Hanover, Germany: Carrier Transicold has unveiled its first hydrogen fuel cell powered trailer fridge at the IAA Transport show in Hanover. The hydrogen fuel cell, developed with Bosch and PowerCell Sweden, is coupled with a Carrier Transicold Vector HE 19 fridge. There is no standalone engine or separately mounted buffer battery system. Victor Calvo, vice …
Hanover, Germany: Hyundai and Iveco Group unveiled a prototype Daily hydrogen fuel cell electric van, at the IAA Transport show in Hanover. It uses Hyundai’s 90kW hydrogen fuel cell and 140kW e-motor. Six tanks offer a combined storage capacity of 12kg of hydrogen. The 7.2 tonne prototype, which has been tested in Europe, has a …
Hanover, Germany: A new design of Thermo King E-Series is powered directly by the the van’s battery was shown at IAA Transport show. The new E-Series for vans between 3.5 and 7.5 tonnes and was shown on an Iveco E-Daily. Power management balances the supply for temperature-control performance and minimises the impact on the vehicle’s …
The rush to electrification has begun. The September issue of Cold Chain News reports on the trend, highlights new products, and the decisions operators must make to move from diesel London, UK: A decade ago diesel reigned supreme. Then no fleet engineer would give house room to untried, untested, expensive, complex, electrical systems for fridges, …
Ostend, Belgium: Daikin Europe is to launch its Exigo Electric trailer fridge at next week’s IAA Transport show in Hanover, Germany. The Daikin Exigo range, launched a year ago, and was Daikin’s first road transport trailer fridge. The new unit is an electric-ready version. Evren Akçora, senior manager, transport refrigeration, Daikin Europe, said: “The electric …
Brussels, Belgium: Bridgestone is launching Fleetcare Go Plan, a tyre and vehicle maintenance package for small and medium-sized fleets. Fleetcare Go Plan includes Bridgestone Webfleet telematics. Fleetcare Go Plan, which follows the launch of Fleetcare aimed at larger fleets, gives subscribers access to a website with insights about fleet status, services delivered, invoices received and …
Fixed term contracts are not the only way to get key staff says Leigh Anderson, managing director at Bis Henderson Recruitment For some years now a wave of misunderstanding and misinformation has swept the temporary employment market. Companies large and small have convinced themselves that HMRC’s revised IR35 rules on self-employment mean that hiring short-term …
Turin, Italy, Iveco Group is setting up a long-term, all-inclusive rental model for electric trucks and vans to help operators transition to electric vehicles. Called Gate, the scheme is due for launch mid next year to pilot clients in Italy. Gate will be an independent business initially serving Iveco and Nikola brands. Nikola designs and …
Hollywood, Florida, US: Tive Tag is the thinnest, easiest to use label for end-to-end cold chain monitoring of temperature-sensitive products, says the maker, Tive. It is a cloud-enabled temperature logger, in the form of a thin, flexible shipping label, and at half the cost of a conventional logger. It lasts for a year, can be …
Hanover, Germany: Orbcomm is to provide its telematics systems to transport fridge maker Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Transport Europe. Mitsubishi says the move will provide its “customers with immediate access to reefer data to improve efficiency, streamline maintenance processes and reduce environmental footprint”. Mitsubishi will install Orbcomm’s next-generation temperature monitoring on its new, all-electric reefer …
Felixstowe, UK: Fresh strikes have been announced in the Felixstowe port dispute – sparking more fears about supply chain disruption – after workers overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to impose a pay deal. The Unite union said that the management at the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company ended pay talks last week after announcing that it …
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