Burnley, UK: CoolKit reports turnover up 50% to £17.5m and pre-tax profits of over £1m for its financial year ending June 2022. The temperature-controlled van converter’s founder and chief executive, Rupert Gatty, (pictured above) says growth is due to penetration of the specialist markets that the company serves, as well as resurgence in demand for …
Dover, UK: Delays of up to 48 hours for freight at Dover due to Brexit are threatening the Scottish salmon industry. Tavish Scott, chief executive, Scottish Salmon, a trade body for the industry, held a meeting with the fisheries minister Victoria Prentis on Tuesday. “Fresh salmon from Scotland will normally arrive in France the following …
Murcia , Spain: Lineage is to buy transport and cold-storage logistics provider Grupo Fuentes.The expansion in Spain gives Lineage access to cold-storage distribution markets in south and western Europe. Grupo Fuentes operates 500 vehicles and trailers, 6 logistics centers, a coldstore, and services supporting these. It is also a founding member of Reefer Terminal, a …
84% of UK businesses are planning on moving from just-in-time to just-in-case supply chain models. What does mean for pre-Christmas planning asks Matt Whittaker, commercial director at Bis Henderson Space “Many retailers depend for their profits on the ‘golden quarter’ – the season running roughly from Halloween through to the January sales, and including, besides …
London, UK: The UK is one of the European countries that has done the least to support drivers with rocketing fuel prices since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to new RAC Europe data analysis. Out of 13 EU countries that have cut tax on fuel in order to ease the spiralling costs, only one – …
Dover, UK: The UK and French border forces have pledged to work together to manage the shared border and allow traffic to flow freely over the summer and beyond. In a joint statement today, the director general of Border Force, Phil Douglas, and the deputy director general of the French Police Aux Frontières, Brigitte Lafourcade, …
Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany: Ecooltec is a new name in truck refrigeration. The company’s founder is Peter Grosskopf, who set up Frigoblock in 1978 and sold in 2015 to Trane, owners of Thermo King. The company has developed a low-height fridge unit – 240 mm – for roof-mounting which plans to market worldwide. The …
Ulm, Germany: Users of Schmitz Cargobull’s TrailerConnect can now access Transporeon’s real-time visibility data management system. Operators using the system can provide their customers with order-relevant data in a controlled and secure manner. The partnership with Transporeon and its Visibility Hub means Schmitz TrailerConnect users have the option of transmitting selected telematics and transport data …
Biggleswade, UK: Hultsteins UK has boosted its breakdown service with commercial vehicle call handling specialists TNS 365, providing a 24/7 customer breakdown helpline. Graham Usher, UK managing director, Hultsteins, said TNS 365 custom-built systems will give Hultsteins UK an array of feedback regarding any issues as they arise, so they can immediately be handled by …
London, UK: Logistics UK’s Logistics Awards 2022, has received the highest number of entrants since the event was launched in 2017. Entries close this week (29 July) so busineses have just got time to enter. The awards, sponsored by Kärcher, recognise the dedicated businesses and individuals that have powered the logistics industry throughout the past 12 months, …
Cold chain providers have been hit hard by energy prices rises; on storage costs as well as by the removal of the red diesel rebate for transport. Kirsten Tisdale, principal of logistics consulting company Aricia which she set up in 2001, advises. Cold chain providers will have been particularly impacted by the changes in energy …
Athens, Georgia, US: Carrier Transicold is introducing four new premium performance trailer refrigeration units that offer double-digit fuel efficiency improvements and lifetime compliance with emissions requirements of the California Air Resources Board. The new systems include two single-temperature units, the Vector 8700 and X4 7700, and two multi-temperature units, the Vector 8800MT and Vector 8811MT. All …
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