Cwmbran, Wales: Euro Foods has taken delivery of 16 new trucks and vans, a mix of fleet additions and replacements. All have Carrier Transicold fridges as does the majority of Euro Foods’ 52-mixed fleet. The vehicles will be based at its four depots, with the rigid trucks expected to clock up between 70,000−100,000 kilometres per year. …
Rotterdam, Netherlands: Kloosterboer, a temperature-controlled logistics provider, has been bought by Lineage Logistics. The acquisition is subject to regulatory clearance and employee consultation. Kloosterboer has eleven sites in the Netherlands, France, Germany, Canada and South Africa, totaling 6.4 million cubic meters and 790,000 pallet positions. The Kloosterboer family will continue to be involved in the …
Butler, Missouri, USA: Frozen Food Express is opening a new site in Butler, Missouri. The company is investing nearly $6 million in the new site. Frozen Food Express is a less-than-truckload temperature-controlled transport and warehouse provider operating throughout the United States.
Bangalore, India: Snowman Logistics will provide temperature-controlled end-to-end logistics in India for the two-dose Sputnik Covid-19 vaccine produced by Hyderabad based Dr Reddy’s. Snowman will manage the delivery through five of its temperature-controlled warehouses in Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Kolkata, Chennai, and Bengaluru. The company will offer storage, order processing, shipper packing and secondary transportation from these …
Galway, Ireland: Thermo King has opened a 3D manufacturing robotics automation training centre at the Thermo King Galway plant. The co-developed is with Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, for its BEng in Automation and Robotics The initiative includes the design by Thermo King of a special robotics automation training centre at its factory in Galway. …
Tunbridge Wells, UK: Kent County Council’s ban on lorry parking in laybys in parts of Kent contravenes the working rights of logistics workers, says Logistics UK. In a letter to Rachel Maclean MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Department for Transport, Logistics UK objected to the plan preventing lorry parking for more than 45 minutes …
Leicester, UK: Cool Motion, a new name in UK refrigerated van, trailer and truck hire, has extended its campaign to back the NHS with discounts on van rentals. With the UK opening up and the vaccine programme continuing to push on, they have decided to extend the discount to the NHS for refrigerated van hire …
Boston, Cambridge , US: First Line Software has joined the UK Warehousing Association and the Automated Material Handling Systems Association. First Line Software installs services for the German Viadat warehouse management system. By joining Ukwa First Line Software is seeking to promote its remote WMS implementation capabilities to UK customers, including distribution centre owners and …
Coventry, UK: TruTac will demonstrate its TruFleet system at the ITT Hub. The fleet management control software now comes with electronic document control for easier HGV and PSV vehicle management and compliance control. Earned Recognition/DVSA Approved, TruFleet enables transport managers to plan, organise and control all aspects of day-to-day fleet and O Licence management, including …
Online order fulfilment is complex and brings inherent customer service challenges. Does that make it easier to make the case for greater automation of warehouses, asks Charlie Walker, marketing director, Walker Logistics Woodland, Berkshire, UK: For third party logistics services companies investment in automation has traditionally been hard to justify: the technology required a relatively …
Boroughbridge, UK: Reed Boardall has marked the 30th anniversary working with refrigeration installer EJM Engineered Systems. EJM designed, installed and maintains all four cold stores at Reed Boardall’s Boroughbridge site. In May, Reed Boardall completed a 110,000sq ft extension to its newest cold store, expanding capacity to 168,000 pallets. Andrew Baldwin, managing director, Reed Boardall …
Manchester, UK: Romac Logistics is one of the first UK operators to use Iveco’s compressed natural gas powered tractors with 10 new 4x2s and more on order. These are the latest Iveco natural gas-powered heavy trucks using the 12.9-litre natural power 460hp Cursor 13 engine. The trucks will operate on several contracts for supermarkets. Five of …
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