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News Digest12th May 2021

Customised solar panels for trucks

County Antrim, Northern Ireland: Genie Insights has a range of solar products custom-designed for commercial vehicles. The panels charge batteries powering equipment including fridges and tail lifts. New solar panel technology allows easier customisation of panels to suit specific operations.  Genie Insights’ solar panels use Copper Indium Gallium Selenide technology instead of traditional glass-based panels. As …

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12th May 2021

Cotteswold Dairy takes Carrier-cooled Gray & Adams trucks and trailers

Tewkesbury, UK: Cotteswold Dairy has taken delivery of four new insulated curtainside trailers with Carrier Transicold Vector HE 19 fridges. This is the first time Cotteswold Dairy has specified Carrier’s latest trailer system although it has been a Carrier user for more than 20 years.  The 13.6-metre Gray & Adams Insuliner refrigerated trailers with mono-temperature Vector …

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What's On / New11th May 2021

CV Show returns

The CV Show returns: make a date for 31 August to 2 September at the NEC, Birmingham, UK

11th May 2021

McGregor takes on ten light Schmitz reefers

Doncaster, UK: McGregor Logistics has taken delivery of ten new S.KO Cool reefers to meet increasing work volumes. The new trailers will run on multi-drop fresh and frozen work in the UK and internationally and are expected to cover up to 150,000 kilometres a year. They join McGregor Logistics’ fleet of 40 multi-temp units and 70 …

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11th May 2021

PML border control system in place

Spalding, UK: PML’s venture with FreshLinc, to operate a remote, government-approved Border Control Post and bonded warehouse, has been given the green light and is now up and running. PML partnered with FreshLinc to run the operation at Fresh Linc’s Spalding headquarters. This enable a speedier movement of product from the ports and therefore delivering …

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News Digest11th May 2021

Automatic washer cuts power consumption

Valencia, Spain: Istobal has a new truck washer with more sustainable automatic wash equipment. It cuts electricity consumption by 35% when cleaning trucks and uses 30 litres less water per standard wash on an 18 meter trailer, the company says. Automating the wash halves the wash time and controls energy, water and chemical product consumption. Brush …

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News Digest10th May 2021

Hultsteins appoints Irish agent

Dublin, Ireland: Mulvey Refrigeration Technology and Fleet Maintenance has become a service agent for Hultsteins’ diesel-free refrigeration systems. Mulvey Technology and Fleet Maintenance, with bases in Dublin and  Co Armagh, can install, maintain, repair and service truck refrigeration systems on all vehicle types. Eoin Mulvey, managing director, Mulvey Technology, said: “Hultsteins electric drive and hydraulic technology …

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News Analysis10th May 2021

Driver shortage to reach crisis point this summer

London, UK: The UK truck driver shortage has worsened with companies warning of a looming crisis by summer. Driver shortages that have been the norm for decades are now intensifying with Brexit ending recruitment from the EU, a backlog of driving tests caused by Covid-19 and self-employment tax reforms that have led to EU drivers leaving …

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News Digest10th May 2021

Carrier webinars on a healthy, safe, sustainable cold chain

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA:  Carrier is running webinars on its Healthy, Safe, Sustainable Cold Chain Program. The program is to help customers meet rapidly evolving supply chain demands and make their cold chain activities more effective. The need for safe and sustainable cold chain technologies to preserve and protect the supply of food, medicine …

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10th May 2021

Cold storage made simple with the Quick-box

Ipswich, UK: Hubbard is supplying the Quick-box range of coldrooms from Friulinox.  There are 22 sizes and options for flexible options. All are the same height (2190mm) with the smallest being 1640 (w) x 1200 (d) mm and the largest 2840 (w) x 2000 (d) mm.  Walls, ceiling and floor are made from 80mm thick, …

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7th May 2021

Drivers at great risk of smuggling penalties

Tunbridge Wells, UK:  Responsible hauliers and drivers who are unwitting victims of people-smuggling gangs should not be penalised if all precautions have been taken to protect their vehicles, says Logistics UK. Its call comes as the government’s consultation, New Plan for Immigration, suggests changes to the penalties imposed on businesses and drivers that would see …

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7th May 2021

Kögel adds telematics as standard

Burtenbach, Germany: Kögel is making its telematics system available as standard on all its trailers from June. “We made this decision with the current and future requirements of the trailer industry in mind. We are handing our customers a powerful that gives them complete control over the status of the trailer fleet and load, as well …

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