New figures suggest improvements in road safety are losing momentum, prompting Webfleet to call for renewed focus on fleet risk management. Data from the Office of Rail and Road shows that 1,931 people were killed or seriously injured on England’s strategic road network in 2024, up from 1,908 in 2023, while the casualty rate remained …
Due to the stricter F-Gas Regulation, interest is growing in refrigerants with the lowest possible global warming potential. Natural refrigerants such as propene, which ECOOLTEC uses, have a negligible GWP and are therefore very climate-friendly. However, hydrocarbons are flammable, but thanks to ECOOLTEC’s comprehensive technical safety concept, they can be used in transport refrigeration, not …
Thermo King®, a leader in transport temperature control solutions and a brand of Trane Technologies, has announced the commercial launch of the E‑Volution range, now in serial production. E-volution is a high-capacity electric refrigeration solution for rigid trucks between 7.5 and 26 tonnes. With validated compatibility across leading battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and internal combustion …
The Cold Chain Federation has presented ECOOLTEC with the Cold Chain Sustainability Award 2026 in the category “Technological Breakthrough – Sustainable Innovation of the Year: Refrigerated Transport”. The award was accepted by John Winter, Managing Director of ECOOLTEC UK, and Dale Cornes, General Sales Manager of ECOOLTEC UK, during the Cold Chain Climate & Energy …
Hunt’s Food Group has strengthened its temperature‑controlled distribution network with the delivery of 19 new rigid trucks fitted with Carrier Transicold Supra 850 MT and Supra 1250 MT systems. The new vehicles will support the distributor in maintaining consistent temperature control across its high‑frequency, multi‑drop delivery routes – one of the sector’s ongoing operational challenges. …
Bidfood, a Bidcorp UK business, has been using electrically driven transport refrigeration systems for many years. Now, the British foodservice provider has purchased its first two 18-tonne trucks with transport refrigeration systems from ECOOLTEC. The aim is to accelerate the decarbonisation of its refrigerated vehicle fleet and further reduce the carbon footprint of its transport …
Constellation Cold Logistics today announces that Spedition Wohlert and Wohlert Kühl Logistik have officially joined Constellation, marking the company’s strategic entry into Germany and an important milestone in its long-term European growth strategy. The integration strengthens Constellation’s cold storage and logistics platform with an additional 40,000 pallet positions of modern temperature-controlled capacity, a fleet of 150 vehicles …
Global climate innovator Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT) and its industry leading Thermo King brand, a leader in sustainable transport temperature control solutions, has completed the acquisition of Thermo King Northern, a longstanding Thermo King and Frigoblock dealer serving the northern UK market. The transaction closed early February and was marked with a celebration welcome for …
Sunswap are now operating across the UK, Europe, South America, and Australia. That’s happened faster than we planned, and it’s worth explaining why. We delivered our electric transport refrigeration units to operators in Chile and Australia last year. They wanted the technology based on performance data from UK and European fleets. For operators to choose …
Oakland International, a trusted logistics operator in Ireland since 2009, has expanded its capabilities under the Oakland International Freight division, strengthening its position in the Irish cold chain and wider supply chain sector while offering businesses across Ireland, the UK, Europe, and global markets a seamless, fully integrated freight solution. Building on more than a …
FridgeXpress has delivered its first-ever converted 18-tonne refrigerated HGV, marking a major milestone for the business as it expands its capabilities beyond light commercial vehicles and into the heavy goods vehicle market. The vehicle has been supplied to Brindisa, a specialist provider of chilled Spanish food products supplying a range of supermarkets, delicatessens and restaurants …
British manufacturer enters sixth market through strategic partnership with experienced transport refrigeration provider Sunswap today announces its entry into the Australian market through a strategic partnership with Protran Solutions, marking the company’s expansion into a sixth international market as global demand for zero-emission transport refrigeration accelerates. The Australian entry follows rapid international expansion across the …
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