Dublin, Ireland: Dixon International Logistics has bought Carna Transport. This is Dixon’s first acquisition since Erisbeg, an Irish growth capital investor, invested in the company last year. Carna will continue to operate independently from its locations in Monaghan and Armagh, Northern Ireland. The acquisition will take Dixon’s turnover to to over €70 million and give …
Murcia, Spain: Lineage Logistics has completed its acquisition of Spanish cold storage operator Grupo Fuentes. The deal was announced at the begining of August. Grupo Fuentes, based in Murcia, Spain, operates 500 vehicles, six logistics sites and one coldstore with s 60,000 pallet positions. There are plans to expand this coldstore to accommodate 100,000 pallets. …
Hanover, Germany, UK: Thermo King’s new high-capacity T-1200R Whisper Pro truck fridge will launch at the Hanover IAA Transport show this month. T-1200R Whisper Pro single and multi temperature fridge meets most stringent current and upcoming noise regulations to facilitate inner city distribution, Thermo King says. Thermo King T-Series units are available as diesel-powered or hybrid …
London, UK: Government must immediately address the cost of production crisis faced by UK food manufacturers, says the British Frozen Food Federation. It is calling on the new prime minister to provide a support package that will reduce energy costs for the price food producers and ease labour movement regulations to allow more seasonal workers …
Stafford, UK: Blue Cube has boosted out-of-hours support with TNS 365. Blue Cube supplies portable cold storage and blast chiller or freezer units with many clients operating around the clock, often across multiple UK sites. During office hours, Blue Cube’s service desk handles incoming calls when technicians can ‘dial in’ to a unit’s telematics and …
Ukraine: The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) is donating 30 refrigerated vans to transport vaccines to Ukraine. The first 10 vehicles were handed over by Unicef executive director Catherine M Russell during an official visit. “Vaccines in Ukraine are transported and stored in strict compliance with the requirements specified by the manufacturer, despite the challenges …
Paris, France: French temperature-controlled giant Stef has reported “satisfactory” half-year results with revenue up 23% from €1.64bn to just over €2bn. But Stef expects activity to slow in the coming months. Pre-tax profit jumped 36% to €87.3m. Stanislas Lemor, chairman and chief executive, said: “After a dynamic post-Covid recovery cycle that enabled the group to …
London, UK: Constellation Cold Logistics has appointed Carlos Rodriguez as chief executive. Constellation is part of fund manager Arcus Infrastructure Partners. Jordan Cott, partner, Arcus said Rodriguez “has a proven track record in international cold chain projects, and a hands- on approach to multi-cultural buy-and-build strategies.” “We have enormous respect for Carlos and see a …
London, UK: The Road Haulage Association has launched best practice guidance to help operators make the right choices when taking on agency drivers. The move comes after RHA members reported several issues with the quality and conduct of agency drivers. The guidance covers: what questions firms should ask driver agencies what information agencies will need …
London, UK: UK warehouses account for a third of all commercial roof space and if used to generate solar power would double the UK’s solar capacity, says a new report. The report, by Delta Energy & Environment for the UK Warehousing Association shows huge potential benefits of installing solar photovoltaic systems on the nation’s warehouse …
Ashford, UK: In one month, more than 38,000kWh of electricity was consumed at Ashford International Truckstop by refrigerated trailers. Operators saved 12,000 litres of diesel simply by switching to electric trailer cooling while parked overnight, says NomadPower, which provides the equipment at Ashford. NomadPower provides a sustainable, cheap, quiet and clean solution to stop using diesel …
Hanover, Germany: Thermo King is showing a new UT-R undermount fridge at the IAA Transportation show in Hanover, Germany. The UT-R includes single and multi-temperature units for undermount applications on rigids, drawbar trailers and highloaders. The new design and technologies deliver increased efficiency, better reliability and durability, and significantly lower noise than the legacy range, …
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