London, UK: A white paper from Tower Cold Chain compares key pharmaceutical cold chain technologies. The free to download paper, Passive v Active in a globally disrupted age, includes comments from seven experts and collates the key findings of a 90-minute webinar organised by Tower in late 2021. Among the topics covered are the rapid changes …
Brussels, Belgium: Are you or do you know of a colleague who is 35 years old or younger, with a minimum of three years of work experience in the cold storage industry – including operations, administration, human resources, engineering, accounting, sales, customer service, or others – and who demonstrates excellence in their work, and shows …
Reading, UK: The Cold Chain Federation is addressing the latest advances in routeing in a webinar on 1 March between 12.00 – 13.15pm. To tackle climate change, countries are being asked to come forward with ambitious 2030 emissions reductions targets that align with reaching net zero by the middle of the century. Reducing the associated …
Reading, UK: David Somers, managing director of Road Skills Online, discusses the importance of training and development of professional drivers in a Cold Chain Federation webinar, on 14 March between 12.30 – 13.15pm. Training and development provided in an easy-to-access format means employers can enjoy better staff retention and loyalty while seeing a reduction in …
Woburn, UK: Cool Motion has launched a ‘giving back’ initiative with a donation to Oceanites, and the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition. Cool Motion aims, through its initiative, to reinvest a proportion of profits into local communities and protecting the environment. To kick start the initiative, it is focusing on helping the Antarctic and Antarctica …
Kirriemuir, Scotland: AAD Transport has taken delivery of four new Gray & Adams trailers with Carrier Transicold Vector HE 19 multi-temperature fridges. Quiet operation and excellent sustainability credentials drove the specification, the second time the company has specified Carrier systems. The trailers add to ADD’s 40 vehicles, now three quarters Carrier cooled. “We introduced our first Vector …
Reading, UK: The Cold Chain Federation is warning that the imminent removal of the red diesel rebate for Transport Refrigeration Units (TRUs) will lead to additional costs of £100m while promised financial help from the government has failed to materialise. The removal of the red diesel rebate come into force on 1 April – less …
London, UK: A hydrogen-powered life over the next twenty years is predicted in a new book available to read free. It includes comments from leaders in the global energy sector who share their vision of how hydrogen technology can transform our lives in the next two decades. The book, Touching Hydrogen Future. Tour around the …
Coventry, UK: Fraikin has gained two new ISO certifications, ISO 45001, which relates to occupational health and safety management for all employees, and ISO 14001, which outlines how the business intends to reduce its environmental impact. The company also improved its existing ISO 9001 accreditation, particularly around its training and development strategy. Jacinta Norris, head …
Zoetermeer, Netherlands: Leen Menken Foodservice Logistics is expanding with a new cold store at the Lansinghage business park. In this new warehouse, Leen Menken is combining the storage of chilled and frozen food, order picking, pallet and last-mile transport throughout the Benelux. “With this expansion, Leen Menken’s capacity will almost double,” says Lucas Roskam, general …
London, UK: The main impact of Brexit on UK firms has been “increased costs, paperwork and border delays,” according to the Public Accounts Committee But it warns things could worsen this year as new import controls come in. The Public Accounts Committee said it was concerned about what will happen when passenger traffic across the …
London, UK: The government needs to place an urgent focus on arrangements at the nation’s borders if trade and passenger traffic is not to grind to a halt from this summer onwards, says Logistics UK. It points to the Public Accounts Committee report EU Exit: UK Border Post transition published today. Sarah Laouadi, head of …
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