London UK: Sysco has won the Sustainable Wholesaler of the Year award at the Federation of Wholesale Distributors Awards. The judges cited Sysco’s “holistic approach to sustainability” for its success. The decarbonisation of its fleet, renewable energy expansion, plant-based food programmes and its community support programme were among the key reasons that saw Sysco GB …
Munich, Germany: Thermo King’s AxlePower energy recovery system, developed with BPW, won the Components and Aggregates category of the European Transport Award for Sustainability. AxlePower generates energy from trailer rolling or braking and stores this in a battery and reuses it to power the trailer fridge. “Winning the European Transport Award for Sustainability 2024 for …
Dubai: Sixty three countries have pledged to cut cooling-related emissions at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai. The Global Cooling Pledge marks the world’s first collective focus on climate-warming emissions from cooling, which includes refrigeration for food and medicine and air conditioning. It commits countries to reduce by 2050 their cooling-related emissions by at …
Rochdale, UK: The Unite union is warning that there could be nationwide shortages of chilled foods at Asda stores during strikes by HGV drivers who work at the supermarket’s Rochdale distribution centre; Around 80 HGV drivers, employed by Wincanton on the Asda contract, will strike over the Christmas period. Unite says they are angry at …
Warrington, UK: Iceland Foods, has completed a 20-year lease on a 505,000sq ft distribution centre in Warrington. The site is on the Omega West logistics park, the largest mixed-use development site in the North West covering around 2.5 million sq ft of logistics space. Law firm Gordons advised Iceland Foods on its new lease. Commercial …
Novi, Michigan, USA: Lineage has endorsed the Join the Move to -15 C initiative to reassess the international temperature standard of -18C, established in the 1930s and untouched for nearly a century. This initiative offers a chance for industry-wide collaboration to explore practical avenues that would contribute toward realising the shared net-zero goal for the …
London, UK: This website, coldchainnews.com, has been ranked as number 3 for best cold chain websites and blogs by FeedSpot. Lineage, the world’s largest cold chain logistics provider, takes the number one slot followed by the Global Cold Chain Alliance‘s site. ColdChainNews.com says it “provides the first and best news on temperature-controlled matters from Britain, …
Atherstone, UK: Aldi is to become the first supermarket to pay all warehouse staff at least £12 an hour from 1 February 2024. The new minimum hourly rate for warehouse and store staff, which increases to £13.55 within the M25, takes effect from 1 February 2024. Aldi says the move makes it the first supermarket …
Birmingham, UK: Transport managers at two cold chain companies have been recognised by Logistics UK at the Transport Manager of the Year competition. Sarah Wilkes-Jones, transport manager at Brakes, was named runner-up while Fiona Hamilton, regional transport manager at Constellation Cold Logistics, received a certificate as a shortlisted finalist. Chris Pratt, transport manager at EPD …
Ashford, Middlesex, UK: US freight forwarder AIT Worldwide is set to further expand in Europe with the purchase of UK freight forwarder Mach II Shipping. Mach II – more commonly known as Mach 2 – handles temperature-controlled pharmaceutical products. The purchase of Mach 2 will include its sites in the UK and the Netherlands, as …
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA: XPO has bid successfully to buy 28 service centres of bankrupt Yellow Corp for $870m. Yellow filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in August. The company was one of the largest less-than-truckload carriers in the US with 12,000 trucks and 35,000 trailers. XPO expects the deal, subject to court approval, to add …
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: RSA Cold Chain has signed a lease with DP World to develop a new cold store logistics hub. RSA Cold Chain is a joint venture of Dubai-based supply chain company, RSA Global and Americold, which is based in Atlanta, US. This new logistics hub, 40,000 multi-temperature pallet positions, will be designed, …
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