Liverpool, UK: The UK cold chain business unit of DFDS has acquired a 21,000-pallet cold store in Liverpool, two years on from taking over the lease of the site. The acquisition further underlines DFDS’s commitment to expanding its cold chain logistics services and provides a strong platform in the North West of England to grow …
Enfield, UK: Solomon Commercials is providing JJ Food Service with 40 new bodies, all on Isuzu chassis. The order is for twenty 13.5 tonne Isuzus, already made for JJ, and twenty 3.5t Isuzu Grafters to be delivered later this year. The bodies for the 13.5 tonners have triple doors, rear docking plates, a flexible bulkhead and …
Paris, France: French temperature-controlled transport and logistics group Stef saw turnover jump 20.8% (+13.5% on a like-for-like basis) to €951.6m in the first quarter of 2022. Internationally, the group’s turnover rose by 36.9% (+14.7% on a like-for-like basis). In the UK, Langdons’ activities, which were acquired on 31 December 2021, contributed €48m to revenue in …
Gothenburg, Sweden: Volvo has begun selling its electric heavy truck range. The tractor models of the Volvo FH, Volvo FM and Volvo FMX Electric are released for sale now while rigid versions will be released for sale in the fourth quarter of 2022. Serial production will start in the autumn and gradually increase, Volvo says. …
London, UK: Logistics UK is calling on former HGV drivers to return to the industry and take advantage of funded training. Logistics UK says there are hundreds of spaces available on government-funded refresher training courses, called Skills Bootcamps. Managed by the Driver Academy Group, a consortium comprising of business organisation Logistics UK, HGV training specialist …
Stockholm, Sweden: Envirotainer has published its Sustainability Report 2021 to show how it is driving innovation towards lower emissions, a more sustainable cold chain, and that collaboration is the way towards a more sustainable industry. Peter Gisel-Ekdahl, chief executive, Envirotainer said: “Our solutions minimize pharma product losses and increase circularity as well as resource efficiency, …
Reading, UK: The Cold Chain Federation is staging a webinar on how the nature of food crime in the cold chain is evolving in an increasingly uncertain world. The webinar takes place on 19 May between 10:30-11:30 and will examine the key risks to businesses and the wider supply chain following Brexit and other recent …
Bath, UK: The Upply, Ti and IRU European road freight rates index for Europe hit an all-time high in the first quarter of this year as rising cost pressures, supply and capacity disruptions, regulatory change and war in Ukraine created a potent mix of rate drivers. The Benchmark index rate rose by 4.3 points over …
Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Peli BioThermal has opened a service centre in Baltimore to serve the United States’ fourth largest biopharmaceutical region. The Maryland site joins the organisation’s more than 30 global network stations including service centres in China and India that opened within the past three months. “Our customers count on us to solve their …
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland: Rizza’s, a family-owned Italian ice cream business, been working with Gray & Adams for the last 40 years. The initial brief to Gray & Adams in the 1970s was to build a bespoke 7.5 tonne temperature-controlled van that could fit into the docking station at the factory in Huntly, which had a …
London, UK: Brexit opportunities minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has finally confirmed that the government is to rethink plans to introduce physical checks on fresh food imported from the European Union, due to start in July. Press reports suggest that the plans for physical checks are being scrapped altogether, not delayed. The government’s strategy is to have …
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