Enfield, UK: JJ Foodservice has launched a female-friendly recruitment campaign to encourage more women to consider HGV driver roles. “Only 1% of HGV drivers in the UK are women – we want to help change that,” says JJ human resources manager Joanna Florczak. The move comes as the UK is experiencing a huge shortage of …
Matt Whittaker, commercial director, Bis Henderson Space, on the rapid change facing food warehousing. When it comes to warehousing, the food sector presents many unique challenges. It can seem that almost every ingredient or product has different storage needs. Some have to stay cold – frozen, or in various ‘chilled’ regimes. Others, like bananas, have …
Singapore: Admiral Container Lines has added more than 150 new containers with Carrier Transicold PrimeLine fridges to boost its refrigerated shipping capabilities in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. Admiral has expanded its refrigerated capacity in time to support the 2021-2022 high season of perishable cargo exports in the region. “Carrier Transicold’s PrimeLine units have long served our fleet …
Rueil-Malmaison, France: Delanchy has added another all-electric delivery vehicle to its fleet with a Carrier Transicold Iceland 8 engineless fridge. The Renault D ZE will be used for city-centre food deliveries. ”To equip this second 100% electric vehicle, we once again called on Carrier Transicold, who we had worked with on a previous prototype. We …
Levallois-Perret, France: Geodis has opened a 6,000sq metre site within the cargo area of Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport to provide certified services for pharmaceutical and luxury goods, including temperature-controlled products. The new complex will be located near Air France’s main warehouse and other main service providers at the airport. It will be equipped with state-of-the-art …
Oslo, Norway: Food logistics provider Nor-log Thermo is putting 55 new Cool Liners into operation. The Cool Liners are suitable for combined transport as piggyback trailers and have a typical Scandinavian design with long aggregate spacing for load distribution with 3-axle tractors. The trailers are all multi-temperature double-decks and have a purpose designed fish trough …
Corby, UK: NewCold will use its bespoke automated pallet handling system in its new Corby site. The system was developed in 2019 and installed at customer sites with similar unloading systems as at theWakefield site. NewCold is working with customers to look at installing similar technology at production sites and at its new site in …
Basildon, UK: Tesco has taken another 45 Daily chassis for its home delivery fleet with 600 more set for delivery this year. Tesco has been buying Iveco vans for over a decade and since 2010 has had 5,144 chassis, all with insulated bodies. The latest batch to join the 900 Dailies already in Tesco’s fleet …
How technology can provide answers to the net zero challenge in cold chain facilities. Rob Lamb, group sales and marketing director, Star Refrigeration, considers the journey so far and provides an insight to the future Glasgow, UK: Transitioning towards a net zero cold chain sector makes sense on multiple levels. Not only will reducing energy …
Tunbridge Wells, UK: Classroom-based training has restarted at Logistics UK. The move, in line with government Covid guidelines, sees Logistic UK (formerly the Freight Transport Association) offer, as before, popular courses such as Driver CPC and Transport Manager CPC. David Jordan, deputy operations director, Logistics UK, said: During the Covid-19 restrictions, Logistics UK has worked hard to maintain its leading position as a provider of …
Hatfield, UK: Ocado has ordered 27 Advancer A400 trailer fridges from Marshall Fleet Solutions. It is part of a 46 all-Thermo King trailer fridge order for its upgrade, supplied by Thermo King dealer Marshall Fleet Solutions. The TK Advancer A400 units are fitted on Paneltex single-temperature, double-deck trailers used for trunking from Ocado’s four main …
Boroughbridge, UK: Reed Boardall has expanded its single site operation in North Yorkshire, taking the 55-acre site to 168,000 pallet capacity. Leeds-based Marshall Building Contractors was the primary contractor on the project led by Andrew Baldwin, managing director of Reed Boardall’s cold storage division, pictured above (centre). “Our customers’ ongoing organic growth has resulted in …
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