Stoke on Trent, UK: Lineage Logistics has entered a five-year tyre management agreement with Michelin covering its UK fleet. The deal follows back-to-back tyre trials that showed sustainability improvements could be unlocked with a change in policy. The trial, which took place using a pair of identical vehicles operating out of Lineage’s Heywood site, saw …
Valencia, Spain: Transfesa Logistics and Euro Pool System have begun collaborating on CoolRail routes, transporting fresh produce, in a bid to extend the services throughout Europe. CoolRail, powered by Transfesa, has been transporting fresh produce between the south and northwest of Europe since 2019. The company has just sent its first container full of fresh …
London, UK: Wincanton highlighted new operations at its west London Customer Fulfilment Centre (CFC) for Waitrose when it reported a strong fourth quarter trading performance. The CFC team picked and dispatched close to 20,000 orders for Waitrose in less than a month of starting operations. Wincanton listed the new Waitrose business in its trading update, …
Bicester, Oxfordshire, UK: Ocado Retail has awarded Glencar Construction a contract to fit out its new 15,000sq metre “mini customer fulfilment centre” at Symmetry Park, Bicester, including freezer, chilled and ambient sections. According to Ocado, the warehouse once complete will be one of the most advanced of its type in the world with high-tech robotics …
Basingstoke, UK: Gist is using renewable electricity to reduce its carbon emissions in 2021. Zero emission electricity is now used to power its UK temperature-controlled distribution sites from which it expects to reduce carbon emissions by 6,000 tonnes a year. Michael Chambers, chief executive, Gist said: “Gist is working hard to minimise the impact of …
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA: Coronavirus has not been all bad news: Maple View Mobile milk delivery business experienced 500% growth during Covid-19. The North Carolina business was literally stretched to near breaking points during the height of local quarantines and social distancing. “Before Covid-19, I was servicing 100-125 customers. In a peak 30-day window …
London, UK: From April 6, lorries visiting England from outside the UK (and the Common Travel Area) for more than two days will need to take a Covid test within 48 hours and one every 72 hours after that. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the move was to “ensure we keep track of any future …
Peterborough, UK: The UK is still “many thousands of customs agents short” of targets, says the Road Haulage Association, following a question in Parliament where the government dismissed concerns. Margaret Ferrier, the Independent MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, put a question to Paymaster General Penny Mordaunt about the steps the UK government was taking …
Belfast, Northern Ireland: Lidl Northern Ireland is the first retailer in Britain and Ireland to use waste powered trucks for distribution. McCulla is providing eight bio-methane powered Iveco tractors to handle Lidl deliveries using food waste collected from all 41 Lidl stores in the north. McCulla will create fully renewable bio-methane gas at its anaerobic …
Cold store operators are optimistic about their prospects this year, particularly if problems associated with Brexit are ironed out, according to a survey of operators carried out by Cold Chain News. Many operators expect volumes to rise once the lockdown ends and most feel they are well placed to take advantage of any upturn in …
Coldstores: is the the drive for autonomous automation at the expense of customer service? Jon Stowe, managing director of ACS&T writing in this month’s Cold Chain News assesses the future challenges and responses for the coldchain industry The cold storage sector has long been considered a mature market, the not so glamorous part of the industry …
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