London, UK: Time is running out for operators to prepare for border model changes in October warns Logistics UK. It is urging the government to address six key areas of concern before the final Border Target Operating Model (TOM) is published. This will set out the proposed approach to importing goods into GB from countries …
London, UK: The first shoots of recovery for warehouse construction and automation are showing as e-commerce stabilises and companies embrace just-in-case inventory management, says a new report from Interact Analysis. Spending on automation likely to increase in 2024 compared with this year and potentially return to double-digit growth in 2025, the report says. “Our latest …
Peterlee, Co. Durham: Ice cream and frozen food distributor, Eden Farm Hulleys, has taken delivery of five New Generation Daf XF 480 tractors and a Chereau refrigerated trailer all funded by Asset Alliance Group. Supplied on a three-year contract hire deal, the Daf trucks will join a fleet operating from the firm’s nine distribution depots, …
Grimsby, UK: Constellation Cold Logistics, the new name for HSH, has been cleared by the Competitions and Markets Authority, allowing its takeover of ACS&T to complete. Constellation Cold Logistics now expects the construction of a new cold store in Grimsby to begin in September. HSH Coldstores has backed a long-held plan to develop Grimsby’s cold …
Reading, UK: Energy management technologies will have more influence over temperature-controlled logistics in the coming decade than automation, blockchain or changes to demand for cold chain products, according to a new report from the Cold Chain Federation. The Cold Chain Federation’s Cold Chain Report 2023, published today, includes the results of the federation’s State of …
Chesterfield, UK: Magnavale is making “significant progress” with the construction of an extension at its Chesterfield cold store, says the company. “The significant expansion, which will add 25,000 pallet positions, will allow our current customers to increase their volumes as well as welcoming new customers who wish to utilise the frozen storage facility,” says Magnavale. …
Gateshead, UK: Food wholesaler Pioneer Foods has upgraded its van fleet with seven new refrigerated vans. Four of the new vans are based at its Carlisle depot delivering in the northwest of England and southern Scotland, while the remaining three cover the northeast. The vans sport a new company livery designed by H&H Reeds. and …
Le Havre, France: Temperature-controlled food logistics firm Seafrigo has acquired UK-based Perishable Movements. All PML locations will operate using a new co-branding, before to eventually becoming Seafrigo. PML operates from three locations in the UK – Heathrow, Lincolnshire and Kent – providing air, ocean and road forwarding as well as warehousing and value-added services. PML …
Reading, UK: Shane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation, is stepping down after five years in the role. Brennan will remain in his post for the rest of the year to allow a leadership transition. Brennan is to join the leadership team at the Global Cold Chain Alliance where he will be responsible …
Glasgow, Scotland: McLanachan Transport has added thirteen new tractors, the final part of its twenty-unit acquisition. Ten of the Scanias are Sleeper Highlines bought outright with a further ten on lease from Scania. Damian McLanachan, managing director, McLanachan Transport, said: “We work with some of Europe’s largest food and pharmaceutical manufacturers who regularly require high-volume …
Reading, UK: Halving industry standards of air leakage in cold stores can lead to “dramatic reductions” in energy usage, according to a new report, the second in a trilogy produced by the Cold Chain Federation and ISD Solutions. The report examines how cold store thermal efficiency and air tightness reduce immediate and long-term operating costs, …
Dublin, Ireland: McArdle Skeath has Ireland’s first ultra-low temperature store providing -80°C storage for the life science market. McArdle Skeath added a Farrar unit to provide ultra-low temperature storage. The unit is built for life science applications including pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, biorepository, and bio-logistics and certified to help meet energy performance and GMP requirements. …
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