Nottingham, UK: A consortium of universities and tech companies have completed pilot studies looking at how smart technology could eliminate food waste in the food chain. The project aims to save 1.8m tonnes of food waste in northwest Europe and prevent 5.5m tonnes a year of CO2 emissions. The project is led by Professor Ramakrishnan …
Easton, UK: Magnavale’s Easton site, which has 44,000 temperature-controlled pallet locations, is adding blast freezing. Magnavale says it has the largest blast freezing capacity in the UK and already provides blast freezing at its Chesterfield, Scunthorpe, Warrington sites. Magnavale says the additional service on top of its frozen storage will create opportunities for customers. In …
Paris, France: Stef, the French temperature-controlled food transport and logistics provider, reports its turnover for last year at €4,264.2m, up 21.6% (14.2% on a like-for-like basis). Much of this came from its fourth quarter contributing €1,136.7m for the fourth quarter alone, up 19.7% (12.6% on a like-for-like basis). But fourth quarter revenues although up 12.6% …
Willenhall, UK: AF Blakemore, the largest UK wholesaler to Spar, has appointed Carol Welch as its new chief executive. She will join the business in April, succeeding Jerry Marwood who is leaving to spend more time on his non-executive directorships and consultancy roles. Welch joins the business from the Odeon Cinemas group, where she is …
Nairobi, Kenya: PML Kenya has installed a $300,000 vacuum cooler to improve temperature control measurement and management at Mitchell Cotts Air Cargo Terminal in Nairobi. The new Weber vacuum cooler can extend the life of products by 2-7 times than usual cooling methods. The system cools products from 20-30 degree C to 1-5 degree C …
London, UK: Exporters must prioritise plans to move to the UK government’s new export platform to avoid potentially costly delays, says Rhenus UK. The UK’s legacy customs platform is being replaced by a new model. Exporters have until late 2023 to move to the new system. Import declarations moved over to the Customs Declaration Service …
Ballymena, Northern Ireland: McBurney Transport is fitting its new refrigerated trailers with solar panels to keep fridge batteries charged and prevent battery-related breakdowns. The panels are from Genie Insights and installation follows a one-year trial. McBurney is now fitting 146 new trailers with Genie Insights’ solar panel kits. McBurney measured its fridge battery-related costs and …
Liverpool, UK: DHL Supply Chain is running 32 new temperature-controlled trailers in its Burton’s Biscuits fleet. Carrier Transicold Vector HE 19 fridges cool the curtain-sided, double-deck trailers, and are expected to deliver 30% fuel savings. The new units were specified by DHL and will support its GoGreen plan with fuel and energy savings, while increasing …
Reading, UK: The deadline for entries to the Cold Chain Sustainability Awards is next week, 31 January 2023. The Cold Chain Sustainability Awards is a new recognition scheme for the businesses, facilities and individuals leading the charge towards a more sustainable UK cold storage and temperature-controlled distribution. The awards celebrate those businesses who have met …
London, UK: Labour has pledged to scale up and improve existing electric vehicle infrastructure but the RHA stresses that the focus on cars risks ignoring the needs of commercial vehicles. The RHA attended a roundtable session on electric vehicles hosted by shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh. She outlined Labour’s plans for electric vehicle infrastructure and …
Reading, UK: Cold Chain Federation chief executive Shane Brennan has called for collaboration across the food supply chain in order to tackle inflation following comments made by Tesco’s chairman John Allan about food producers. Allan told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on 22 January that he believed some food producers could be using inflation as an …
Reading, UK: The Cold Chain Federation has updated its guidance on preventing and managing clandestine entrants in light of UK government reforms to the Clandestine Entrant Civil Penalty Scheme. The changes, report here, to the scheme will be effective from Monday 13 February and follow public consultation last year. The changes include: The Cold Chain …
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