Glasgow, UK: Star Refrigeration has a heating and cooling online hub to help businesses respond to guidelines from the UN Climate Change Conference. COP26 takes place from 31October to 12 November in Star’s hometown of Glasgow. Hailed as the most important climate event since the Paris Agreement in 2015 world leaders are to negotiate the …
London, UK: The logistics industry has welcomed most of the measures put forward by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in the Budget but cautioned that labour shortages will remain a problem, fuel duty prices are still high and more details are needed on lorry parks. Highlights for the sector include a freeze on fuel duty, extending the …
London, UK: The Department for Transport has confirmed that it is amending cabotage rules until 30 April 2022 so that non-UK drivers can make unlimited drops in the UK over two weeks. The change, contained in a DfT policy paper, follows a one-week consultation on the proposals. Foreign operators that come into the country laden …
Lugo de Llanera, Asturias, Spain: Spanish supermarket Alimerka is using the first fully-electric refrigerated truck in Spain. The new electric MAN rigid with its Frigoblock inverter-driven fridge and will save Alimerka 60 tonnes of CO2 a year compared to a traditional diesel-fuelled vehicle with an annual mileage of 60,000km. The low noise also allows deliveries …
Heathrow, UK: has appointed Alessandra Tagliabue to a newly created role of business development manager for Europe. Tagliabue was previously with a healthcare provider and before that worked in Spain within the logistics sector. Tagliabue is fluent in French, Spanish, Italian and English, with direct experience of working with European customers and will help PML …
Glasgow, Scotland: DR Macleod has received the first of two Carrier Transicold Vector HE 19 multi-temperature fridges. The fridge specification will help reduce vehicle noise and emissions. The fridges are on two new 13.6-metre Gray & Adams reefers, additions to the 100 trailer fleet, 30 of which are refrigerated. DR Macleod ordered its first Carrier …
London, UK: More than 1,600 hauliers and businesses have written to the Prime Minister calling for urgent action to address the escalating driver shortage crisis. The letter urges Boris Johnson to “personally intervene to find a full and workable solution to the critical shortage of HGV drivers”. The letter, which is signed by major hauliers …
Rotterdam, Netherlands: Daikin Reefer and IRS International are relocating into a single site in the Rotterdam region to operate as a sales, service and parts supply centre. Previously Daikin Reefer parts in Europe were handled by Daikin’s air conditioning division. With the current tight availability of container equipment spare parts are in demand and the warehouse …
London, UK: Logistics UK has made its submission ahead of the government’s Spending Review, arguing that logistics has a key role to play in delivering a net-zero future by bringing in the technologies of tomorrow, such as advanced biofuels, electric vehicles and hydrogen applications. The 2021 Spending Review, which will conclude next week (27 October …
Lyon, France: Thermo King will premiere its latest truck and trailer refrigeration at Solutrans in France next month. “After two extraordinary and challenging years, we are thrilled to be back at Solutrans. Transport refrigeration is changing, and at the exhibition we will present innovation that shows no less but, our vision for the future of the …
Athens, Georgia, USA: The Supra S10 diesel-powered truck refrigeration unit is the new performance leader from Carrier Transicold. The S10 offers greater refrigeration and freezing capacity for larger trucks while also offering improved efficiency and fuel economy, Carrier says. “The Supra S10 unit is ideal for local and regional cold chain distribution operations where the …
Burnley, UK: CoolKit has converted 34 vans to temperature-controlled spec for veterinary products maker Covetrus. Covetrus has 115 vans in the UK. Mark Hughes, transport manager, Covetrus, said: “We operate a fleet of MHRA/VMD cold-chain-compliant vans, through our national distribution network and to ensure the necessary, exacting standards of temperature-controlled solutions, we work with CoolKit.” …
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