Austin, Texas, USA: Venture capital firm 8VC and Lineage Logistics have formalised their alliance to invest in transport and logistics businesses. The companies have long collaborated investing in start-up organisations such as Project44, Trackonomy, and Baton. “The strategic alliance builds on their existing partnership by aligning to a vision to accelerate the pace of innovation …
Prague, Czech Republic: Cargo-partner has acquired Czech company Gibon Logistics to boost its coldchain services in the Czech Republic. Milan Lani, director product management contract logistics, Cargo-partner, said: “Gibon Logistics offers unique fulfilment solutions for refrigerated food shipments. “This will allow us to provide our customers with tailor-made services for any shipment size, from single …
Paris, France: Stef reports its second quarter turnover up 19.3% to €848.8m on like-for-like sales. Group turnover totalled €1,636.8 million for the first six months of the year, up 7.5% like-for-like. This is a return to pre-Covid turnover trends but the recovery has taken hold to differing degrees in the various business activities. In France, …
Levallois-Perret, France: Geodis is to acquire Gandon Transports, a temperature-controlled pharmaceutical product transport provider. “This acquisition will consolidate Geodis’ status as a key player in the healthcare market,” says Marie-Christine Lombard, chief executive of Geodis. “From inventory planning to temperature-controlled storage and transport to the final recipient, we want to offer our customers a complete …
Avezzano, Italy: A-Gas, which manages and supplies refrigerants, has launched A-Gas Italia following its purchase of a gas reclamation business in Italy. Based in Avezzano, approximately 100km east of Rome, this will allow A-Gas to extend its refrigerant recovery and reclamation services into Italy and southern Europe. John Ormerod, managing director, A-Gas in Europesaid: “Launching …
Amsterdam, Netherlands: NewCold has changed its top management with several appointments. The organisational changes see NewCold’s operations, by regions or countries, led by management teams, replacing the traditional role of a managing director. The newly created roles, all based in the European headquarters, report to Bram Hage, chairman, NewCold.Abhy Maharaj has been appointed executive vice …
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA: Pelican BioThermal, which supplies temperature-controlled packaging has changed its name to Peli BioThermal. The new name will be used globally and encompasses Pelican BioThermal in the Americas and Peli BioThermal in Europe. “Customers who use our products and services operate in many different markets across the world. One name creates consistency for …
Paris, France: Stef is aiming to reduce its vehicles’ greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030 as part of its new climate initiative, “Moving Green”. Stef has decided to prioritise low-carbon energy sources – it will gradually replace the use of diesel with the following: French-produced B100 biofuel, natural biogas for vehicles (bioNGV) and electricity. …
Brussels, Belgium: Thermo King has launched a new monitoring and remote diagnosis service. The ThermoKare 24/7 Fleet Monitoring system uses TracKing two-way communication to provide 24/7 monitoring of refrigerated fleets. The ThermoKare allows Thermo King staff to respond immediately to any problem or recommend the nearest on-the-ground support. “The new ThermoKare 24/7 Fleet Monitoring is …
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA: Pelican BioThermal was a host at blood drives in Minneapolis and Torrance, California during July. The drives honor World Blood Donor Day (June 14) and support a critical need for blood as the American Red Cross experiences a severe nationwide supply shortage. “Through our work with first responders, defense and military, and …
Singapore: Great White Fleet has acquired 850 new containers cooled by Carrier Transicold’s PrimeLine fridges to support banana and pineapple exports from Central America. “We have again selected the Carrier Transicold PrimeLine unit based on its reliability, performance and especially for its high efficiency,” said Stefano Di Paolo, president, Great White Fleet. “Efficient performance reduces …
Vreden, Germany: Schmitz Cargobull has delivered an all-electric refrigerated trailer to Dutch logistics company Cornelissen for use on its Albert Heijn supermarket contract. The prototype S.KOe reefer was developed by Schmitz Cargobull with TIP trailer rental, logistics service provider Cornelissen and the supermarket chain Albert Heijn. “We chose this vehicle because most of our transport …
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