Stockholm, Sweden: Ten airlines have now approved Envirotainer’s new Releye RAP container for use. Carriers including Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, EVA Air, Qatar Airlines, Saudi Airlines Cargo, Singapore Airlines, Swiss, TAP Air Portugal, Korean Airlines and Asiana Airlines now all accept the new temperature-controlled container. The Releye RAP is a temperature-controlled, five-pallet container, the largest …
London, UK: The Chancellor’s decision to cut fuel duty by 5p per litre for a year will lead to average savings of £2,356 per year for each 44-tonee truck, according to Logistics UK. Rishi Sunak’s move to slash fuel duty was part of the spring statement. Elizabeth de Jong, director of policy at Logistics UK, …
Oswestry, Shropshire, UK: Cold Move has achieved an AA grade at its recent audit by BRCGS Storage and Distribution (formerly the British Retail Consortium). Kiwa carried out the audit at Cold Move’s Oswestry site. Cold Move said that maintaining the AA grade for Storage & Distribution Standard Version 4 this year was “even more significant” …
Wellingborough, UK: Danish manufacturer Advansor and British contractor Greencold have won the ACR News “Chiller Product of the Year” award for 2022. Advansor and Greencold won for a collaboration that saw a UK packaging company save 120,000kWh, or 30% of its energy consumption, with the installation of a CO2 water chiller. The CO2 (R744) chiller …
Bedford, UK: Movianto is trialling an electric Mercedes-Benz van. Movianto designed and manages the distribution system for Covid-19 vaccines and has handled around 89 million vaccine doses distributing these from dedicated warehouses to treatment centres, sometimes requring temperatures of -75°C. Movianto also stores and deliverers routine child vaccinations and the seasonal flu vaccine. To handle …
Aylesford, Kent: Culina-owned Fowler Welch has signed a 15-year lease for a site on Panattoni Park, the former Aylesford Newsprint site. Fowler Welch will move in once work on the park, near Junction 4 of the M20, is complete, likely to be July. Alex Mitchell, development associate at Panattoni, said: “In a short space of …
Reading, UK: Government must continue with its Climate Change Agreements (CCA) scheme that has seen the cold storage industry improve energy efficiency by nearly a fifth and saves the industry £10m a year in tax, says the Cold Chain Federation. Responding to a consultation about the future of the scheme the federation warned ministers against …
Omaha, Nebraska, USA: Hill Brothers is using Orbcomm‘s telematics with data held on a cloud-based analytics platform to monitor its dry and refrigerated trailers. Hill Bros started installing Orbcomm’s telematics in February this year and expects to complete the rollout by July. Orbcomm’s platform provides the real-time data and intelligence that allows Hill Bros to …
Reading, UK: Cold Chain Federation chief executive Shane Brennan says the situation is “calm” following P&O’s sacking of 800 crew but warns that it could turn problematic if the disruption lasts for weeks. Brennan’s comments came after P&O informed 800 staff they were being sacked to be replaced with cheaper agency workers. Last week, when …
Birmingham, UK: Toyota Material Handling is sponsoring the Safer Logistics Theatre at the Health & Safety Event 2022 (NEC, Birmingham, 5-7 April 2022). The Safer Logistics Theatre is an expert-led, free-to-attend seminar programme covering health and safety within the warehouse and supply chain. At noon every day during the exhibition Toyota’s Paul Mulcahy and Keith …
London, UK: Cold Chain News took stock of the views of Britain’s top cold store operators in its March issue out 17 March. Cold store operators commented on rising fuel prices; booming demand for cold storage; demands for higher pay; labour shortages; and the drive to automation. Here’s what they said. Chiltern Cold Storage• How …
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