Reading, UK: The way cold stores could evolve to meet lower emissions is detailed in a new report by the Cold Chain Federation. The report, The Cold Store of 2050: Maximising Efficiency to Reduce Emissions & Drive UK Energy Transformation, is part of the federation’s Net Zero Project, and is the result of months of …
Reading, UK: Paul Bennell, managing director, Samworth Brothers Supply Chain, is the new vice president of the Cold Chain Federation. He was elected at the federation’s annual general meeting earlier this month and will work closely with the federation’s president Tim Moran. Bennell became managing director of Samworth Brothers in 2014. He previously worked in senior roles in retail, …
Birmingham, UK: The Cold Chain Federation’s Cold Chain Live! conference takes place on 8 to 9 September at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham. Over two days, speakers from the cold chain industry, government and academia, will discuss the challenges and opportunities for the cold chain. To book tickets for the Cold Chain Live! conference …
Upper Heyford, UK: Electric Assisted Vehicles his working with Denso to make a low voltage E-Cargo bike. The new EAV2Cool has a 1.4m³ rear compartment chilled to between 2°C – 5°C which can be sustained for 10 hours in 30°C ambient heat. Denso’s low voltage cloud-connected chiller system is being developed for the project.“As more …
Rotterdam, Netherlands: CoolTech is taking shape now and promises to be time well spent for cold supply chain professionals, say the organisers. The Port of Rotterdam is hosting the event with a packed programme of speakers and topics that include: Cool Investments: Where the money comes from, and for what! Predicting banana quality with machine …
Tilburg, Netherlands: The highest cold store in the Benelux is being built in Tilburg for Agristo. The 47.5 metre high warehouse with space for 42,000 pallets has a surface area of 7,000 square metres and will store frozen potato products. Agristo is building the coldstore after running out of capacity: it currently stores product at …
Stuttgart, Germany: Mercedes-Benz Trucks expects to trial its E-Actros LongHaul soon with prototypes now truck built for testing. Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK is taking orders for electric right-hand drive E-Actros variants at 19 and 27 tonnes gross. The E-Actros LongHaul, with a range of around 500 kilometres on one battery charge, is scheduled to be ready for …
Paris, France: Carrier Transicold has supplied a Syberia 11 unit for France’s first electric-hydrogen powered reefer. The truck is the focus of the CathyOpe consortium, a programme to designing and build a 44-ton reefer with electric fridge all powered a hydrogen fuel cell. CathyOpe was set up in 2016 by GreenGT Technologies, Transports Chabas and …
Shrewsbury, UK: Enterprise Flex-E-Rent is reducing vehicle downtime, helping keep customers on the road for longer. New diagnostic and workshop equipment includes specialist tooling and direct system links to vehicles makers, as well as roller brake testers and equipment such as tail-lift weight testing. Enterprise Flex-E-Rent’s in-house workshop capability has been boosted by almost a third …
New York, USA: The global cold chain market is expected to grow 12.3% from $239.67bn in 2021 to $269.1bn in 2022. Longer term, the market is expected to grow by 8.7% to $376.06bn in 2026, according to a report, Cold Chain Global Market Report 2022 by the Business Research Company and available on Reportlinker. Growing …
Lisburn, Northern Ireland: Foreign Secretary Liz Truss visited temperature-controlled operator McCulla Ireland to discuss a solution to the Northern Ireland Protocol. Truss spoke to Road Haulage Association members, including Peter Summerton, managing director of McCulla, on the visit. She indicated that legislation will be tabled to Parliament on the issue within the next three weeks. …
Rotterdam, Netherlands: Perishable supply chain experts will share insight into the latest technological innovations and the advancing roles of digitalisation, data, automation and sustainability over two days at CoolTech on 21-22 June in Rotterdam. Matthijs Van Doorn, vice president commercial, Port of Rotterdam Authority, will set the scene on day one of CoolTech, followed by presentation by …
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