Atlanta, Georgia, US: Americold reports total revenue of $661m in its second quarter results. This is a 1.7% change from $649.6m reported in in Q2 2023. George Chappelle, chief executive, said: “it’s been another great quarter for organic growth at Americold as we produced double digit year-over-year growth in Global Warehouse Same Store NOI, Same …
GXO Logistics, which reported a 19% jump in second quarter revenue, says that contracts are getting longer. The company generated $2.8bn in the second financial quarter. During this period GXO signed about $270m of new business wins. Chief executive Malcolm Wilson said: “We’re seeing contract duration increase, as customers look to outsource to a trusted …
Brecon, Wales, UK: Beacon Foods has added two 26 ton refrigerated reefers to handle growing UK deliveries. Eardisley supplied the The MAN TGS chassis which have dual and single temperature Gray & Adams bodies. “These new additions to our temperature-controlled fleet… will ensure that we maintain our product delivery service to customers in all parts …
Castle Donington, UK: Moran Logistics has competed a 10-day trial of Sunswap’s Endurance, electric fridges. The10-day trial of the battery and solar-powered technology put the system routes for Moran’s contract with Arla Foods and demonstrated Sunswap Endurance’s performance in transporting goods at 2°C. Data shows that Endurance was capable of operating solely on solar energy …
Dublin, Ohio, USA: FST Logistics has bought Dancer Logistics based in Delphos, Ohio. The acquisition brings together two Ohio-based companies with a shared vision of delivering excellent service and partnerships to their customers, FST Logistics said. The two companies together will have greater reach and as well as diversifying FST Logistics. Matt Hartman, chief executive, …
Bradford, UK: Quentin Villard has become general manager of Keep it Cool. He joined the company in 2021 and steered the company through the turbulent Covid years. Keep it Cool celebrates its 10-year anniversary this September and reports turnover up from £200k to £2.25min the last 12 months. “Quentin’s experience, skills and work ethic have …
Reading, UK: The Cold Chain Federation and the British Frozen Food Federation have joined The Move to -15°C campaign. The move follows Morrisons supermarket also declaring support by cutting some of its shop freezer cabinets to -15. Recent studies show that temperature increases do not compromise food safety or quality, but changing the standard would …
Bradford, UK: Morrisons is to set some of its freezers to -15 to cut emissions. The grocer says the move is part of a trial to cut carbon emissions and reflects improvement in refrigeration technology not available when the freezer standard was set at -18C almost 100 years ago. Freezers in 10 Morrisons stores have …
Manchester, UK: Pharmaceutical and healthcare distributor Trans-Bridge Freight Services has taken delivery of its first Carrier Transicold Vector E-Cool fridge. The new fridge is on a 13.6-metre Gray & Adams trailer as well as a Carrier Transicold Vector HE 19 fridge. The combination allows Trans-Bridge Freight Services to predominantly power the system using electricity from …
Tema, Ghana: Seafood giant Thai Union has opened a new $14m, 8,000 metric-tonne cold store for its Pioneer Food Cannery (PFC) factory in Ghana. The new site, which has four storage halls, is located in Tema, near PFC’s manufacturing plant. The cold store will ensure year-round temperature-controlled storage of Atlantic tuna from the PFC factory. …
London, UK: Lidl is working with IMA Architects on the construction of two regional distribution centres (RDCs) – one in Belvedre London, and the other in Leeds, according to Insider Media. In Belvedere,IMA Architects is rebuilding and expanding the existing centre. In Leeds, the council has approved plans to build a 581,200 sq ft distribution …
London, UK: The Road Haulage Association wants the new government to create a specific freight crime offence and a national truck parking security standard to deter criminal gangs preying on hauliers. Public affairs manager, Ashton Cull, told BBC Breakfast: “Freight crime is low risk, high reward for highly organised criminals. This is happening every night …
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