London, UK: The government has confirmed that 38 truckstops in England will use £6m from the Department for Transport and £10.5m from industry to improve rest areas and parking for lorry drivers, The measures will create around 430 new parking spaces while upgrades will include new showers and restaurants, as well as better lighting and …
Market Drayton, UK: Thomas van Mourik, chief executive, Culina Group, for the past 30 years is to step down, reports Motor Transport. Van Mourik will become group chairman from October, a part-time position. Ian Smith, the current chief executive of the chilled business unit, will take over from van Mourik. Steve Winwood will become chief …
Pune, India: The food cold chain market for food alone is set to grow 8.6% by 2033 says a report by Brainy Insights. It cites rising demand for frozen goods as a key driver. The Brainy Insights report estimates that the market valued at $264.3bn in 2023 will reach $555.3bn by 2033. Asia Pacific is …
Milan, Italy: Walden Group has acquired two Italian companies: XCM Healthcare, a logistics provder, and Unitex, a temperature-controlled last-mile healthcare delivery service. Italy is the third European country where Walden has expanded: it previously entered Romania and Germany and plans further expansion. Unitex has two hubs, Milan and Naples, providing national coverage through twenty-four regional depots. …
Wincanton, UK: The Wincanton board of directors is backing a £762m takeover offer from GXO in the latest twist in a bidding war for the company. Wincanton said that directors intended to recommend unanimously an offer of 605p a share made by GXO. As a result, the board is withdrawing its support for an “increased …
Bremerhaven, Germany: Lineage is developing a new 19,000 sq metre site in Bremerhaven, Germany within the heart of the food industry at Fischereihafen. The new Bremerhaven site is expected to have direct access to a quay to handle multi modal deliveries. “We are delighted to announce the ongoing development of our latest facility in Bremerhaven, which …
Brisbane, Australia: Petit Forestier Group has acquired Eurocold, an Australian refrigerated vehicle rental business. In December last year Petit Forestier Group bought Freezerent, a Birmingham, UK light refrigerated vehicles renter.
Schindellegi, Switzerland: Logistics group Kuehne+Nagel has reported a drop in turnover of almost 40% for 2023, saying that it was a “challenging year”. The group has published its full year financial results for 2023 which revealed that net turnover fell from 39.4bn Swiss francs (£35.2bn) in 2002 to 24bn Swiss francs (£21.5bn) in 2023. The …
Lusaka, Zambia: Transaid supporters Samworth Brothers Supply Chain, and Fagan and Whalley, have donated two trucks to boost driver training in Zambia. The trucks were serviced and fitted with the cameras and telematics systems, donated by Brigade Electronics and Microlise, to help Transaid train hundreds of new and existing truck drivers in Zambia as part …
Amsterdam, Netherlands: Bridgestone Mobility Solutions is collaborating with Bosch, to offer integrated mobility services to fleet customers. As part of the collaboration, Webfleet joins Bosch’s Logistics Operating System L.OS, to offer additional services with the Webfleet fleet management platform.The goal is to connect different services and systems into a uniform systems for businesses to run …
Easton Properties Limited, part of the wider Sadel Group, has submitted plans to regenerate part of the brownfield site off Burton Lane in South Kesteven. The plans outline the intention to bring food production back to the area with a modern food production facility and supporting facilities to enable both food waste reduction and the …
Sherborne, UK: Hunt’s Food Group has taken delivery of its first tractor fitted with Carrier Transicold’s Eco-Drive and three 15.5m variable deck longer-trailers, all with Carrier Vector HE 19 MT fridges. The addition of the new Gray & Adams trailers means that 12 of the company’s 13 trailers are Carrier-cooled. Hunt’s can carry more payload …
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