Werlte, Germany: Krone, together with its Russian importer RKS Nutzfahrzeuge, will use Comtrans 2021 in Moscow (7 to 11 September) to promote the new Cool Liner trailers. The trailers now come with Krone Telematics as standard. The show trailer will have a Carrier Vector 1550 S diesel-electric fridge unit with integrated printer. Russian transport and …
Long Beach, California, USA: Carrier Transicold unveiled its new zero-emission electric truck refrigeration technology at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo. Designed to provide maximum range and refrigeration capacities similar to those now only achieved by diesel-powered truck systems, the engineless Supra technology will be applied to battery electric vehicles or to run autonomously with …
Leer, Germany: A Weser-Ems milk laboratory is using Thermo King’s E-200 fridges to maintain the temperature of raw milk samples. The laboratory is responsible for testing milk samples in the Weser-Ems region on behalf of local agricultural and dairy companies and has recently upgraded its transport fleet with new vans, all with Thermo King E-200 …
Burtenbach, Germany: Kögel has set up a trailer rental business offering its trailers for rent. “Kögel Rent is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to purchasing a trailer – especially in challenging times. Individual contract solutions for trailers and swap bodies provide greater flexibility and liquidity, as well as increased planning security for transport companies,” Kögel …
Luxembourg: Biogros, a wholesaler of organic produce, has the first fully electric refrigerated truck on Luxembourg’s roads. Frigoblock equipped the prototype MAN eTGM truck with the inverter driven FK25i fridge. Biogros calculates that in the first eight months of operations it saved over 2,900 litres of diesel, approximately 9.4 tonnes of CO2, compared to similar …
DePere, Wisconsin, USA: WEL Companies has integrated its dry and refrigerated trailer tracking and monitoring with Orbcomm’s unified cloud-based analysis system. WEL is using Orbcomm’s refrigerated monitoring system to track freight location and temperature, to ensure loads are compliant and meet customers’ standards for quality and service. “With mapping, reports, alerts and exception management, Orbcomm’s …
Washington, DC, USA: Promoting a sustainable coldchain is the theme for a session at a United Nations conference on 14 September and sponsored by Carrier Global Corporation. The Global Food Cold Chain Council and the United Nations Environment Programme, OzonAction, are staging the event for governments, the industry and non governmental organsations. The session, Promoting …
Arlington, Virginia, USA: The World Food Logistics Organization, a partner of the Global Cold Chain Alliance, has revealed the recipients of its 2021 Don Schlimme Future Leader Award. The five finalists were chosen out of 25 applicants as some of the best and the brightest North American future leaders in the temperature-controlled logistics industry. The …
Athens, Georgia, USA: Carrier Transicold’s BluEdge service is available from Carrier Transicold’s dealer network throughout the United States and Canada. “Maintaining the integrity of the cold chain is more important than ever, and the BluEdge service platform is designed to maximize uptime of truck and trailer refrigeration systems so that food, pharmaceuticals, biologics and other …
Brisbane, Australia: Americold has snapped up Australian company, Lago Cold Stores, for A$106.4m. Lago operates three temperature-controlled storage sites within Brisbane Port. Americold will also acquire a road haulage component, with Lago operating its own fleet of vehicles. “We are pleased to announce our agreement to acquire Lago Cold Stores, which expands our presence in …
Novi, Minnesota, USA: Lineage Logistics has acquired Hanson Logistics, a Midwest cold storage operator. Hanson ranks as the twelfth largest temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics provider in North America, according to the International Association of Refrigerated Warehousing. Hanson has seven distribution sites with spanning over 46 million cubic feet of storage in Michigan and Indiana, able …
Troy, Michigan, USA: Electric Last Mile, (ELMS) and Thermo King, are collaborating to build a first-of-its-kind all-electric refrigerated delivery vehicle. Thermo King will integrate its E-200 all-electric fridge into ELMS’ urban delivery electric vehicle. This vehicle will be a prototype of the anticipated first Class 1 commercial electric vehicle available in the United States. “Together …
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