Melton Mowbray, UK: Samworth Brothers is to use Sunswap’s Endurance battery and solar-powered refrigeration system following a two-week trial. During the trial the solar technology removed 600g of nitrogen oxides and 65kg of tailpipe carbon dioxide emission that would otherwise be emitted by a traditional diesel fridge. The trial data indicated a £221 cost-saving per tonne …
Dover: Operation Brock could operate for at least three years when the new port entry-exit system is introduced, warns Cllr Neil Baker, cabinet member for roads, Kent County Council. The post-Brexit biometric checks, due to be implemented in October this year, will replace the manual stamping of passports to track travellers from non-EU countries more …
Rotterdam, Netherlands: South Korea’s Busan Port Authority will build a cold chain logistics centre in the Netherlands by 2027 in order to accelerate food exports to Europe, Seoul’s presidential office said. The Busan Port Authority and its Dutch counterpart, the Rotterdam Port Authority, plan to sign a letter of intent on the new facilities upon …
Copenhagen, Denmark: Maersk will divert all its vessels around Africa instead of using the Red Sea and the Suez Canal for the “foreseeable future”. Maersk said today the decision was due to the volatile situation in the Red Sea as Yemen’s Houthis continue to attack vessels that pass through the busy waterway. “We have therefore …
London, UK: A London South Bank University research project is broadly supportive of industry calls to lift the temperature of frozen goods by three degrees. Researchers from the Transport, Industrial and Commercial Refrigeration project said that potential solutions to limit cold chain emissions include increasing the recommended set-point of storing and transporting frozen food by …
London, UK: Sainsbury’s will increase minimum pay for employees outside London to £12 an hour, with wages for staff in the capital increasing to £13.15 an hour. The increase means all of its workers will be paid the voluntary Real Living Wage, which is higher than the compulsory National Living Wage. About 120,000 staff will …
Redditch, UK: Oakland International has launched several initiatives to help address the gender imbalance in the logistics industry. “Operating flexible shift patterns, trialling workplace childcare facilities, and offering the same pay rates irrespective of gender for both part-time and full-time workers, are all aimed to enhance gender diversity,” the company says. “Oakland believes a mix …
Peterborough, UK: NOx emissions from HGVs has been slashed by around 70% since 2013, according to estimates from the Road Haulage Association. It predicts that NOx will have fallen by 80% in 2026 in its NOx Emissions Assessment 2023. The improvements can largely be attributed to the introduction of cleaner Euro VI trucks onto the …
London, UK: Carnevale, which distributes ambient, fresh, and frozen, foods from Italy, has added four 7.2-tonne Dailies to its 84 UK vehicle fleet. Supplied on contract hire from Dawson Group, the 7.2-tonne Dailies have Carrier Xarios 6 fridges and single compartment Paneltex bodies, allowing a 3.1-tonne payload with a Ratcliff Palfinger tuck-away tail-lift. The company …
Atlanta, Georgia, USA: Jay Wells takes over as chief financial officer at Americold from Marc Smernoff this month. Wells joins Americold from Primo Water where he served as chief financial officer from 2012 to 2023. “I would like to thank Marc for his considerable contributions to Americold’s evolution over the last nearly 20 years,” said …
London, UK: Lidl, Aldi, Sainsbury’s and Tesco reported sales up over the Christmas period according to Kantar’s monthly data. Sainsbury’s sales were up 9.3% in 12 weeks to December 24; Tesco sales up 7.5% in the same 12 weeks, Kantar said. German-owned discounters Aldi and Lidl were the biggest winners among British supermarkets with Kantar …
London, UK: Two of the world’s largest container ship operators have extended diversions from the Red Sea following an attack on a vessel last weekend that has been blamed for renewed oil price volatility and rising container shipping prices. On Sunday, Maersk suspended sailings near or via the Suez Canal after one of its giant …
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