Glasgow, Scotland: Star Refrigeration took the Refrigeration Contractor of the Year award at the TCS&D Awards 2021 last week. Asda owns nine chilled distribution centres and between Star Data Analytics and City Facilities Management has now saved over 5GWh of electricity and 1,100 tonnes of CO2 emissions. The reduction was achieved by installing Star’s data …
London, UK: PML is paying for driver training in a bid to address the shortage of HGV drivers. PML will pay for the training of eight dedicated drivers, to be based at the company’s London Heathrow headquarters, as well as the soon to be opened Lympne, Kent site. Mike Parr, managing director, PML said the …
Hatfield, UK: Ocado faces a bill of up to £5m this year because of the rising labour cost of lorry and van drivers as well as warehouse staff. A jump in online shopping during the pandemic, coupled with a national driver shortage caused by Brexit and the Covid crisis, has forced Ocado to raise hourly …
Cape Town, South Africa: Mandisa Pakamisa, accounts receivable manager of CCS Logistics, is the recipient of the 2021 GCCA Africa Future Leader Award. The final round of the competition was held on 9 September 2021 with Pakamisa competing for the award with Miriam Camila Winna of Southern Shipping Services in Nairobi, Kenya. Each finalist was …
London, UK: Merck, Agilent Technologies and SkyCell provide advice on the increasing complexity of globally transporting products in a new report from Pharma Logistics IQ. In the report, Pharma Logistics IQ explores the benefits of using a hybrid container solution in cold-chain handling to maximise process efficiencies, fulfill a sudden rise in on demand deliveries and enhance pharma’s …
London, UK: The British Frozen Food Federation is advising on Brexit issues, with alerts containing information from government or other forums. The alerts are available to non-members. In addition, a series of webinars is planned to support members and the wider industry to help ease the current ‘pain points’ caused by Brexit. The next webinar …
London, UK: The government has recognised industry calls to deal with the driver shortage with plans to speed HGV driver licence tests. Up to 50,000 more HGV driving tests will be made available each year by shortening the application process and the tests themselves, the government said. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said in a written …
Brussels, Belgium: The Global Cold Chain Alliance has revealed the finalists for the 2021 Europe Future Leader Award. The finalists are Alejandro Delgado Tarin, solutions and project manager, Europe, Americold Logistics, Spain; Shane Meharg, group marketing and PR manager, Magnavale, England; Chris Smith, account manager, Agro Merchants Group, Northern Ireland. These three finalists qualified out …
London, UK: Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has refuted claims that the lorry driver crisis is mainly due to Brexit. Speaking in the House of Commons, Shapps said: “To say this is an issue of Brexit is completely untrue. What it is about is coronavirus.” Shapps pointed out that the driver shortage is affecting many countries, …
Manchester, UK: Pharmaceutical and healthcare distributor Trans-Bridge Freight Services has taken its first Carrier Transicold Vector HE 19 MT (multi-temperature) fridge. A long-standing Carrier Transicold customer, Trans-Bridge Freight Services operates 11 temperature-controlled trailers from two depots in Manchester and Antrim, nine of which are Carrier cooled. The new unit is mounted to a new Gray …
Dordon, UK: Ocado Group has opened its second natural gas refuelling station, this one at its site in Dordon. In January 2019, Ocado funded an onsite grid-connected gas refuelling station at its Hatfield depot. Gasrec will build the second site, due to open mid next year, to fuel Ocado’s 10 compressed natural gas tractors already …
Reading, UK: Last mile fulfilment, already the driver of a fundamental realignment of the way people shop, has been turbo-charged by the covid lockdown, the Cold Chain Federation says. “This trend butts up against a rising policy drive to address pollution in cities, to restrict and reshape urban logistics. The cold chain is at the …
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