Burnley, UK: Birchall Foodservice has taken 33 Solomon Commercial Slipstream bodies for its fleet. The food wholesaler took delivery of seven MAN TGM 18 tonners in June last year but has placed an order for more vehicles with Solomon. In January, Solomon supplied Birchall’s with two MAN TGE 3.5 tonne Slipstream side bodies which have …
London, UK: The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan is asking Transport for London to consult on expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone London-wide in 2023. He did rule out the Clean Air Charge and the Greater London Boundary Charge. Logistics UK cautiously welcomes the plans encouraged that the Clean Air Charge and Greater London Boundary Charge …
Bradford, UK: Keep It Cool has added three new Daf rigids with Gray & Adams bodies and cooled with Carrier Transicold Supra 850 multi-temperature fridges. The new trucks, one 18-tonne rand two 12-tonners are new additions to Keep It Cool’s 18-vehicle temperature-controlled fleet, which includes a mix of 3.5-tonne vans to 26-tonne rigids. All but one …
Milton Keynes, UK: UK truck operators can order right-hand drive versions of the Mercedes-Benz E-Actros. Deliveries to UK customers begin in May. The truck is aimed at heavy-duty, short-haul distribution, and has a 249 mile (400km) range(1). It is now available to order as a 4×2 or 6×2 chassis. Initially orders for the E-Actros orders …
Arlington, Virginia, USA: Tamara Palefsky of United States Cold Storage was awarded the 2021 Global NextGen Award from the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA). The award recognizes outstanding young professionals in the world cold chain industry. “I am impressed and inspired by the dedication of the emerging leaders within the cold chain,” Matthew Ott, president, …
Horstmar, Germany: Schmitz Cargobull has taken two awards: Digital Champion 2022, Digital Innovator 2022 and been nominated Germany’s Most Innovative Companies in 2022. The Digital Champions 2022 was carried out by the Institute for Management & Economy Research with scientific support from the Hamburg Institute of International Economics on behalf of Focus Money and Deutschland …
Alfreton, UK: Insert Tubs are helping retailers boost tote capacity. The S&S Plastics Insert Tubs are a removeable insert for storage and shipping totes that allow for a single tote to increase it’s capacity without risk of cross contamination. “With integrated QR-code placements, compatibility across stack-nester and storage totes and a design that makes them …
Basingstoke, UK: Gist is expanding its Driving Academy to train and examine prospective HGV drivers. Gist’s in-house instructors will support applicants who could gain their Category C or C+E licences in seven to 14 days. The Gist Driving Academy was launched at its in-house driver training and testing centre in Spalding, Lincolnshire last October. The centre …
Redditch, UK: Oakland International has launched reusable temperature-controlled packaging. Lindsay Winser, innovation officer, Oakland International said Oaklands experience during the pandemic prompted the company “to develop a solution that was not just good enough to be recycled, but that would be wholly reusable and able to be fully tracked”. The OakRA is an insulated box …
Redditch, UK: Oakland International is to fund up to 50 trucks and drivers to take essential foods, (chilled, frozen and ambient), to the Eastern border of Poland and if possible into Ukraine. The company has called for support from British and Irish food companies to help in this endeavour. “They are involved in a sector …
Peterborough, UK: Chiltern Distribution founder Paul Jackson is retiring from the company today (25 February) after nearly 30 years. Managing director Jackson started Chiltern Cold Storage Group in 1993. In late 2018 Chiltern Distribution was formed from the distribution and pharmaceutical sections of the business. Jackson has been outspoken about the effects of Brexit on …
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