Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA: Carrier is running webinars on its Healthy, Safe, Sustainable Cold Chain Program. The program is to help customers meet rapidly evolving supply chain demands and make their cold chain activities more effective. The need for safe and sustainable cold chain technologies to preserve and protect the supply of food, medicine …
Stockholm, Sweden: Volta Trucks is to launch four electric trucks and is targeting over 27,000 vehicle sales per year. The trucks, from 7.5 to 19 tonnes, will be sold in Europe with a city-specific strategy, followed by North American and Asian markets by 2025. The 16-tonne Volta Zero will be the first vehicle delivered, with …
Novi, Michigan, USA: Lineage Logistics has made its first foray into the Spanish cold storage sector, acquiring refrigerated warehousing and storage company Frigorificos de Navarra (Frinavarra) and a coldstore in Gijón. Frinavarra is based in Milagro (Navarra), Spain, and operates refrigerated warehousing and storage, also providing blast freezing, tempering, and modified atmosphere storage services. It …
Brussels, Belgium: Thermo King is working with Va-Q-tec on vaccine distribution. Va-Q-tec, which makes boxes for temperature-controlled logistics, uses Thermo King Magnum Plus and SuperFreezer refrigerated containers. These Thermo King containers can maintain stable temperature set-points between -70 degrees Celsius to + 30 degrees Celsius, allowing Va-Q-tec to condition the phase changing materials used in …
Singapore: Atlantic Container Line is acquiring 150 new containers with Carrier Transicold PrimeLine refrigeration and Lynx Fleet, a digital monitoring system. Atlantic Container Line, part of the Italian Grimaldi Group, is adding the new 40-foot, high-cube refrigerated containers for fleet expansion. The units will be placed into service on trade routes between western Europe and …
Amersfoort, Netherlands: Dutch retailer Albert Heijn has introduced electric minibuses in Amersfoort for grocery deliveries. The retailer expects to roll out light electronic vehicles for grocery deliveries in the country over the next two years. The initiative kicked off with two electric vehicles in Amersfoort and the retailer plans to operate 14 vehicles by June. …
Paris, France: Temperature-controlled food logistics company Stef saw a limited drop in turnover in the first quarter of 2021, despite the uncertainties surrounding the health situation and economic environment. Overall, turnover of €788m was down just 2.8% on a like-for-like basis for the quarter. Group turnover in France was down 3.1% as a result of …
Brussels, Belgium: Frigo-Trans and Freight Line Europe, international cold chain transport and logistics providers, are using Thermo King’s telematics to improve services. “Connectivity is essential in the cold chain. By providing visibility, remote monitoring, and proactive control, telematics can ensure the condition of any load in transit remains optimal,” said Raluca Radu, product manager for …
Novi, Michigan, USA: Lineage Logistics is to acquire UTI Forwarding, a Rotterdam-based freight forwarder which handles full container load cargo – both temperature-controlled and other containerised goods. The acquisition marks Lineage’s entrance into the freight forwarding industry in Europe. Mike McClendon, president of international operations & EVP of network optimization at Lineage, said: “Together we …
Södertälje, Sweden: Scania’s test and demo fleet has four new Krone trailers. The latest vehicle combinations are not only on site in Sweden but will go on a European Europe with customer test drives. Scania has undertaken test and trials with Krone vehicles at its test centre for many years aimed at saving fuel and …
Schindellegi, Switzerland: Kuehne+Nagel has started the year on an upbeat note reporting strong demand in transport, especially for pharma and e-commerce. Kuehne+Nagel reported first quarter turnover of over CHF 6bn, EBIT of CHF 431m and earnings for the period of CHF 318 million were all significantly higher year-on-year. Detlef Trefzger, chief executive, Kuehne + Nagel …
Helsinki, Finland: K Group has tested Thermo King’s electric E-200 fridge on an electric-powered MAN eTGE van on food delivery in Finland. K Group is the third biggest retailer in Northern Europe with over 1500 grocery stores in Finland. It has piloted fully electric trucks and vans as part of efforts to reduce emissions and …
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