Manchester, UK: Annual research and development spending by logistics providers has risen 9.1% in a year to an all-time high of £72m, according to ONS data released on Friday. R&D spending across transport and storage businesses in the UK (including postal and courier firms) rose £6m in 2020 having more than quadrupled in a decade, …
Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK: Gist is tackling the ongoing HGV driver shortage with its first cohort of newly qualified drivers delivering product to stores in time for Christmas. Gist’s in-house HGV driver academy launched last month, and its graduates are already driving across its network, transporting chilled products for its customers, including M&S. Gist anticipates its …
Sollentuna, Sweden: Envirotainer has launched CryoSure, a container that can keep medicines at -70 ºC for up to three weeks. Envirotainer says: “Whereas most of the temperature-controlled pharmaceutical shipment solutions have historically involved temperature ranges of 2–8°C and 15–25°C, many pharma products and biospecimen samples require below -70°C shipments. More importantly, many new products within …
Rotterdam, Netherlands: The Global Cold Chain Alliance’s 25th European Cold Chain Conference will be held on 23-25 March 2022 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The event is a combination of educational content, networking opportunities and a small exhibition showcasing innovations in equipment and technology. Throughout a two-day programme, attendees will hear from industry speakers presenting on topical …
London, UK: New legislation will see any use of a mobile phone in a vehicle, even when stationary, banned from next year in the UK. Current rules ban only calls and texts on hand-held phones while driving unless it is an emergency but the new rules extend to cover any phone use including photographs, games …
London, UK: Government must improve HGV driver working conditions to combat shortages, says Rob Wright, executive director at Scala. “If we want to combat the driver shortage in the long-term, we need to make HGV driving a more appealing career path, particularly for the younger generation and most significantly, for women. Years ago, drivers were …
Glasgow, Scotland: Discussions at COP26 are relevant for the UK cold chain, says Tom Southall, policy director at the Cold Chain Federation. “The impacts of the pandemic and Brexit are prompting crucial conversations about supply chain resilience and how to prepare for future change,” he said, answering readers’ questions in Cold Chain News November issue. …
Warrington, UK: The growing use of telematics systems on refrigerated trailers is opening up a raft of new possibilities, says Alan Hunt, managing director, sales and marketing, at reefer maker Schmitz Cargobull. “The next TrailerConnect [Schmitz Cargobull’s telematics system] update will include tyre temperature monitoring, pallet tracking, route deviation and internal load monitoring,” he said, …
Colton, California, USA: Lineage Logistic’s Colton Agua Mansa site in California is using solar solar array and linear generators to provide all the site’s power needs. Lineage worked with PowerFlex and Mainspring Energy to establish the first site in the Lineage network to generate all of its energy consumption on-site. Lineage installed a 3.3MW solar …
Lympne, Kent, UK: James Tinkler is the new site manager of Perishable Movements’ new site at Lympne, Kent. Tinkler has previous experience as an international planning manager for goods distribution and temperature- controlled logistics. Tinkler will manage 35 staff and report to the directors. The Lympne site is close to Dover, the Channel Tunnel and …
Telford, UK: Dale Brothers has replaced six trailers with new Chereau reefers, all with Carrier Transicold Vector fridges. Eight more identical trailers are due for delivery next year. These are Dale’s first Vector multi-temperature fridges. “We first started using Carrier equipment more than 20 years ago when we bought some second-hand trailers mounted with their …
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