Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA: Carrier Transicold commemorates 50 years of transport refrigeration this month. Today, there are more than 1 million Carrier Transicold fridges installed, helping to preserve, protect and extend the global supply of food and pharmaceuticals over the ocean, road and rail. “For half a century, Carrier Transicold has been a global …
Schindellegi, Switzerland: Kuehne+Nage, which reported a fall in operating profits and turnover in the first quarter, warns of “major challenges” to come as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) were CHF184m ($189m), down 24% from 242m in Q1 2019. Net turnover fell 6.2% to 4,912m and earnings per share …
Bucharest, Romania: Iveco has offered the use of its demonstration fleet to the authorities in Romania. The first three vehicles (pictured above) have been delivered to Red Cross Romania: two have freezing units and one is set up with a thermally insulated box to transport medical equipment. Two of the vehicles are fuelled by compressed …
Jacksonville, Florida, USA: Crowley Logistics has added 222 new reefer containers to its fleet. These are in addition to 300 new reefers received in January of this year. The new 40-foot-long high cube units have have temperature monitoring equipment and and built to Crowley’s specification for handling produce from Central America and Caribbean markets. “The …
Madrid, Spain: Transfesa Logistics has started a refrigerated 72-hour rail service to transport hygiene and medical products from Valencia and Murcia to London. Bernd Hullerum, chief executive of Transfesa Logistics said: “The railway is, now more than ever, the most sustainable and reliable means of transport. ” The objective is to run a daily service, …
Brussels, Belgium: Truck sales slumped in March falling by over 47% in the EU as the coronavirus epidemic took hold according to data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. All vehicle segments in all markets were down with the biggest falls in Italy (-66.1%), Spain (-64.4%) and France (-63.1%). The effect of the March slump …
Paris, France: Stef turnover dropped 1.1% (-1.5% like for like). in the first quarter of 2020 to €793.4m from €802.5m as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Stanislas Lemor, chairman,Stef, said: “Since the start of the Covid-19 crisis, we have tirelessly pursued our goal of ensuring consumers have ongoing access to food products through the …
Valencia, Spain: The coronavirus epidemic has led to increasing demand for consolidation and less than container loads temperature-controlled shipments, reports Easyfresh. Easyfresh Iberia has set up a reefer groupage service from Spain and Portugal to the Benelux and Norway. “The valuable insights received from the customers have enabled Easyfresh Iberia to design and offer this …
St Petersburg, Russia: Maersk has opened a coldstore in St Petersburg, Russia, for perishable goods. The three-chamber warehouse is designed for chilled produce but Maersk intends to offer freezing in a separate chamber for frozen produce “in the near future”. The new coldstore operated by has a total capacity of more than 40,000 pallets and …
Stuttgart, Germany: Daimler Truck and Volvo have set up a joint venture to make fuel cells for heavy-duty vehicles. Daimler will consolidate all its current fuel cell activities in the joint venture in which Volvo Group will acquire a half share for €0.6bn. “Truly CO2-neutral transport can be accomplished through electric drive trains with energy …
Werlte, Germany: Krone has been awarded “Best logistics brand in the category trailers and bodies” by Logistik heute magazine. Earlier this year 26,567 votes were cast for more than 250 brands in twelve categories categories logistics. The brands were nominated by an independent nomination committee headed by Christian Kille, logistics expert at the University of …
Geneva, Switzerland: The European Union has set out its road map for lifting the current Covid-19 restrictions in Europe and progressively reopening certain sectors. The move have been welcomed by the IRU especially the road map’s call for a coordinated approach in lifting the current containment measures and its recognition of the importance of cross-border …
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