Darlington, UK: Northgate Vehicle Hire has entered the chilled and freezer van rental sector with the acquisition of FridgeXpress. Northgate bought the Rugby-based business which provides specialist refrigerated vehicles to UK commercial customers. FridgeXpress has over 600 chilled and freezer vans and trailers and more than 100 UK principally in the pharmaceutical and food sectors. …
London, UK: Planned controls on imports from the EU and rest of the world, set to be introduced from October 2023, are a “cause for concern”, says Logistics UK. Logistics UK highlighted its members’ concerns on the draft Border Target Operating Model at a meeting hosted by Baroness Neville-Rolfe, minister of state at the Cabinet Office. …
The Cold Chain Federation hosted a pioneering Climate Summit in March, sponsored by ISD Solutions, Zestec Renewable Energy and Blue Cube PCS. More than 200 cold chain colleagues met to explore the key issues, challenges and opportunities in responding to and preparing for net zero. Claire Walters, regional vice president at Lineage Logistics, described how Lineage …
We will be making sure politicians on all sides understand the opportunity for temperature-controlled logistics, writes Cold Chain Federation chief executive Shane Brennan. After years of national government as Netflix docu-drama, the past few months have been a refreshing return to largely boring competent leadership. The Chancellor in particular exudes a reassuring geography teacher vibe …
Farnborough, UK: E-CoolTec had its first UK showing of its climate-friendly truck refrigeration system at the ITT Hub last week. E-CoolTec, a German company, showed its electrically driven refrigeration which uses natural refrigerants. John Winter, managing director, E-CoolTec UK, said: “We have had numerous discussions with representatives of major UK transport fleets. Their interest in …
Willenhall, UK: Moran Logistics has ordered 15 Scania compressed natural gas-powered trucks. Keltruck will supply the trucks next year, adding to Moran’s first order of two CNG vehicles which went on the road in 2021. The gas-powered trucks are used on Lidl contracts, initially purchased as a trial, but Moran has now placed this new …
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: CR England is using self driving trucks on a contract with Tyson Foods to haul refrigerated freight. Kodiak Robotics is providing the self-driving trucks and CR England the refrigerated trailers. Safety drivers will be in the trucks in the initial stages of the pilot. Testing by Kodiak indicates that self-driving …
Farnborough, UK: Mercedes-Benz Trucks launched a fridge-bodied eActros electric truck at the ITT Hub this week. The Solomon Commercials bodied truck has a Carrier Transicold Syberia overcab fridge and Carrier’s Datacold temperature monitoring. The 19-tonne 4×2 E-Actros 300 has three battery packs with a total capacity of 336kWh to give a range of up to 200 miles …
GXO Logistics has revealed that the deal it secured with Sainsbury’s in April to run warehouses for fresh and frozen goods is the largest annual revenue contract awarded in the company’s history. Malcolm Wilson, chief executive of GXO, said: “Our new project with Sainsbury’s, a leading grocery retailer in the UK, represents nearly $1 billion …
Munich, Germany: Ceva Logistics has pledged to grow its fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) to 1,450 by the end of 2025 as the next step in its commitment to reaching net zero by 2050. The company, which made the announcement during the 2023 Transport Logistic show in Munich, said that the expanded EV fleet would …
London, UK: Frozen food volumes have returned to growth in the first quarter of 2023, according to new Kantar data from the British Frozen Food Federation. The 12-week figures to 19 March show that volume sales of frozen food grew by 2,572,000 tonnes, compared to the same period last year. The value of the retail …
Crewe, UK: Wrights, part of the Compleat Food Group, has added eight compressed natural gas tractors to its fleet. The new tractors haul frozen goods in the UK. Paul Strangwood, health, safety and environmental compliance manager, Compleat Food Group, said: “We are working hard to get ahead of the government-set target of reducing carbon emissions …
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