Reading, UK: The Cold Chain News website has been ranked number 3 in the 30 Best Cold Chain Blogs and Websites in 2024 by Feedspot – holding on to the same position as last year. The Cold Chain News Archive was only beaten to the top two slots by Lineage Logistics, the world’s largest cold …
Peterborough, UK: JS Davidson has gained AA BRCGS Grade for Storage and Distribution following a recent audit. The standard sets the benchmark for best practice, encouraging continuous improvement through risk-based product safety management systems. The AA Grade comes as the business is growing with increased demand for chilled and frozen products. Earlier this year JS …
Doncaster, UK: McGregor Logistics, which listed temperature-controlled deliveries in the UK and Western Europe among its services, has gone into administration. McGregor Logistics has appointed Insolvency practitioners at Forvis Mazars in Manchester and London to handle the administration. The company has bases in Doncaster, Scunthorpe, Peterborough and Tilbury. It says its runs “dual-temperature trailers and …
Skelmersdale, Lancashire, UK: A pair of apprentices from Climarite Refrigeration have reached the final stages in the ACR Trainee of the Year Awards 2024. Michael (Mick) Brady and Alex Forkings beat fierce competition to reach the final stage in the “refrigeration and air conditioning engineer” category. They were nominated by team leaders and course tutors …
London, UK: Tower Cold Chain has introduced a carbon calculator to help customers improve the sustainability of their logistics. The carbon calculator was developed with Cardiff University’s Business School as part of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership. By offering data on the carbon footprint of each shipment, the tool can provide actionable insights that enable customers …
Winsford, UK: Fly By Nite, which provides logistics and warehousing for the entertainment industry has for the fourth time, has taken temperature-controlled trailers from Tiger. Adding temperature-controlled trailers to its fleet for the first time enables Fly By Nite Conferences to offer orchestras transport of musical instruments by keeping the internal temperature to a constant …
Cardiff, UK: Net Zero consultancy Amber has appointed Nick Richards as its chief financial and commercial officer. He is the first chief financial and commercial officer at Amber that provides energy management services including on net zero . Richards has 30-years’ experience as a chartered accountant and was previously at Unite Students, with numerous roles …
Don’t miss any of the Cold Chain Federation’s online webinars Energy Monitoring Excellence: driving energy and cost reductions19 November @ 10am-11amAssessing where to target effort and resource to achieve energy efficiency gains can be a daunting task, but effective use of data can be a powerful tool to unlocking big savings. In this webinar, Liam …
Rotterdam, Netherlands: Carrier Transicold will be at Intermodal Europe 2024 in Rotterdam, showing its latest suite of digital and electric refrigeration. Willy Yeo, director of sales, marketing and strategy, Global Container Refrigeration, Carrier Transicold, will deliver a keynote presentation on 13 November describing the critical role of sustainability and intelligence in today’s cold chain. Yeo will …
Reading, UK: The Cold Chain Federation today sounded the alarm over a significant increase in the cost of supplying vital temperature-controlled food and drugs. This surge is directly attributed to recent National Insurance Contributions (NIC) increases announced in the recent budget. Coupled with the weekend’s news of supermarkets facing a staggering £2.5bn increase in NIC …
Peterborough, UK: DFDS has added 10 Sunswap electric fridges to its fleet. The Sunswap refrigeration system was trialled by DFDS in 2022. It uses a combination of solar and battery power and trials showed that on one of DFDS’s longest routes the systems can provide 22 hours of cooling on a single charge over two …
Reading, UK: Applications for the Cold Chain Federation’s Cold Chain Sustainability Awards 2025 are now open. The Cold Chain Sustainability Awards recognise businesses and individuals leading the way to a sustainable future. Entries are now open for all award categories and will close on the 24 January 2025, with the winners announced at the Cold …
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