Lebanon, Indiana, USA: NewCold opened its automated cold store in Lebanon, Indiana, yesterday. The $300m site is among the largest in the world. “We believe this facility sets a new benchmark for our industry,” said Bram Hage, chief executive, NewCold. NewCold aims to make its warehouses increasingly grid-independent, using their own power generated from a …
Lao Cai, Vietnam: Two temperature-controlled trains carrying vegetables and fruit have departed from Yuxi in Southwest China’s Yunnan Province for Vientiane in Laos and Lao Cai in Vietnam. It is the start of temperature-controlled express services on the China-Laos and the China-Vietnam railways, connecting Yunnan to the inland Chinese regions and the China-Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor. …
Birmingham, UK: Refrigerated vehicle and cold store rental company Petit Forestier has enlisted a new batch of students onto one of the UK’s only transport refrigeration engineering apprenticeship programmes. Over the last 10 years the company has taken on over 100 young people through official learning programmes. They started off life as multi-skilled engineering courses …
London, UK: The RHA is calling on the government to introduce an emissions-linked rebate to encourage hauliers to switch to low-carbon fuels ahead of the autumn statement in November. A move to make low-carbon fuels such as HVO more cost effective could help the industry accelerate its decarbonisation journey, says the RHA. Low-carbon fuels can …
London, UK: A quarter of UK van drivers (25%) experienced mental health issues last year, while two-thirds (66%) felt overwhelmed at least once a month, according to a study by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. The cost-of-living crisis was cited as a leading cause of stress (54%), followed closely by work-life balance (36%) and finances (35%). The …
Helsinki, Finland: Finnair Cargo has installed an additional 1,790 solar panels to the roof of its Cool Nordic Cargo Hub at Helsinki Airport in Finland. These join 1,200 panels installed when the terminal was originally constructed and provide enough energy on sunny days to sustain the cargo space and feed surplus energy to other Finnair …
Peterborough, UK: David Davidson, son of JS Davidson’s managing director, John Davidson, is the company’s operations director, a new role for the business. JS Davidson, formerly Chiltern Cold Storage, rebranded this year, taking the name of its managing director, John Davidson, to reflect the transition of the business into a “one-stop provider” of distribution, ambient, …
Immingham, UK: DSV in Immingham has launched a trial using CNG Fuels, that if successful, will help it achieve the Science Based Targets set by the DSV Sustainability Board. CNG Fuels’ supply of Bio-CNG from a waste feedstock is verified and approved by the Department for Transport. Adopting Bio-CNG fuel will contribute significantly to GHG …
Professor John Manners-Bell, chief executive Ti Insight and GSCI on the new supply chain vocabulary. De-risking, not de-coupling; precautionism, not protectionism. Why are politicians devising a new supply chain vocabulary? The evolving language being used to describe the new global trade environment reflects the sensitivities involved in the increasingly complex and nuanced debate over the …
Bremerhaven, Germany: Frosta, a frozen food manufacturer, has boosted freezing capabilities, leading to a 20% increase in production capacity by using Starfrost technology. Frosta has factories in Germany and Poland serving European countries. It has expanded its processing line for rice and vegetable products and upgraded its freezing technology. Starfrost provided its Individual Quick Freeze …
Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg: Goodyear’s annual Sustainable Reality Survey shows that fleets in the UK and Ireland are taking steps for a sustainable future. The 2023 edition is the third of its kind, and each year it aims to gain an understanding of how European fleets are driving sustainability in the transport and logistics sector, as well …
Grantham, UK: Magnavale’s £130m automated warehouse under construction in Easton, Grantham, is on schedule for completion late this year. The project, which began in 2022, will include 101,000 frozen pallet positions in a 45-metre high building facility along with several floors in the low-bay area for services such as contract packing. To date, racking installation …
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