Monaghan, Co. Monaghan, Ireland: Combilift celebrated 25 years in business with three new products: an autonomous guided forklift, a specialist turbine blade carrier, and a telematics system for warehouse forklifts. The Combi-AGT is a 4-wheel electric stand-on sideloader, which harnesses the very latest smart technology to meet customer demands for driverless sideloader capability with a capacity …
Cork, Ireland: DHL has a 10-year deal with Stream BioEnergy to supply biomethane for use on a Tesco Ireland contract. DHL Supply Chain will begin operating biomethane fuelled trucks from a dedicated biomethane factory in Cork providing fuel for up to 150 trucks. Using the gas will cut carbon emissions by 15,000 tonnes. DHL will …
San Francisco, California, USA: California ‘s governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill requiring heavy-duty driverless trucks from operating in the state without a safety driver.The bill, which would have required a trained driver to be present in autonomous vehicles weighing over 10,001 pounds, was passed by a majority in both houses of the state …
Cavaillon, France: UPS has acquired Transports Chabas Santé’s healthcare logistics unit, expanding its global healthcare network with temperature-controlled transport for pharmaceutical and healthcare products in southern France. “We are building a pan-European cold chain network that can deliver the next-generation pharmaceutical and biologic treatments at the right time and temperature,” John Bolla, president, UPS Healthcare, …
Glasgow, Scotland: Hydrogen Vehicle Systems has delivered its engineering prototype test “mule”. The engineering prototype uses the same hydrogen fuel cell planned for production HGVs, and will be used to test systems prior to track testing prototypes. John McKenna, chief technical officer, HVS, said; “Maximising the performance of the fuel cell is a key step …
Tewkesbury, UK; Signatrol, a new Cold Chain Federation member, has launched a cryogenic temperature data logger for use in dry ice transport of perishable food and medical supplies. The new Tempmate-C1 device has been introduced to complement the company’s S1-PRO Single use data loggers. Tempmate C1 can withstand extreme temperatures from -90°C to +70°C without …
Heathrow, UK: PML Seafrigo, formerly PML, is offering UK fine food producers access to Seafrigo’s less than container load service to the US, enabling the transfer of British artisan foods to the States in 11 days. “The newly launched London to New York line is likely to appeal to a variety of producers spanning the …
Boston, Lincolnshire, UK: Staples Vegetables is to upgrade its reefer trailers with Sunswap fridges.Staples Vegetables reefers are chiefly used to transport brassica crops from its headquarters in Lincolnshire. The decision to use Snswap follows a 12-day trial in July, using Sunswap’s solar and battery-powered Endurance to fulfil Staples Vegetables’ delivery cycles. This was done using …
London, UK: Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, in a speech from Downing Street, said he would put back a ban on new fossil fuel cars and vans by five years, in a major U-turn among a raft of measures. Rishi Sunak said he is still committed to reaching net zero by 2020, but the transition …
Redditch, UK: Oakland International has launched the UK Ukraine Trade Hub to assist Ukrainian manufacturers reach the UK market and expand sales. Initially twenty-seven products have been sourced via six different suppliers with foodstuffs including Beehive’s natural honey, Chumak’s sunflower oil, Bob Snail’s natural fruit snacks, granola and breakfast cereals from Dobrodiya, instant soups from …
Alfreton, UK: Leanne Leslie, senior operations manager, MAF Finance Group, (pictured above) has been named as one of the winners in this year’s Women in Supply Chain Awards. The awards, organised by Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive, honour female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments, mentorship and examples set a foundation …
San Francisco, USA: Ten billion or more times each day, electronic scanners read data encoded in black-and-white codes—barcodes—printed on or fixed to physical goods. In the upcoming business memoir The Barcode, Paul McEnroe tells his story of leading the team that developed one of the most innovative and influential technologies of our generation. Paul McEnroe …
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