Madrid, Spain: Spain’s road transport association Fenadismer has secured a raft of new measures to help hauliers. The measures include agreements on loading/unloading, lorry parking, RDC performance, road tolls and fuel costs. As a result, the pre-Christmas strike due to take place has been cancelled. One of the most important measures is to limit waiting …
Leeds, UK: The GMB union has warned that strikes by Asda warehouse staff and drivers could be on the cards after 94% voted in favour of industrial action. The union says that the dispute sparked after Asda failed to offer distribution staff a meaningful pay offer – with inflation running at a ten-year high. GMB …
Brussels, Belgium: Seven healthcare logistics companies have formed an alliance, the Skandi Network, the first international GDP-compliant temperature-controlled distribution network for life science goods. “More and more companies in the healthcare industry are looking for best-in-class international transport and distribution solutions according to the rules of EU-Good Distribution Practice (GDP)”, says Rudy Smets, managing director, …
Tilbury, UK: Tesco and Direct Rail Services have partnered to offer a new temperature-controlled rail service – the first time that Tesco has used refrigerated rail freight in the UK. The service will run seven days a week, distributing chilled goods twice a day from Tilbury to Coatbridge, such as sprouts, parsnips, carrots, onions, oranges …
Melton Mowbray, UK: Samworth Brothers Supply Chain is the latest UK business to add Carrier Transicold’s Vector E-Cool fridges to its fleet. Samworth is taking delivery of six E-Cools, Carrier’s fully autonomous, all-electric engineless refrigerated trailer refrigeration system. A Carrier Transicold customer for 23 years, Samworth operates 240 trailers, all Carrier-cooled. To improve sustainability and …
Peterborough, UK: The Cladrack structure at Lineage Logistics’ new coldstore near Peterborough is complete. The 133,000sq meter, 35m high unit will house 45,500 pallet spaces, more than doubling the capacity at the firms’ Great Haddon hub. The site will be the first fully automated cold store Russell WBHO has built for Lineage, and the first …
London, UK: Cold store operators improved energy efficiency by over 19% in the past decade, according to new Environment Agency figures. The results come shortly before the government decides whether the use of energy efficiency targets and related tax incentives will play a role in the next phase of industrial decarbonisation and the path to …
Stockholm, Sweden: Martin & Servera has put its first electric truck on the road. The refrigerated Volvo FE distribution truck has an electric Frigoblock FK13 fridge and started delivery operations in Stockholm, Sweden. This zero-emission and low-noise truck and fridge allows Martin & Servera to deliver in low emission zones, and at any time of …
Bridgwater, UK: Falcon Vehicle Solutions has taken delivery of 15 new Chereau trailers with Carrier Transicold Vector HE 19 multi-temperature fridges. This is the first time Falcon has specified Carrier’s Vector HE 19 unit, previously opting for the Vector 1950 MT system for its 250 temperature-controlled trailers and vehicles, which is now 97% Carrier-cooled. “We’ve …
Wolverhampton, UK: Pommier can now supply Wihag modular sectional rear doors for dry freight or temperature-controlled vehicles. Wihag sectional rear doors consist of modular elements that plug together for fast installation, Pommier says, The TrainPlus range, in aluminium alloy panels, is designed for dry transport, while the Thermosafe range, in steel panels, filled with XPS thermal …
London, UK: The Driver Academy Group, a consortium of HGVC, Manpower, Logistics UK, has won the lead role on a government scheme to train and place 11,000 HGV drivers in England. The Driver Academy Group will train and place 2,160 candidates into HGV driving roles as part of the government’s Skills Bootcamps, flexible courses of …
Lympne, UK: Perishable Movements is to quadruple its truck fleet to cater for the growing demand for the company’s temperature-controlled services. By the end of 2021, PML will have taken delivery of 14 new trucks, four Dafs and ten Ivecos, with a further 20 new vehicles scheduled for delivery in 2022, at a cost of …
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