Manchester, UK: TIP Group is launching an academy to train trailer mechanics in Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and the UK this autumn and in Germany early 2024. In the UK, the academy is located in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The TIP Mechanic Academy will be the first of its kind in the transport industry, with trainees …
Glasgow, Scotland: Glasgow City Council has implemented Scotland’s first low emission zone, taking effect today. The zone will operate continuously, covering an area of the city centre bounded by the M8 motorway to the north and west, the River Clyde to the south and Saltmarket/High Street to the east. Fully electric vehicles comply with requirements …
Arlington, VA Virginia, USA: The Global Cold Chain Alliance has published its annual Global Top 25 List. The Global Top 25 currently operates 6.26 billion cubic feet (177 million cubic meters). The North American Top 25 operates 4.37 billion cubic feet (124 million cubic meters). The European Top 10 operates 1.18 billion cubic feet (33 …
Birmingham, UK: Petit Forestier is to offer refrigerated versions of the Volta Zero in the UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Poland. Petit Forestier will become Volta’s rental and leasing partner for the refrigerated version of the all-electric 16-tonne and 18-tonne Volta Zero. Essa Al-Saleh, chief executive, Volta Trucks, said; “Our …
Reading, UK: Tower Cold Chain now has onboard catering containers, capable of maintaining fresh and frozen temperatures without using dry ice. Tower’s passive Advanced Insulated Boxes allow transport and storage of perishable food at refrigerated and/or frozen temperatures. The AIB range meets food safety standards and sustains temperatures at 5°C and below 0°C for up to …
Reading, UK: Tower Cold Chain has received the King’s Award for Enterprise, in the Innovation category. The award recognises Tower’s KTM container – a thermally insulated passive pallet shipping system, with modular construction design. Tower demonstrated outstanding commercial success over two years with the KTM, is a revolutionary contributor to the pharmaceutical logistics market, Tower …
Easton, Lincolnshire: Magnavale is investing £130m on its new cold storage development in Easton, Lincolnshire. The company says the site will be “Europe’s most efficient temperature-controlled storage facility”. Magnavale says it has achieved many of its development milestones since breaking ground in September 2022 and some of the aspects of the project have already been …
Ellington, Cambridgeshire, UK: Buffaload Logistics is celebrating the arrival of its 300th trailer. Managing director Julie Feltwell (pictured) said that the 100th trailer arrived in 2015 and the company’s 300th milestone trailer has just joined the fleet, in May 2023. “We are so proud of our continued growth,” the company said in a Tweet.
London, UK: Warehouse workers at Lidl are to receive their third pay increase in the last 12 months with rates of up to £13.15 an hour. The discount retailer says its entry level pay is now up to 16% higher than traditional and premium priced supermarkets. Both warehouse and store workers outside the M25 will …
Newton Abbot, UK: Food wholesaler R D Johns has a new distribution centre built by ISD Solutions. The bespoke building is an eco-friendly Dutch Barn design, an increasingly popular type of coldstore constructed from a single layer or composite panels at low level providing the thermal and vapour barrier requirements with an internal ceiling and …
Brussels, Belgium: Thermo King has a new BlueBox Lite telematics system for vehicle-powered refrigeration units. It provides temperature and position data, and other critical information from the vehicle-powered fridge, such as like setpoints, alarms or hours of operation. BlueBox Lite has 4G connection allowing customers to access the data through the Thermo King TracKing website, …
London, UK: More than 40% of logistics companies are offering workers flexible hours in a bid to retain and attract new staff, according to temporary work recruitment agency Indeed Flex. Two in five logistics companies say their biggest staffing challenge is ensuring they have enough workers for each shift. Since 2019 there has been a …
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