The July issue of Cold Chain News is available now to download. All the news and views from the Cold Chain Federation plus features on: the effect of UK legislation on the cold chain sector the latest analysis by the Federation of the shape, size and structure of the UK cold chain industry mapping the path …
Jackson, Mississippi, US: Refrigerated transport firm KLLM Transport Services has acquired Quest Global. “The acquisition of Quest Global Inc. will enhance KLLM’s premium service offerings now with expedited, temperature-controlled shipping nationwide,” said KLLM chief executive Jim Richards. Quest Global’s temperature-controlled operation will continue to run out of its Georgia location and be branded as KLLM …
Mecklenburg, Germany: Silo and tanker maker GRW has taken over the Schmitz Cargobull factory in Toddin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Schmitz Cargobull holds a 40% stake in GRW Holdings which makes silo and tank trailers at the Toddin site. Production of Schmitz Cargobull bodies will continue at the Toddin site. GRW was set up in 996 in …
Bleiswijk, Netherlands: Daily Logistics Group has acquired the logistics activities of Gist Nederland. The acquisition covers Gist’s logistics services in the Benelux. The takeover includes a distribution centre at Bleiswijk and will boost Daily Logistics’ existing services, says Joost Visbeen chief executive, Daily Logistics Group. “The fast changes in the entire supply chain world were …
London, UK: Marks and Spencer will acquire its main logistics provider Gist from BOC Group subsidiary Storeshield for an initial sum of £145m in an all-cash deal. A further £85m plus interest will be paid in cash from the proceeds of the planned sale of freehold property on the third anniversary of completion of the …
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, US: Carrier Transicold’s all-electric, autonomous Vector E-Cool trailer refrigeration system, took the Environment + Energy Leader, Top Product of the Year award. The first autonomous, all-electric engineless Vector E-Cool trailer system launched in 2020. It combines Carrier’s E-Drive technology with an energy recovery and storage system that converts kinetic energy generated …
Warrington, UK: Geekplus, which supplies autonomous mobile robots has a UK base in Sci-Tech Daresbury, Cheshire. It provides offices for Geekplus’s UK sales, engineering, and service teams and a technology demonstration centre.Brian Lee, head of UK, Geekplus, said: “The UK is home to some of our most exciting projects, including large scale automated parcel sorting …
Redditch, UK: Rising supply chain costs risk logistics providers under-insuring inventory, warns Craig Attwell, managing director, Rack Collapse Prevention. “As warehouses and storage facilities get bigger and busier, it’s important for product manufacturers who use third-party storage and logistics providers, to ask the question ‘is my product adequately insured’ as it’s the manufacturer’s responsibility to insure …
Reading, UK: Electricity spend by UK cold stores has doubled between 2021 and 2022, according to a new report. The report, The Cold Chain Report 2022, published by the Cold Chain Federation, shows that the cold store sector’s electricity costs have grown from £560.6m in 2021 to an estimated £1.1bn for 2022. The report shows …
Gateshead, UK: JR Holland, a food wholesaler, has taken three new Mercedes vans and four 7.2 tonne Ivecos, all with Solomon Commercials’ Slipstream bodies. The new 3.5 tonne vans use Solomon Commercials’ Slipstream bodies, to a bespoke JR Holland design. The bodies provide good aerodynamic properties and use an undermounted GAH fridge that increases the …
Birmingham, UK: Electrification is to have single biggest impact on fleets according to research by Trakm8. Its report, EV Telematics – Driving Successful Fleet Electrification, examines how businesses can electrify some, or all of their vehicle fleet and follows research conducted by Trakm8 into some of the biggest challenges facing fleets post-Covid. More than 60% …
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