Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: Tower Cold Chain has replicated its UK Centre of Excellence in its new headquarters in the Americas region in Philadelphia. Just 1.6 miles from PHL International Airport, the 26,000 sq. ft building strengthens Tower’s container conditioning and storage capabilities, marking a significant milestone in the company’s commitment to pharmaceutical, airline and 3PL customers …
Birmingham, UK: Amid all the brouhaha about “state-of-the-art equipment” in the cold chain, an essential tool often goes unnoticed: the humble Tacky Mat. But they play a crucial role in maintaining safety and hygiene, says Richard O’Connor, marketing director at First Mats. Tacky Mats, also known as sticky mats or adhesive mats, capture and contain …
Marseille, France: Air Liquide and Iveco Group have opened the first high-pressure hydrogen station for long-haul trucks in Europe. The hydrogen refuelling station in Fos-sur-Mer follows an agreement by the two companies to advance hydrogen as a truck fuel. The fuel station can deliver a ton a day of hydrogen, refuelling time at 700-bar pressure, …
Bath, UK: The contract logistics market grew at its slowest pace since 2014 (other than the Covid contraction in 2020), due to the global economic slowdown and subsequent softening economic activity, according to TI’s latest Global Contract Logistics Report. The report cites lack of warehouse space as one of the constraining factors for logistics providers. …
London, UK: The Fresh Produce Consortium has written to ministers to put forward its members’ concerns about the UK’s post-Brexit border strategy, according to the Guardian newspaper. The FPC says that “anticipated additional costs, delay and disruption” for checks on perishable goods would “materially contribute towards consumer inflation, business on-costs, food waste, and carbon emissions”. …
Birmingham, UK: Manufacturers could be at growing risk of food fraud if they do not take the correct precautions when selecting new suppliers, warns assurance partner, LRQA. it is imperative that food manufacturers maintain factory audits and supply chain assessments to preserve food safety in the face of events, such as the conflict in Ukraine, which …
Haughton, UK: Dearnsdale Fruit’s heat recovery system has over the two years since installation saved the business £20,000 a year says , which supplied the system. The Staffordshire soft fruit farm, Dearnsdale Fruit is now saving £19,596 and over 230,000 kWh per annum by harnessing waste heat from its cold store. The recovered heat is …
Beijing, China: China’s cold chain logistics sector has expanded in the first five months of the year compared to the same period last year, according to new industry data. The total cold chain logistics amounted to 2.65 trillion yuan (about 369.11bn U.S. dollars) during the January-May period, up 4.1% year on year, according to the …
London, UK: Today is World Refrigeration Day celebrated each year on 26 June, the birthday of refrigeration pioneer Lord Kelvin. This year’s theme is Next Generation Cooling and aims to raise awareness of how the cooling industry is adapting and evolving to meet the challenges and opportunities of increasing demand for low carbon cooling and …
Reading, UK: Nearly three quarters of UK cold chain operators say the cold chain has emerged from supply chain challenges, such as Covid-19 disruption and the energy crisis, more resilient than it was before, according to a new survey by the Cold Chain Federation. When asked about the long-term effects of Covid, most survey respondents …
Singapore: Ocean Network Express is installing Carrier Transicold’s Lynx Fleet monitoring system onto its existing fleet of Carrier refrigerated containers. The monitoring includes Carrier’s Reefer Health that provides near-live reefer unit performance as well as up to a 72-hours forecasts. A centralised data stream allows fleet managers to download diagnostic information about the equipment, giving …
Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada: Conestoga Cold Storage, a temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics company, is building a greenfield site in Halton Hills, Ontario, “set to become one of the largest cold storage facilities in the world”, it says. The new site will have “cutting-edge technology, sustainable practices, and a capacity of over 96m cubic feet [2.7m …
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