Melbourne, Australia: NewCold is to double the size of its Melbourne coldstore following a contract win with Simplot. The 43-metre high site will expand from 115,000 pallet positions to 225,000 including 30,000 for ambient/chilled and 85,000 for frozen goods. The expansion is scheduled to be operational in 2022 and Simplot will transition all its frozen …
Worcester, UK: Hultsteins has appointed Graham Usher as its managing director for the UK and Ireland. Usher has been working with Hultsteins over the last 18 months to prepare for the wide-scale introduction of its hydraulic refrigeration systems and hybrid generators. “Hultsteins systems are widely used throughout Northern Europe and have been for the last …
Stockholm, Sweden: Volta Trucks has revealed its first running Volta Zero prototype chassis using production specification components. The chassis is to be the basis of Volta Trucks design expected to enter series production in December 2022. Unveiling coincides with the Volta Zero demonstrator vehicle’s public debut at ITT Hub conference in Farnborough, UK, thie week. …
Barnoldswick, UK: CoolVan has won more than £500,000 of government funding to develop a more efficient electric temperature-controlled van. CoolVan, working in partnership with the University of Warwick, Siemens and refrigeration engineering company, will design a zero emissions fridge van for delivery of fresh food into cities. The award is among 62 UK projects designed …
London, UK: Chilled meats will be allowed to continue being sent from Great Britain to Northern Ireland until September 30 under a deal agreed between the EU and UK government hours before prohibition would happen. But the deal has been slated by the Cold Chain Federation. It chief executive, Shane Brennan said: “Three more months …
London, UK: The Department for Transport has withdrawn Kent County Council’s power to ban lorry parking in lay-bys in Kent. The decision has been welcomed by the industry. Heidi Skinner, policy manager for the southeast, Logistics UK said: “Lorry drivers, who were deemed “essential” during the pandemic, must be able to take their legally required rests during the …
Neuss, Germany: Schmitz Cargobull has again won coveted titles from VerkehrsRundschau, the German transport magazine. Schmitz Cargobull won in the Truck bodies and Trailers and semi-trailers categories and the Image Award – fthe latter for the ninth time. Once again, the blue elephant sets a new benchmark as the fleet managers’ ‘preferred brand’ Schmitz said. …
Portland, Oregon, USA: The UK cold chain logistics market is set to grow by 23.6% from 2019 to 2026 to reach $24.37bn according to a new report. The report, UK cold chain Logistics Market by End user Industry: Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2018-2026, by Allied Market Research, vaues the UK market at $4.55bn in …
Singapore: Carrier Transicold has consolidated its two mobile device apps for container fridge systems into a single app for easier use. Carrier’s ContainerLink app for service technicians is available as a free downloadable update for iOS and Android devices. It offers wireless connection previously only available in the DataLine Connect app. “Our ContainerLink app has …
Farnborough, UK: Iveco is showing natural gas powertrains at the inaugural ITT Hub taking place this Wednesday and Thursday Iveco believes natural gas is currently the only viable transport decarbonisation solution ready in the here and now, offering a 95% reduction in CO2 when running on Biomethane. Visitors to ITT Hub will be able to …
Swindon, UK: Fish wholesaler, T Quality has opted for an all-new rigid body design developed by Paneltex and vehicle supplier Fraikin on its latest 10 vehicle order. T Quality traditionally uses split-load rigid bodies but needed to address a number of issues with the design said Graham Kay, national logistics and safety manager at T Quality. …
Stoke-On-Trent, UK: Don-Bur’s Polar-Bur double-deck reefer makes its debut at TIP’s open day event at Stoke City FC. The Polar-Bur, with a Thermo King Advancer A500 fridge from Marshall Fleet Solutions, was the first of two of these new trailer designs that TIP is offering. The trailer suits single temperature frozen applications operating between +12 …
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