Arlington, Virginia, US: Shane Brennan has joined the Global Cold Chain Alliance as its new senior adviser to support the delivery of a renewed international communications and advocacy strategy. Brennan will combine his role as senior adviser to the Global Cold Chain Alliance, with his role as chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation. He …
Farnborough, UK: The ITT Hub will take place on on the 10-11 May at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre. The event includes the Cold Chain Hub, a co-located space on the chilled and refrigerated sector presented by TCS&D, alongside Logistics UK’s Future Logistics Conference. The Future Logistics Conference is free to attend. Kevin …
Leighton Buzzard, UK: Peli BioThermal has expanded its Crēdo range to include deep frozen applications. Peli BioThermal’s Crēdo Cube dry Ice products provide deep frozen payload protection for durations of up to and often exceeding 144 hours with payload volumes between 1.8 litres to 55 litres and a temperature down to minus 80 degrees Celsius. …
Dublin, Ireland: Irish food retailer and wholesaler, BWG Foods, has taken delivery of its first Volvo FE Electric. The €400,000 investment in the Volvo electric truck is part of its efforts to more towards lowering its carbon footprint. According to the wholesaler and retailer, which owns Spar, Londis, Mace, and XL brands, the 20 tonne …
London, UK: The UK government and European Commission have reached a deal aimed at fixing Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trade problems. The deal, called the Windsor Framework, has been published. It rewrites the Treaty with a ‘Stormont Brake’ that means the UK can veto new EU goods laws if they are not supported by both communities …
Burnley, UK: Refrigerated van converter CoolKit has launched its CoolSelecta configurator, which will enable customers to visualise their conversion in terms of make, model and specification. The interactive 3D online app will enable users to see the variety of options available to them and “create” the ideal combination of equipment for their needs. Views of …
Peterborough, UK: John Davidson, managing director of JS Davidson, the new name for Chiltern Cold Storage, is predicting turnover growth to continue. Turnover this year rose to £10 million – doubling that of its mid-pandemic figures of £5 million, posted just two years ago. “The level of growth JS Davidson has achieved in such a …
London, UK: Last year 1,041 heavy electric trucks were sold in Europe. Small numbers, but a 200% jump in sales from the previous year. Volvo held the lead in European sales in 2022. Globally, it has sold more than 4,300 electric trucks in 38 countries. Europe leads in world sales with a 32 per cent …
Warrington, UK: Colin Maher is the new managing director for Schmitz Cargobull UK and Ireland, taking over from Sebastian Terhechte, interim managing director. Maher says he is confident of doubling the company’s market share in the next five years. He joins the company after 27 years with a manufacturer of industrial weighing and inspection technologies, …
London, UK: A one-day conference, Supply Chain Resilience, for industry leaders to debate the issues affecting the resilience of the sector and identify ways to protect the movement of goods to their end customer is being staged by Logistics UK next month. The event at the America Square Conference Centre, London on Thursday 23 March, will …
Belfast, Northern Ireland: The RHA met Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Lord Caine yesterday (22 February) to discuss the Northern Ireland Protocol. RHA policy lead for Northern Ireland John Martin said: “We welcome the Prime Minister’s engagement to update business on progress with their negotiations with the …
London, UK: Supermarket shortages of some fruit and vegetables, including tomatoes, have been blamed largely on poor weather. In the last few days pictures of empty shelves of fruit and vegetables have appeared on social media. Supermarkets moved quickly to ration certain products. Asda has introduced a temporary three-pack limit for purchases of tomatoes, peppers, …
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