London, UK: P&O Ferries has returned all its ferries to port and fired 800 seafaring staff with immediate effect. All P&O services have ceased: between Dover and Calais, between Liverpool and Dublin and between Larne and Cairnryan. Union RMT said crew were being “replaced with foreign labour”. P&O said that in its current state it …
Peterborough, UK: Moran Logistics is to use 15 compressed natural gas powered Scania tractors on a Lidl contract. The new Scanias are on order from Keltruck and will be delivered during 2023. The trucks will join two CNG-powered Scania 410bhp, 4×2s that entered service in 2021. The move to gas power follows demands from Lidl …
Morgantown, Pennsylvania, USA: Morgan Truck Body has unveiled an electrified refrigerated concept truck body during Work Truck Week in Indianapolis. The body is on a Lion Electric Lion6 chassis and uses a Thermo King all-electric fridge. The 24-foot truck body is constructed with weight-saving materials that also improve its thermal efficiency. The fridge is integrated …
Mulberry, Arkansas, USA: Compass Cold, a new cold storage company, plans a 70,000 square foot cold store in Arkansas. The warehouse, to be built by Ti Cold, will support food wholesalers, retailers, and food manufacturing customers in central and northwest Arkansas. The storage complex will have a flexible, convertible design able to maintain temperatures from 40°F …
London, UK: The government has taken issue with comments made to a Treasury select committee yesterday as reported in Global Cold Chain News. A government spokesperson said: “Any suggestion of these sorts of measures is scaremongering and irresponsible in the extreme.” “The UK has no issues with oil supply. In addition to domestically produced energy, …
Rochelle Park, New Jersey, USA: Orbcomm has launched a new ‘smart’ management system for refrigerated containers. It allows end-to-end monitoring of cargo, remote visibility and control of containers on land, rail and sea. Orbcomm’s s data-driven refrigerated container management provides customers with remote, two-way control of reefers to monitor critical parameters and take quick, corrective …
Lisburn, Northern Ireland: McCulla has launched its waste-to-energy transport system that has been several years in development. McCulla Ireland has its own energy division, Alternity Biogas Energy, that includes an anaerobic digester that meets all of McCulla’s energy needs. The company is also using food waste as feedstock for the biofuel plant, which has been powering …
London, UK: Diesel rationing is a strong possibility after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a Treasury select committee was told yesterday. Amrita Sen, a founding partner and the chief oil analyst at the research consultancy Energy Aspects, told the committee that diesel was likely to be rationed in Germany before the end of March and that …
Tunbridge Wells, UK: Supply Chain Consultancy, part of Logistics UK has launched a low- carbon consultancy for transport businesses. The consultancy will be delivered by Supply Chain Consultancy consultants with support from consultant Tim Campbell. His consultancy focuses on the commercial vehicle industry. “When many commercial vehicle operators are looking to take their first steps in …
London, UK: As the price of diesel continues to soar thieves are targeting diesel, prompting fears that parked up HGVs will be vulnerable. In one incident in Newcastle last week 15,000 litres of fuel “worth £24,000” was stolen from a storage tank at haulage firm Murray Hogg. Company director David Hogg told the BBC that …
Tunbridge Wells, UK: Logistics UK is calling for a cut in diesel duty to help the economy. “The government must introduce a temporary reduction in diesel fuel duty to protect the economy,” says Logistics UK in a letter to the chancellor Rishi Sunak, ahead of the budget. Elizabeth de Jong, director of policy, Logistics UK …
Novi, Michigan, USA: Lineage Logistics has acquired MTC Logistics, a temperature-controlled warehousing and transport company. MTC Logistics has four sites on or near the ports of Baltimore, MD, Wilmington, DE and Mobile, AL. As a result of the acquisition, Lineage will add nearly 38 million cubic feet of capacity and over 113,000 pallet positions in …
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