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5th January 2023

Temperature-controlled companies rank in top 10 logistics employers list

London, UK: Gist and Martin Brower, which supplies restaurant chains worldwide, have made it onto the list of Best Logistics Employers 2023, compiled by jobs platform Breakroom. Gregory Distribution, Arla Foods and Scania are also included in the top 10 list of logistics employers. Breakroom is a jobs platform, designed to encourage insights by staff …

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4th January 2023

Magnavale completes Warrington site expansion

Warrington, UK: Magnavale has completed expansion works at its Warrington site, first announced in early 2021. After a year of development and construction, the site now has over 35,000 pallet positions. “The frozen storage facility is well placed to meet high demand for cold storage and related services, such as blast freezing and export-related services”, …

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News Digest4th January 2023

Frigo Warehousing builds warehouse in Moerdijk

Moerdijk, Netherlands: Frigo Warehousing is building a distribution centre in the port of Moerdijk. The distribution centre will have a veterinary inspection point, making a stop in Rotterdam for import goods such as fish and meat unnecessary. Erik Janse, business development director, Frigo Warehousing, said: “The aim is to always transport as little by road …

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News Digest4th January 2023

Yusen Logistics buys Groupe Pierre

Antwerp, Belgium: Yusen Logistics has bought Groupe Pierre, a healthcare product logistics provider. Yusen Logistics acquired the entire share capital of Groupe Pierre which provides pharmaceutical supply chain logistics from its Wavre site in Belgium. Bruno Jacques, managing director,Yusen Logistics Benelux, said: “This acquisition underlines our ambition and strategy to further grow our Pharma and …

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3rd January 2023

Culina buys International Road Ferry

Felixstowe, UK: International Road Ferry has been bought by Culina Group for an undisclosed sum. International Road Ferry has offices in Rotterdam, Grubbenvorst, Felixstowe and Thetford, providing unaccompanied transport of full loads and part loads between Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland. Culina says its has “significantly strengthened its position in the European Logistics …

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3rd January 2023

Leon Daniels is new CILT president

London, UK: Leon Daniels has taken over as president of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK for 2023. Daniels has been a vice-president of CILT(UK) for three years and has worked in public transport in the UK, Hong Kong and the USA. He was managing director for Surface Transport at Transport …

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3rd January 2023

Moran Logistics expands CNG fleet

Castle Donington, UK: Moran Logistics has added 15 new compressed natural gas trucks to its fleet. The specification is aimed at reducing CO2 emissions. Mark Burrell, chief executive, Moran, said: “This is another significant forward step in our CO2 reduction. We’ve made a commitment to operating in a sustainable and ethical way and this sizeable …

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3rd January 2023

British Frozen Food Federation celebrates 75th anniversary

Newark, UK: The British Frozen Food Federation is celebrating 75 years. Rupert Ashby, chief executive, said: “We have come a long way over the past 75 years, and frozen food is now more popular than ever as a healthy, nutritious, and affordable way of stocking our kitchens.” Between 1948 and 1973, the Federation was known as …

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News Digest30th December 2022

Lineage Logistics raises over $700m to fund investment

Novi, Michigan, USA: Lineage Logistics, the world’s largest temperature-controlled logistics provider and industrial real estate investment trust, has raised over $700m in equity from new and existing strategic partners. “Our latest equity raise shows the confidence our investors have in Lineage’s business model and our demonstrated ability to meet demand globally in the face of …

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29th December 2022

DFDS to buy McBurney Transport

Ballymena, Northern Ireland: DFDS has purchased McBurney Transport in a deal worth £140m. McBurney Transport has over 800 employees and operates around 400 trucks and 1,360 trailers operating from eight locations: three in Northern Ireland, one in Ireland, three in England and one in Scotland. It also has a 25,000-pallet cold store in Liverpool. Torben …

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News Digest28th December 2022

ChainCargo expansion with NewCold partnership

Eindhoven, Netherlands: ChainCargo, is working Haven Ventures, a sister company to NewCold, to provide resources for ChainCargo’s growth. The partnership will serve to boost digitalisation development, expand into other European markets and enable ChainCargo to offer customers a full package of logistics services including waste reduction. Giovanni Gubbels, chief executive, ChainCargo said: “We are thrilled …

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News Analysis27th December 2022

Can urban trucks benefit from aerodynamics?

Bourne, Lincolnshire, UK: Truck aerodynamic kit maker Aerodyne is emphatic about the value of fitting aerodynamic kit to trucks which operate solely in urban areas. “The reason people are skeptical is that these trucks carry out many short distance, low speed trips and therefore aren’t always subject to the same forces or economies of scale …

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