London, UK: The continued disruption from driver shortages continued disruption could spell catastrophe for businesses after one of the most difficult years on record, says Rob Wright, executive director, Scala. “Between Brexit crippling recruitment from the EU, IR35 tax changes leading many drivers to leave the industry, and a growing backlog of driving tests caused …
Glasgow, UK: World Refrigeration Day, taking place on 26 June 2021, aims to inspire people to consider careers in refrigeration and the cold chain. Star Refrigeration is sponsoring the event World Refrigeration Day, which is particularly crucial now as the fight against Covid-19 relies on refrigeration to transport vaccines. Rob Lamb, group sales and marketing …
Brussels, Belgium: The World Food Logistics Organization, part of Global Cold Chain Alliance, is staging a webinar on the property insurance market for cold storage. The event takes place on 24 June from 17:00 to 18:00 (central European time). Cold store operators have seen their building and fire insurance premiums increase significantly in the past …
What does a net zero cold chain actually mean; and how, collectively, can we achieve it? Shane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation, tackles this fundamental climate-change issue London, UK: There is a counterpoint at the heart of our industry’s net zero ambitions. An effective cold chain is crucial both for feeding people …
London, UK: The Road Haulage Association has stepped up its campaign on driver shortages by asking members to write to their local MP. Liberty Hibberd, public affairs executive at the RHA, Tweeted: “The shortage of HGV drivers in the UK is at crisis point, and we’re urging everyone to use this quick tool to write …
London, UK: David Frost, the UK’s Brexit minister, has admitted that the government “underestimated the effect of the protocol on goods movements to Northern Ireland”. Frost has written an article in the Financial Times, arguing that the EU must revist the Northern Ireland protocol. He said that some suppliers in Great Britain are simply not …
London, UK: Refrigerated trailer builder Chereau has been shortlisted for the Technical Excellence category in this year’s Motor Transport Awards 2021. Volta Trucks, which makes electric vehicles, is also on that shortlist. Tesco has been shortlisted for the Home Delivery Operator of the Year category and is also on the shortlist for the Training award. …
Brussels, Belgium: Nearly a third of truck drivers admitted falling asleep at the wheel while driving according to a new study by the European Transport Workers’ Federation. The study is the first EU-wide investigation in 15 years on driver fatigue in passenger and freight road transport. Nearly 3.000 truck, bus and coach drivers in freight …
Bardon, Leicestershire, UK: Oakland International has installed Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) despatch technology at its Bardon operation, enabling the company to provide more accurate customer data. RFID technology identifies tagged objects using radio waves and is capable of automatically reading hundreds of barcodes per second without line of sight, compared to a standard barcode system …
Brandenburg, Germany: Pharmaceutical logistics provider Unitax is using Thermo King V-Series fridges with tracking and monitoring to supply vaccination centres in the Brandenburg federal state with Covid-19 vaccines. “Unitax now supplies about 200 GP practices, around 75 hospitals and eleven vaccination centres. Vaccinations in retirement and nursing homes are carried out by vaccination teams who receive …
Manchester, UK: Schmitz Cargobull is opening a new factory in Manchester to build customised vehicles for UK and Irish operators. Andreas Schmitz, chief executive, Schmitz Cargobull, said: “The UK is a key transport and logistics market and an important semi-trailer and rigid truck market for us. With the new plant we are moving closer to …
Geneva, Switzerland: Truck driver shortages are expected to increase in 2021 by over a quarter on 2020 levels in almost all of the 23 countries surveyed in IRU’s recent global survey of road transport firms. Gaps are set to increase at a much higher rate in some countries, including by 150% in Spain, 175% in …
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