Bedford, UK: Workers based at Movianto’s s warehouse in Bedford have been striking all this week (since 8 January) in a dispute over union recognition. Movianto handles storage and distribution for pharmaceutical and healthcare products. Over 85 Unite members have been campaigning for Unite to be officially recognised but Movianto has strongly resisted such moves, …
Nijkerk, Netherlands: Constellation Cold Logistics has opened an 18,500-pallet expansion at Nijkerk in the Netherlands. The site now has over 65,000 pallet spaces of frozen storage capacity, as well as facilities for blast freezing, repacking and other value-added services. A solar array has been installed on the roof of the site, in line with our …
Nijkerk, Netherlands: Constellation Cold Logistics has appointed Robbert Jan te Raa as vice president, solutions and engineering. He was previously with Americold and DHL and has technical knowledge of designing and developing greenfield projects and experience in logistics technology and automation.Carlos Rodriguez, chief executive, Constellation, said “I’ve known and worked with Robbert Jan for many …
London, UK: The main focus of Logistics UK’s budget submission will be high fuel prices, says Mariefi Kamizouli, head of economics and productivity, Logistics UK. “The extension to the 5ppl cut in fuel duty is set to end on 23 March 2024, therefore the main focus of our response will be to ensure that costs …
London, UK: Marks & Spencer was Britain’s fastest growing supermarket in the Christmas quarter, according to NIQ. It said M&S’s food sales on a value basis rose 12.1% in the 12 weeks to end of December, year-on-year, with its share of the UK grocery market rising to 3.8%. Lidl GB’s sales over the 12 week …
Atlanta, Georgia, US: Americold and Feed the Children teamed up with several community partners during December to distribute food and essentials to children and their families. Food and essentials were distributed during the holiday season in Atlanta, GA, Sebree, KY, Amarillo, T., Springdale, AR, and Miami, FL. The organizations teamed up to support children and …
Melton Mowbray, UK: Samworth Brothers is to use Sunswap’s Endurance battery and solar-powered refrigeration system following a two-week trial. During the trial the solar technology removed 600g of nitrogen oxides and 65kg of tailpipe carbon dioxide emission that would otherwise be emitted by a traditional diesel fridge. The trial data indicated a £221 cost-saving per tonne …
Dover: Operation Brock could operate for at least three years when the new port entry-exit system is introduced, warns Cllr Neil Baker, cabinet member for roads, Kent County Council. The post-Brexit biometric checks, due to be implemented in October this year, will replace the manual stamping of passports to track travellers from non-EU countries more …
Rotterdam, Netherlands: South Korea’s Busan Port Authority will build a cold chain logistics centre in the Netherlands by 2027 in order to accelerate food exports to Europe, Seoul’s presidential office said. The Busan Port Authority and its Dutch counterpart, the Rotterdam Port Authority, plan to sign a letter of intent on the new facilities upon …
Copenhagen, Denmark: Maersk will divert all its vessels around Africa instead of using the Red Sea and the Suez Canal for the “foreseeable future”. Maersk said today the decision was due to the volatile situation in the Red Sea as Yemen’s Houthis continue to attack vessels that pass through the busy waterway. “We have therefore …
London, UK: A London South Bank University research project is broadly supportive of industry calls to lift the temperature of frozen goods by three degrees. Researchers from the Transport, Industrial and Commercial Refrigeration project said that potential solutions to limit cold chain emissions include increasing the recommended set-point of storing and transporting frozen food by …
London, UK: Sainsbury’s will increase minimum pay for employees outside London to £12 an hour, with wages for staff in the capital increasing to £13.15 an hour. The increase means all of its workers will be paid the voluntary Real Living Wage, which is higher than the compulsory National Living Wage. About 120,000 staff will …
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