London, UK: Legislation changes will allow longer trailers in the UK from the end of the month. The decision follows trials started in January 2012 that have been deemed a success – they demonstrated no safety risks but large carbon savings to reduced mileage. The law change will allow trailer combinations up to 18.55 metres …
Leeds, UK: Lidl is recruiting 1,500 warehouse staff to support store expansion. Lidl revealed its intentions as it submitted plans for a 14th distribution centre. It said the proposed new site, in Leeds, would bolster the number of roles it was looking to fill by a further 400 if it received approval. Lidl has 960 …
London, UK: Temperature-controlled transport business P&S Logistics has taken delivery of an eye-catching Mercedes-Benz Actros GigaSpace rigid truck, with Schmitz Cargobull M.KO Cool body. The bespoke vehicle was designed and built over the course of 15 months – a process that owner-operator Phillip Hudson describes as a “labour of love”. Hudson embarked on the upgrade …
Glasgow, Scotland: TIP has supplied the first of a batch of new reefer trailers to McLanachan Transport. The Gray & Adams trailer was provided on contract hire, including full maintenance and support services, from TIP’s Glasgow branch. The trailer has a Thermo King Advancer A-500 Spectrum multi-temp fridge and moving bulkheads to split the trailer …
Reading, UK: Paul Bennell, managing director of Samworth Brothers Supply Chain, is the new president of the Cold Chain Federation, elected at its AGM last week. Bennell has held senior roles in supply chain and management over 30 years for organisations in Europe in the automotive, retail, healthcare and manufacturing sectors. Bennell succeeds Tim Moran …
Munich, Germany: Orbcomm is launching an upgraded temperature monitor system at this week’s Transport Logistic in Germany. Orbcomm’s RT 8000 system, expected to be commercially available this summer, will automate customers’ operations with better connections and faster access to more data and wireless sensors to digitise cold chain decision making. The RT 8000 will enable …
Gothenburg, Sweden: Volvo Trucks is testing its fuel cell electric trucks, shown last year, on public roads for the first time. These zero exhaust emission trucks use hydrogen to produce their own electricity onboard and can travel long distances so making them suitable for long haul transport. To make it extra challenging, the tests have …
Cambridge, UK: Marshall Fleet Solutions, has been awarded 2022 Best Practices Dealer of the Year in Thermo King’s dealer award for 2022. The highest recognition, the 2022 EMEA Dealer of the Year Award, went to KH Onestop A/S of Denmark. All 2022 Dealer Award winners were selected for excellence and leadership in all aspects of …
Raunds, UK: More than a quarter (26%) of warehouses are expected to be automated by 2027, from 14% just a decade earlier, says a new report from Interact Analysis. Momentum is growing for automation of warehousing operations and is expected to through to 2027 when one-quarter of sites (26%) will have some form of automation …
Leeds, UK: LF&E Refrigerated Transport, which delivers pharmaceutical products, is using Marshall Fleet Solutions’ solar powered Titan system on its vans. LF&E operates over 200 dual temperature-controlled vans from 13 depots delivering to patients, hospitals and businesses around the UK. LF&E has worked with Marshall Fleet Solutions since 2010 on fleet electrification. “We are delighted …
Reading, UK: Last year the Cold Chain Federation collated data on the UK cold chain including cold stores, temperature-controlled vehicles and the environment and market the industry operates in. The data was published in the federation’s first-ever Cold Chain Report. This year, the federation is repeating the exercise to gather opinions from professionals across the …
Wigan, UK: Newburgh Foods has increased its poultry block freezing production capacity by 60% with an automated Starfrost Helix spiral freezer. The company, which supplies supermarkets and restaurants in England, had an existing contract with a fast food chain that recently increased its capacity requirements. This led Newburgh Foods to review its freezing process capabilities …
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