Novi, Michigan, US: The Lineage Hardship Fund, part of the Lineage Foundation for Good, has evolved into a structured program, capable of responding to a vast range of emergencies. The Lineage Hardship Fund, in more or less its current form, was created as a rapid response approach to help Lineage team members in the heat …
Evergem, Belgium: Northfreeze, now part of Cube Cold, is building a new cold store in Evergem, one of its three locations within North Sea Port. The cold store is planned to be operational by the first quarter of 2025. The greenfield project will grow Northfreeze’s storage capacity in Evergem by 54,000 pallets, doubling the total …
London, UK: In a surprise move, Ceva Logistics, owned by French shipping firm CMA CGM, is to buy Wincanton for £566.9m. Wincanton’s work for grocers was one of the reasons behind Ceva Logistics’ takeover decision. Ceva Logistics said that it believed the acquisition would “build on Wincanton’s proven expertise in partnering with prominent grocers and …
Breda, Netherlands: The recent supply chain disruption caused by attacks on ships in the Red Sea underlines the lessons learned during Covid-19, says Jonas Swarttouw, hairman, North America, NewCold, writing in
Cambridge, UK: Marshall Fleet Solutions, as part of a “trailblazer” group, has launched the Mobile Transport Refrigeration Technician apprenticeship to install, service and repair transport refrigeration units. The trailblazer group include Morrisons, Petit Forestier, Nagel-Langdon, Turners of Soham, Michael Ward Refrigeration, Peter Staines Refrigeration, Coolmax Refrigeration, TIP Group, and Tesco. City of Liverpool College developed …
Gujarat, India: Maersk has started work on its new 260,000sq ft temperature-controlled site in Gujarat, west India. The warehouse will provide temperature-controlled frozen food storage for HyFun Foods. The cold store, with capacity for 14,700 pallets, will be constructed close to HyFun Foods’ manufacturing base. It will be “one of India’s largest single-shed cold stores”, …
Rotterdam, Netherlands: Netherlands-based Eurofrigo, Thermotraffic Holland, and UK-based Kevin Hancock, and Norish, have merged to create a new end-to-end logistics service provider for the food industry in Europe. All four companies belong to the European arm of Japan-based Nichirei Corporation’s Logistics Division and will now continue as one, under the brand name Thermotraffic. The merger …
Lisburn, Northern Ireland: McCulla Ireland has trialled Hultsteins’ Ecogen2 refrigeration systems over the past year. The Ecogen generator, fitted to the tractor, allows the existing diesel-powered fridges to run on electricity during transit. McCulla operates a mixed fleet of 130 diesel and CNG trucks with 220 trailers and produces in-house biomethane for use in its …
London, UK: A government crackdown on disruptive roadworks, designed to speed up journeys, is “positive” as congestion is a major cause of delays for the] industry, says Logistics UK. The comments came as roads minister Guy Opperman launched a street works consultation on a series of measures to prevent utility companies from letting roadworks overrun …
Warwick, UK: Georgios Tetradis-Mairis, head of R&D futures, Nomad Foods; Dr Chloe Brimicombe, climate scientist, University of Graz, Austria; and Dr Tim Fox, consultant in climate change mitigation and adaptation, are the keynote speakers at the Cold Chain Climate Summit 2024. The summit takes place on 13 March at Warwick University’s Slate Conference Centre, and …
Bedford, UK: Workers based at Movianto’s s warehouse in Bedford have been striking all this week (since 8 January) in a dispute over union recognition. Movianto handles storage and distribution for pharmaceutical and healthcare products. Over 85 Unite members have been campaigning for Unite to be officially recognised but Movianto has strongly resisted such moves, …
Nijkerk, Netherlands: Constellation Cold Logistics has opened an 18,500-pallet expansion at Nijkerk in the Netherlands. The site now has over 65,000 pallet spaces of frozen storage capacity, as well as facilities for blast freezing, repacking and other value-added services. A solar array has been installed on the roof of the site, in line with our …
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