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News Digest8th December 2021

Krone sells its first Celsineo units in the Netherlands

Lelystad, Netherlands: Amex and Baas Warehousing, two Dutch operators, are the first in the country to take Krone’s Celsineo refrigeration system. Krone delivered the trailers to Amex in Lelystad and Baas Warehousing and Transport in Bunschoten. Both companies are long-term Krone customers. Amex has a fleet of 40 trailers and operates a coldstore. The trailers have …

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News Digest3rd December 2021

Emergent Cold Latin America Acquires Friopacífico

Sao Paulo, Brazil: Emergent Cold Latin America has bought Friopacífico in Chile. Joaquin Del Campo, general manager of Friopacífico will continue to manage the business. Friopacífico operates over 47,000 pallet positions at three sites: Talcahuano and San Pedro de la Paz, close to the main ports in Chile’s Eighth Region of Biobío. The company provides …

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News Digest2nd December 2021

RTR takes Thermo King Advancers with fleet monitoring

Barendrecht, Netherlands: Refrigerated Trailer Rentals Holland has upgraded its trailer fleet with 100 Thermo King Advancer A-Series fridges with ThermoKare fleet monitoring. RTR offers short and long-term rental of reefers in the Benelux, Germany and the United Kingdom. It opted for Thermo King Advancers after comparing various fridges to find the best for fuel and …

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News Digest2nd December 2021

USA: TFI expands refrigerated transport services via acquisition

Quebec, Canada: Canadian transport and logistics company TFI International has acquired American temperature-controlled distribution firm D&D Sexton. D&D, a family-owned business for more than 40 years, is based in Carthage, Missouri. It operates more than more than 120 tractors and nearly 400 refrigerated and dry van trailers. TFI International is a North American transport and …

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News Digest1st December 2021

Webinar: design and build competition for Ghana coldstore hub

Accra, Ghana: The Global Cold Chain Alliance and Manni Group are staging the Manni Group Design Award, competition for Africa but specifically the design of the Ghana Food Innovation Centre. The competition challenges architects and engineers worldwide to create the best design for this cold chain hub and educational center. The webinar will from Adam Thocher, global programs …

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News Digest1st December 2021

Big Y takes Carrier trailer fridges with telematics

Springfield, Massachusetts, USA: One of New England’s largest independently-owned supermarket chains, Big Y, is improving its fleet logistics with new trailers using Carrier Transicold X4 7300 fridges with E-Solutions telematics. Big Y has replaced two thirds of its 70 refrigerated trailers through Ryder System with Carrier Transicold of Southern New England providing the fridges and …

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News Digest19th November 2021

Envirotainer launches -70 ºC container

Sollentuna, Sweden: Envirotainer has launched CryoSure, a container that can keep medicines at -70 ºC for up to three weeks. Envirotainer says: “Whereas most of the temperature-controlled pharmaceutical shipment solutions have historically involved temperature ranges of 2–8°C and 15–25°C, many pharma products and biospecimen samples require below -70°C shipments. More importantly, many new products within …

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News Digest19th November 2021

European Cold Chain Conference set for Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands: The Global Cold Chain Alliance’s 25th European Cold Chain Conference will be held on 23-25 March 2022 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The event is a combination of educational content, networking opportunities and a small exhibition showcasing innovations in equipment and technology. Throughout a two-day programme, attendees will hear from industry speakers presenting on topical …

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News Digest18th November 2021

Lineage California site entirely on-site powered

Colton, California, USA: Lineage Logistic’s Colton Agua Mansa site in California is using solar solar array and linear generators to provide all the site’s power needs. Lineage worked with PowerFlex and Mainspring Energy to establish the first site in the Lineage network to generate all of its energy consumption on-site. Lineage installed a 3.3MW solar …

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News Digest16th November 2021

Thermo King and BPW add axle power

Lyon, France: BPW’s E-Power axle, which converts energy from the vehicle and its braking system into a continuous power source for trailer fridges, is the latest innovation for Thermo King. The AxlePower technology is an integrated system combining Thermo King hybrid or fully electric trailer fridges, BPW’s E-Power axle energy recovery system, and battery storage. …

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News Digest12th November 2021

NewCold trials electric reefers

Breda, Netherlands: NewCold has commissioned a number of Dutch trailer builder, THT refrigerated trailers with Carrier Transicold’s Vector E-Cool refrigeration. The Vector E-Cool uses Carrier’s E-Drive all-electric technology with an energy recovery and storage system. This converts kinetic energy generated by the trailer into electricity, which is then stored in a battery pack to power …

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News Digest11th November 2021

Thermo King generator set for marine reefers

Brussels, Belgium: Thermo King has two new generator sets for marine reefers. The SG-3500 has a 24hp engine tested to run consistently between temperature ranges of -40°C and +50°C (-40°F and +122°F). The genset is available in clip-on and undermount versions and can power all ISO reefers. The unit is quieter and produces less emissions …

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