Paris, France: Stef reports its second quarter turnover up 19.3% to €848.8m on like-for-like sales. Group turnover totalled €1,636.8 million for the first six months of the year, up 7.5% like-for-like. This is a return to pre-Covid turnover trends but the recovery has taken hold to differing degrees in the various business activities. In France, …
Burnley, UK: CoolKit has a conversion for an electric van set for the food and pharmaceutical industry. Customer trials are underway n partnership with ProGreen, Prohire’s alternative fuels division, with good results to date, CoolKit says. The Maxus eDeliver3 is a battery electric van now on sale in the UK, for which CoolKit has developed …
London, UK: Around 10,000 workers in the food supply chain industry will be exempted from coronavirus self-isolation rules under government plans announced last night, but the plans have been slated by the food and logistics industry. Environment secretary George Eustice said “up to 500” distribution centres and food supply chain hubs have been identified where …
London, UK: The government has issued guidance for England this evening (Thursday) that employees providing critical services would be able to keep working and avoid self-isolation if ‘pinged’ or instructed by NHS trace and track. These workers must be identified as a contact named on a list kept updated by officials. The policy only applies …
Levallois-Perret, France: Geodis is to acquire Gandon Transports, a temperature-controlled pharmaceutical product transport provider. “This acquisition will consolidate Geodis’ status as a key player in the healthcare market,” says Marie-Christine Lombard, chief executive of Geodis. “From inventory planning to temperature-controlled storage and transport to the final recipient, we want to offer our customers a complete …
Glasgow, Scotland: Use of Star’s Ethos software in nine of Asda’s coldstores has led to a 1,100 tonne CO2 emissions saving in four years. Ethos software monitors refrigeration plant performance and allowed Asda to save 5GWh on energy costs and 1,100 tonnes of CO2e on the sites using Ethos software. Asda has reduced its energy consumption …
Oldham, UK: E-Power Trucks has expanded its light truck range with two new models. The electric vehicles, the X-Cell and X-Cell micro, are designed for couriers, parcel delivery and last mile logistics applications. They have top speeds of up to 50mph with a range of up to 120 miles and can carry half a tonne. …
Avezzano, Italy: A-Gas, which manages and supplies refrigerants, has launched A-Gas Italia following its purchase of a gas reclamation business in Italy. Based in Avezzano, approximately 100km east of Rome, this will allow A-Gas to extend its refrigerant recovery and reclamation services into Italy and southern Europe. John Ormerod, managing director, A-Gas in Europesaid: “Launching …
Reading, UK: The Cold Chain Federation has acquired Commercial Transport Publishing, the owner of industry magazine titles Cold Chain News and website Global Cold Chain News. The Cold Chain Federation is the trade association for businesses that operate temperature-controlled storage and distribution operations in the UK. It represents more than 250 companies that operate from …
Bath, UK: The logistics industry has no clear consensus on which technology will replace diesel, says a new report. A global survey of logistics and supply chain executives has found that there is still very little consensus on which alternative power system will replace diesel for the heavy duty truck sector over the coming years. …
Brussels, Belgium: Thermo King has launched a compressor-driven V-1000 almost 25% more powerful, delivering a third more airflow and 67% higher stand-by capacity than the equivalent diesel units. The new single and multi-temperature vehicle-powered units are designed for larger rigid trucks between 3.5 to 25 tonnes. The V-1000 uses a compressor developed for Thermo King …
London, UK: The government has ruled out drawing up a list of critical jobs that will be exempt from full self-isolation if workers are “pinged “by the NHS Test and Trace app. Instead, businesses will have to apply to government departments for staff to be granted exemptions from coronavirus self-isolation rules. The Cold Chain Federation …
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