refrigeration engineering apprenticeship programmes. Over the last 10 years the company has taken on over 100 young people through official learning programmes. They started off life as multi-skilled engineering courses …
Immingham, UK: DSV in Immingham has launched a trial using CNG Fuels, that if successful, will help it achieve the Science Based Targets set by the DSV Sustainability Board. CNG Fuels’ supply of Bio-CNG from a waste feedstock is verified and approved by the Department for Transport. Adopting Bio-CNG fuel will contribute significantly to GHG …
Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg: Goodyear’s annual Sustainable Reality Survey shows that fleets in the UK and Ireland are taking steps for a sustainable future. The 2023 edition is the third of its kind, and each year it aims to gain an understanding of how European fleets are driving sustainability in the transport and logistics sector, as well …
Grantham, UK: Magnavale’s £130m automated warehouse under construction in Easton, Grantham, is on schedule for completion late this year. The project, which began in 2022, will include 101,000 frozen pallet positions in a 45-metre high building facility along with several floors in the low-bay area for services such as contract packing. To date, racking installation …
Milton Keynes, UK: Waitrose & Partners has extended its contract with GXO for regional and national food distribution. Under the new agreement, GXO will continue to operate two key UK distribution hubs based within Waitrose’s Milton Keynes campus. Close to 85m cases per year are packed and dispatched at the 950,000sq ft Magna Park national …
Reading, UK: Companies participating in the government’s Climate Change Agreement for cold stores met the agreement’s target for energy efficiency improvements by the end of 2022, the Cold Chain Federation reports. The cold storage target for the end of 2022 required participating sites to improve energy efficiency by 6.67% against a 2018 benchmark: collectively, they achieved …
London, UK: Renault Trucks is to supply electric E-Tech T range trucks to two of the consortiums selected to receive funding as part of the UK government’s £200m Zero Emissions Road Freight Demonstration Programme. The programme aims to accelerate the uptake of zero emissions heavy goods vehicles. The E-Freight 2030 consortium, which is led by …
London, UK: The government has launched a £200m programme to roll out 370 zero-emission trucks and 57 refuelling and electric charging sites in a bid to “decarbonise” road freight. The government say HGVs contribute 20% to all transport emissions in the UK. The £200m funding will be spent on four green projects to roll out …
Brussels, Belgium, Thermo King has entered a long-term supply agreement with ZF Commercial Vehicle Solutions to offer ZF’s trailer telematics to refrigerated trailer data within one platform. “By partnering with market leaders and experts in their fields, Thermo King creates unique value propositions for our customers,” said Isil Dedeoglu, vice president for services and aftermarket, …
London, UK: UK supermarkets are upbeat about expectations for consumer spending over Christmas. Tesco, Britain’s largest retailer, plans to recruit 30,000 temporary workers for the Christmas period and said it was upbeat about prospects for Christmas trading. The jobs would mainly be in its larger supermarkets with roles on checkouts, store replenishment and picking orders …
Cork, Ireland: Constellation Cold Logistics is to buy Colso Coldstorage and enter the Irish market. Colso, a family-run business founded in 1974, has 24,000 pallets of storage capacity and provides cold storage services in Ireland, with particular expertise in the dairy and meat sectors. Carlos Rodriguez, chief executive, Constellation Cold Logistics said “Colso will open …
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