Reading, UK: Cold Chain Federation chief executive Shane Brennan has called for collaboration across the food supply chain in order to tackle inflation following comments made by Tesco’s chairman John Allan about food producers. Allan told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on 22 January that he believed some food producers could be using inflation as an …
Immingham, UK: Kreiss, a Latvian transport and logistics company, has acquired C Neil Dowson, a haulage and distribution business based in Immingham Docks. Kreiss transports pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, hazardous cargo, and frozen and perishable goods, in Europe. The business currently has offices in six countries, 2,000 trucks and trailers, and employs some 2,400 staff. Law …
Avranches, France: Chereau has two hydrogen-powered refrigerated trailers on test with operators Stef and Delanchy. The trial, which will last for a year, sees the trailers in real service operation. The trailers will be based at the hydrogen station of Vannes (Hygo project), as soon as it is fully operational. Chereau believes hydrogen is a …
Castle Douglas, Scotland: M&M Kerr, a refrigerated meat carrier, has added the first new Renault trucks to its 12-vehicle fleet. Border Trucks trucks supplied the three Renault T520 Highs 6×2 pushers that will work on refrigerated meat deliveries in Europe, mostly in France and Belgium. The T520 Highs were selected following experience with two used …
Oostzaan, Netherlands: Netherlands largest supermarket chain Albert Heijn has taken three new electric refrigerated trailers from TIP Group with Thermo King’s Advancer AxlePower. The three trailers are part of the TIP Group’s fleet and operated by Herbert SAS, Tielbeke Transport and Wezenberg Transport delivering for Albert Heijn. Opening the doors to emission-free refrigerated trailers, the …
Karen E. Thuermer, a contributor to the Global Cold Chain Alliance’s COLD FACTS magazine, examines the growing role of inland ports in supply chains With ever increasing pressure on supply chains to improve cost structure and better optimise processes, a major focus has been on improving efficiencies. This includes the use of inland ports. “Among …
With environmental targets looming large for the cold chain, Dean Stiles find out how operators and suppliers are adapting their fleets The demands of low carbon and now zero carbon refrigerated transport have triggered a revolution in trailer and body design. The market is increasingly demanding “sustainable, emission-free and environmentally conscious e-mobility concepts,” according to …
Star Refrigeration’s Adam Strachan looks at what the proposed F-gas Regulation revision will mean for the cold chain. We are almost at the halfway point of the planned F-gas phase-down and on 5 April 2022, the European Commission proposed new revisions to the current F-gas Regulation to support meeting 2050 climate change goals. The proposals, …
With energy prices still sky high and government support being scaled back, how will cold store operators address this challenge? Dan Jenkins finds out Soaring electricity prices place a bigger burden on energy-intensive cold stores, while the threat of blackouts poses a risk to the cold chain’s operational capabilities. Against this backdrop cold chain companies …
Redditch, UK: Oakland International is expanding its distress load management service this year to meet increased demand. The service has been running for 20 years and last year Oakland completed a major transition to a dedicated purpose-built hub. The service helps save unnecessary product from going to waste. A spoiled or distress load can be …
Reading, UK: The Cold Chain Federation has updated its guidance on preventing and managing clandestine entrants in light of UK government reforms to the Clandestine Entrant Civil Penalty Scheme. The changes, report here, to the scheme will be effective from Monday 13 February and follow public consultation last year. The changes include: The Cold Chain …
Peterborough, UK: The RHA has slated government plans for fines for carrying stowaways to increase from £2,000 to £10,000. The RHA condemns traffickers and calls to ensure innocent drivers are not unfairly punished. Last year there were 3,838 illegal entries into the UK by stowaways which the government is targeting under its plans. Rod McKenzie, executive …
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