Cambridge, UK: Marshall Fleet Solutions has gained ISO 14001 accreditation, a set of standards defined by International Organization for Standardization, mapping out the specifications and evaluation criteria for environmental management systems. Marshall Fleet Solutions’ push for ISO 14001 certification ties into the broader Marshall group’s Ambition 2030 programme, which focuses on developing sustainable products and …
Fraserburgh, Scotland: Gray & Adams and Sunswap are building reefers for Samworth Brothers following a trial earlier this year. The trailers use battery and solar-powered refrigeration and will provide a third of Samworth’s 2024 fleet upgrade. By replacing trailers traditionally fitted with diesel powered fridges with Sunswap technology, the trial in effect removed significant nitrogen …
London, UK: XPO Logistics has developed a new XPO Logistics Driver Excellence Academy to ease the UK driver shortage. The academy is already running at four XPO sites: Kirkby Thore in Cumbria; Leeds in West Yorkshire; Ilkeston in Derbyshire; and Dordon in North Warwickshire . XPO created an academy toolkit so that any site can implement …
London, UK: The Roofing and Cladding division of ISD Solutions has created what it believes is industry leading air tightness in a new distribution centre in Essex. ISD used Kingspan’s Quadcore system at London Gateway’s new build industrial distribution centre at the mouth of the River Thames. ISD worked with Goldbeck Construction to install the …
Saffron Walden, UK: Labcraft has a safety light designed for lifting decks in trailers. The lamp is mounted at the trailer rear on the inside wall and displays a red warning light when the trailer deck is moving. Only when the lifting deck is locked into place and the trailer is safe to enter, does …
Ashford, UK: Brakes has been awarded the Sustainability Champion accolade by hospitality organisation, the British Institute of Innkeeping. The award recognises the work that Brakes has undertaken to champion sustainability in the foodservice sector in its three focus areas of people, product and planet. Some of the initiatives that Brakes has launched include: People“We are …
London, UK: Gridserve is leading a government-backed consortium to develop a new network of charging sites for electric HGVs at motorway service areas, truck stops and depots. Gridserve calls the project Electric Freightway. The Department for Transport and Innovate UK call it the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator programme. The Electric Freightway project, which …
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 …
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