Rome, Italy: The Cool Chain Association is hosting a two-day perishables summit in Rome, Italy on 6 and 7 July. The association has formed a technical committee of experts from different fields to tackle issues in the temperature-controlled supply chain. The committee will host a round table discussion at the association’s summit. Later in the …
Luxembourg: US-based tracking company Tive has joined the Cool Chain Association. “Cool Chain members are focused on finding ways to collaborate to improve the temperature controlled supply chain and Tive brings knowledge and experience to help us achieve those goals,“ said Stavros Evangelakakis, chairman of the Cool Chain Association and head of Global Healthcare, Cargolux. …
Novi, Michigan, US: Lineage Logistics is expanding its services to target the fast growing home delivery sector with new acquisitions. Lineage made two acquisitions made in 2021 in the home delivery market that boomed during the pandemic-related as consumers began ordering perishable foodstuffs online directly from manufacturers. In May last year, Lineage acquired Crystal Creek …
Lance Surety offers expert insight on freight broker bonds and explains the rules you should know for refrigerated food transport Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US: The public depends on refrigerated trucks to ensure local grocery stores are well-stocked with the produce, meat, dairy products, and frozen goods people rely on as food staples. The nation’s food supply …
Stuttgart – The electric E-Actros long-distance truck will be Mercedes-Benz Trucks’ trade show highlight at this year’s Hanover Show. Mercedes will show its 40-tonne truck ‘concept prototype’. The first prototypes are undergoing testing and near-production prototypes will go to customers for testing later.Series readiness is planned for 2024. On a single battery charge the E-Actros …
Gothenberg, Sweden: Volvo is testing trucks using hydrogen fuel cells that could be on the road within 10 years. Hydrogen fuel cells have the potential to give heavy trucks a 1,000km range with no emissions apart from water vapour. “We have been developing this technology for some years now, and it feels great to see …
Geneva, Switzerland: The IRU’s annual driver shortage survey shows unfilled commercial driver positions continue to increase worldwide. The IRU survey found that truck driver shortages increased in all regions in 2021 except Eurasia. In Europe, they jumped by 42% from 2020 to 2021, with open unfilled driver positions reaching 71,000 in Romania, 80,000 in both Poland …
Arlington, Virginia US: The Association of Refrigerated Warehouses and International Refrigerated Transportation Association are to merge and form the Global Cold Chain Alliance. The Global Cold Chain Alliance currently serves as an umbrella to unite partners in the temperature-controlled products industry. It comprises of its core partners, including the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses, the …
Minneapolis, Minnesota, US: Thermo King has expanded its ConnectedSuite telematics to integrate the temperature and asset management system with partner platforms. “These additions to our ConnectedSuite offerings further evolve the customer-centric telematics solutions we have been committed to providing with our refrigerated unit portfolio for more than 18 years,” said Carl Breczinski, digital and controls …
Stockholm, Sweden: Martin & Servera, a wholesaler and supplier to restaurants and the food industry, has ordered twenty five Thermo King V-1000 vehicle-powered units for its new, CNG powered trucks. “With over 500 vehicles delivering goods to customers every day, we spend a lot of effort evaluating and testing new technologies that can give us …
Minneapolis, Minnesota, US: Peli BioThermal InnovationShare webinars, launched in March last year, are all available to view online. “Learning and growing together over the past two years was arguably more important than ever for the cold chain industry. The pace of change required quick innovation and grounding in best practices,” said Adam Tetz, director of …
Chicago, Illinois, USA: Alliance Shippers is using Carrier Transicold’s telematics and Vector thin-profile refrigeration units. The telematics solution, supported by Carrier Transicold’s monitor and control two-way data plan, is being installed on all 1,500 of Alliance Shippers’ 53-foot trailers and intermodal containers, improving on the fleet’s prior system with a range of benefits that go …
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