Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA: Carrier’s BluEdge service is now available globally. The service program was launched in North America last year, then rolled out in Europe and Australia. “We are very excited to continue the global rollout of BluEdge, integrated with the Lynx digital solutions,” said Bhasker Kaushal, vice president of strategy and services, …
Newark, UK: The British Frozen Food Federation has criticised several proposed measures in the Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme. The federation said the draft legislation will transfer a massive cost from central and local government to industry: as much as £3.5bn according to some sources, it said. Richard Harrow, chief executive, British Frozen Food Federation, said: …
London, UK: A report on BBC 2’s Newsnight programme has taken the lid off the driver shortage crisis, highlighting new figures that show, 40 of Britain’s largest hauliers have 3,654 driver vacancies – that is 91 vacancies per haulier. The report, based on a Road Haulage Association member survey, also revealed that even small and …
Why employers should take on an apprentice when they are at their busiest. Adrian Grove, business development director, Qube Learning explains. Dover, UK: “The old saying goes that ‘If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it’ and it reflects on just how much more focused, efficient, and organised we can find ourselves …
Lympne, Kent, UK: Perishable Movements (PML) is moving some of its operations to Kent in a bid to avoid the “crippling effect that extending the Low Emission Zone” will have on its business. PML has spent £3.5m on a 100,000sq ft satellite site at Lympne Distribution Park, Kent, enabling it to capitalise on an alternative …
Tunbridge Wells, UK: Logistics UK is pressing government to introduce a seasonal visa for European HGV drivers to protect the nation’s supply chain while the DVLA catches up with a backlog of over 45,000 driving tests as a result of the Covid crisis. David Wells, chief executive, Logistics UK said: “During the Covid-19 pandemic, understandably, all …
Wolverhampton, UK: Pommier’s Powerlift upgrades its lifting and locking systems for movable partition walls in temperature-controlled vehicles. The Powerlift revised range is robust, ergonomic, safe and easy to use. Pommier has integrated a number of innovations to make the Powerlift system as modular as possible to meet lifting and locking needs for movable partition walls …
Essen, Germany: Frigoblock has added telematics to its FK-, FKi-, EK-, HK- and DK-Series fridges. It means users can now receive real time data to of equipment and operations for better uptime, temperature control monitoring and cargo safety. The telematics provides full, 24/7 visibility of the unit and load condition, remote monitoring, and proactive control …
London, UK: It has never been clear to what extent the availability of cheap labour drawn from the poorer parts of the EU has had on wages in the UK. It has been argued that Brexit would have little effect on wages rates in the UK or on labour availability. But that was before coronavirus arrived …
Geneva, Switzerland: The IRU is calling for commercial vehicles to be exempt from urban vehicle access regulation. More than 2,000 cities globally, with more than one billion residents, have already implemented or are considering limiting access by trucks and vans. The IRU is concerned about the scope and cost of new and existing schemes. “Liveability and …
Greenwich, Connenticut, USA: XPO Logistics has been named a Green 75 Supply Chain Partner by Inbound Logistics magazine — marking the sixth straight year the company has been honoured as an industry leader in sustainability. Malcolm Wilson, chief executive, XPO Logistics Europe, said, “We thank Inbound Logistics for recognizing XPO’s commitment to reducing the environmental footprint …
London, UK: The Food and Drink Federation has blamed structural change, rather than teething problems with Brexit, for a £2bn fall in food and drink exports to the EU in the first quarter of 2021. Exports fell by 47% compared with the same period in 2020, according to figures from the FDF. The trade body …
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