Bath, UK: The contract logistics market grew at its slowest pace since 2014 (other than the Covid contraction in 2020), due to the global economic slowdown and subsequent softening economic activity, according to TI’s latest Global Contract Logistics Report. The report cites lack of warehouse space as one of the constraining factors for logistics providers. …
London, UK: The Fresh Produce Consortium has written to ministers to put forward its members’ concerns about the UK’s post-Brexit border strategy, according to the Guardian newspaper. The FPC says that “anticipated additional costs, delay and disruption” for checks on perishable goods would “materially contribute towards consumer inflation, business on-costs, food waste, and carbon emissions”. …
Birmingham, UK: Manufacturers could be at growing risk of food fraud if they do not take the correct precautions when selecting new suppliers, warns assurance partner, LRQA. it is imperative that food manufacturers maintain factory audits and supply chain assessments to preserve food safety in the face of events, such as the conflict in Ukraine, which …
Haughton, UK: Dearnsdale Fruit’s heat recovery system has over the two years since installation saved the business £20,000 a year says , which supplied the system. The Staffordshire soft fruit farm, Dearnsdale Fruit is now saving £19,596 and over 230,000 kWh per annum by harnessing waste heat from its cold store. The recovered heat is …
London, UK: Today is World Refrigeration Day celebrated each year on 26 June, the birthday of refrigeration pioneer Lord Kelvin. This year’s theme is Next Generation Cooling and aims to raise awareness of how the cooling industry is adapting and evolving to meet the challenges and opportunities of increasing demand for low carbon cooling and …
Reading, UK: Nearly three quarters of UK cold chain operators say the cold chain has emerged from supply chain challenges, such as Covid-19 disruption and the energy crisis, more resilient than it was before, according to a new survey by the Cold Chain Federation. When asked about the long-term effects of Covid, most survey respondents …
Blackburn, UK: Electra Commercial Vehicles has funding from the European Horizon 2022 framework to build a long-haul 40-tonne temperature-controlled drawbar battery electric truck as part of the Escalate Project. Escalate is a pan-European 37-member consortium from 13 countries, coordinated by FEV Europe. The project aims to develop heavy trucks above (40 tonnes) with electric drive, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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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