Moita, Portugal: German discount supermarket chain Aldi has opened its largest distribution centre in Portugal at a cost of €60m. The 57,000sq metre warehouse, located in Moita, will supply goods to more than 150 stores in Portugal. The site has a capacity of 14,000sq metres of refrigerated storage space, 89 loading and unloading docks and …
Södertälje, Sweden: Dagab, a subsidiary of Axfood, has taken delivery of a unique 64-tonne battery electric vehicle to support its chilled food operations in Gothenburg. This one-of-a-kind addition is the latest development in Scania’s and Dagab’s partnership to deliver a fossil-free fleet. This forms part of Dagab’s plan to have a fossil-free and zero-emissions fleet …
Palm Beach, Florida, USA: Carrier Transicold’s Vector E-Cool is a finalist in the transportation category, of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards. Carrier Transicold’s Vector E-Cool, the first fully autonomous, all-electric engineless refrigerated trailer system, was named a finalist in the Transportation category of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards. The Fast Company World Changing Ideas …
Brussels, Belgium, There are growing calls for more infrastructure to help de-carbonising European road transport. EU member states are being urged to agree ambitious targets for electric recharging and hydrogen refuelling infrastructure. The IRU, representing commercial road transport operators, together with ACEA, representing vehicle manufacturers, Transport & Environment, a lobby group , and Hydrogen Europe, …
Roseau, Dominica: DP World and Emergent Cold Latin America have began construction of a coldstore in the Dominican Republic. The warehouse, being built within the DP World Economic Zone on the Punta Caucedo peninsula, will be the first in a series in Latin America following collaboration between DP World and Emergent Cold Latin America earlier …
Stockholm, Sweden: Envirotainer has published its Sustainability Report 2021 to show how it is driving innovation towards lower emissions, a more sustainable cold chain, and that collaboration is the way towards a more sustainable industry. Peter Gisel-Ekdahl, chief executive, Envirotainer said: “Our solutions minimize pharma product losses and increase circularity as well as resource efficiency, …
Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Peli BioThermal has opened a service centre in Baltimore to serve the United States’ fourth largest biopharmaceutical region. The Maryland site joins the organisation’s more than 30 global network stations including service centres in China and India that opened within the past three months. “Our customers count on us to solve their …
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA: Thermo King has launched its Precedent S-750i trailer fridge for long-haul and local food distribution. Electrification, integrated shore power, embedded telematics, and a lower-global warming potential all contribute to Thermo King’s efforts in helping customers transition fleets to reduce their environmental impact and stay ahead of future regulation, the company says. The …
Hanover, Germany: Chereau has pulled out of the Hanover show set for September this year. Chereau cites the current highly disrupted economic situation, particularly since the start of the war in Ukraine, which is causing severe constraints on supplies, and soaring raw materials costs. “In such a context, it is essential that we focus on the …
Arlington, Virginia, USA: The Global Cold Chain Alliance has published its Global Top 25 listing of temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics members. The Global Top 25 also liosts the GCCA North American Top 25 and the largest operators in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. The lists are determined by total capacity of temperature-controlled space in …
Novi, Michigan, USA: Lineage Logistics is expanding in Canada with the acquisition of Ontario-based VersaCold Logistics. Lineage acquired VersaCold from TorQuest Partners and its partners, the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario and OPTrust. “Our acquisition of VersaCold represents yet another milestone and an important broadening of our business in Canada,” said Greg Lehmkuhl, president and …
Berlin, Germany: Moeco has developed a tracker that uses 5G to reduce overheads. Data from the trackers feeds into a cloud dashboard, enabling logistics companies to track global shipments. The Moeco Act Tracker uses 4G and 5G cellular networks and supports 2G and 3G network gathering to provide logistics companies with real-time access to geolocation, …
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