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Speakers announced for Cold Chain Live! 2023

Liverpool, UK: Professor Tim Lang from City University, Sophie-Kim Chapman from DFDS, and Chris Hall from Asda will deliver the keynote sessions at Cold Chain Live! 2023, the Cold Chain Federation event taking place at the ACC Liverpool on 14-15 September. The conference will focus on ‘resilience and opportunity’, with two days of discussion, insight …

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New “Brexit tax” threatens small traders

Reading, UK: The planned charge of £43 per consignment for goods imported from the EU outlined in a Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’s consultation document, is a “sting in the tail of a post-Brexit food inspection regime,” said Shane Brennan, chief executive, Cold Chain Federation. Brexit is already fuelling inflation and many UK …

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Cold Move adds more solar panels

Oswestry, UK: Cold Move is adding solar panels to three more cold store roofs. Cold Move started installing solar panels in 2012, an early user of solar power on cold storage sites in the UK. The photograph shows the initial stage of the new solar PV installation at Cold Move’s Glovers Meadow site. This marks …

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CoolKit reports record revenue

Burnley, UK: Temperature-controlled van converter CoolKit reports profits and revenue with turnover of £17.6m in the year ending June 2022, up 54% on the previous year. Profit before tax was up 298% to a record £1.08m. The results follow a year of growth for the business and a commitment to new light commercial vehicle stock, …

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NewCold to create “largest automated cold storage site in the United States”

Lebanon, Indiana, USA: Netherlands-based NewCold, is planning a $150m expansion of its 380,000-square-foot facility at Lebanon Business Park. The company announced initial plans to locate in Lebanon in 2020, with an initial $150m investment, and became operational in the autumn of 2022. Jonas Swarttouw, NewCold’s executive vice president, and chairman, of North America, said: “This …

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Brexit to blame for drop in ranking of UK logistics sector from 6th to 19th

London, UK: Brexit is behind the dramatic fall in the UK’s competitiveness in logistics – plummeting from an average of sixth place to 19th – according to the World Bank’s 2023 Logistics Performance Index report. The UK had an average placement of 6th between 2012 and 2018 – in the years before Brexit. This drop …

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Defra consults on proposed border inspection charges

London, UK: The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is starting a four-week consultation on the introduction of charges for commercial plant, plant products and animal imports from the EU from next year. The measures are aimed at supporting the introduction of “bust biosecurity measures”. Defra says, “The consultation aims to ensure a fair …

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In case you missed it12th June 2023

The Christmas peak has not been cancelled

Wellingborough, UK: It is now the time of year where many retailers and their supply chain partners will be starting to plan and secure their warehousing space and resource requirements for the Big One – the ‘golden quarter’ and the Christmas peak, says Steve Purvis, managing director, Bis Henderson Space. London, UK: Predicting requirements seven …

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Electric trucks: choose you charging strategy with care

Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Electric trucks are coming, but fleets need to find the best charging strategies to keep them going, according to an in-depth report by McKinsey & Company. McKinsey estimates that electric truck adoption will exceed 30% by 2030 across different vehicle classes: light commercial vehicle, medium-duty truck, and heavy-duty truck. “The potential uptick …

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Carrier Transicold units back Waitrose wireless EV charging trial

Warrington, UK: Supermarket chain Waitrose & Partners has seen strong performance from seven all-electric temperature-controlled vans with Carrier Transicold Neos 100 units, acquired as part of a government-funded trial to test the validity of wireless electric vehicle charging. Carrier Transicold technology is helping Waitrose electrify all its vans and light commercials by 2030. Waitrose‘s new …

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Narrow Aisle launches storage consultancy

Tipton, UK: Narrow Aisle, which makes the Flexi Truck range of articulated forklifts, has launched a free warehouse planning service. It provides a turnkey package from design to the supply and installation of storage equipment including pallet racking, shelving, sprinklers, mezzanine flooring. Narrow Aisle’s design department will be headed by Paul MacBeath, who has joined …

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Oakland International researches contaminated loads

Redditch, UK: Oakland International has asked market analysis research firm Analytiqa to look into the distress load market in the UK and Ireland in order to “better understand the key issues”. Analytiqa is carrying out interviews with senior executives in the retail and manufacturing sectors in the UK in order to establish the frequency and …

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