Milton Keynes, UK: WH Barley has taken another 10 tractors from Mercedes-Benz. All are Actros 2545 variants with aerodynamic StreamSpace cabs and 450hp engine acquired with a Mercedes-Benz Finance contract hire agreement. Maintenance is by Intercounty Truck & Van. WH Barley’s new tractor units haul curtainsided and refrigerated box trailers: double-shifted, and running seven days per …
Warrington, UK: Petit Forestier is providing 123 rigids for a customer all using Carrier Transicold’s Syberia multi-temperature fridges. It is the largest UK order to-date for Carrier’s engineless truck refrigeration technology. The units are fitted to a mix of 15, 18 and 26-tonne Dafs delivering food and beverages to coffee shops and hotels. The vehicles …
Tadley, Hampshire, UK: Rogers Transport has of one of the UK’s first right-hand drive Iveco S-way tractors. It will be used primarily on refrigerated supermarket trunking routes, occasionally branching into curtain-side and low-loader work alongside Rogers Trasport’s other six Stralis. The 6×2 with steering mid-lift runs on full air suspension, which managing director, Simon Rogers …
Tipton, West Midlands, UK: Narrow Aisle, which makes Flexi articulated forklift trucks, will no longer offer LP Gas-powered Flexi models. The company will focus on battery-powered trucks, primarily with lithium-ion technology Narrow Aisle believe, best meets the needs of modern logistics operations. John Maguire, managing director, Narrow Aisle, said: “As a company Narrow Aisle has …
London, UK: The logistics industry has warned that supply chains could suffer if the government continues to take a hardline approach with the EU over checks to goods and the handling of Northern Ireland. The warning follows Lord David Frost’s move to unilaterally extend grace periods for implementing new arrangements for trade between Great Britain …
Burnley, Lancashire: CoolKit has a conversion ready for the Kangoo zero emissions Maxi, a battery-powered electric van. Rupert Gatty, chief executive, CoolKit, said: “While the core of our business remains traditional fossil-fuel based van conversions, we cannot ignore the fact that electric vehicles are the future. “We have an increasingly eco-aware population, the government has …
Geneva, Switzerland: Driver shortages will continue to plague road transport operators in all regions the IRU says. It has called on governments to act on safe and secure parking to improve working conditions, training and lowering the minimum driver age, especially to help steer unemployed youth and women into the profession. The IRU’s annual driver shortage …
Heathrow, London: Extending London’s low emission zone has ended PML’s plans for expanding its Heathrow base, says Mike Parr, managing director, PML (Perishable Movements. In an open letter to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Parr (pictured above) describes the emission zone as a “tax” that is strangling business. “At a time when you are …
Gillingham, Kent: Cook has responded to surging demand for its frozen ready meals by adding another Mercedes-Benz truck to its logistics fleet. Cook is also about to open a second kitchen at its Kent base that will increase its capacity to make meals by more than 60%. Mercedes-Benz dealer Sparshatt Truck & Van supplied Cook …
Brussels, Belgium: Thermo King has launched a battery pack designed specifically for the E-200 fully-electric refrigeration units. Made by Thermo King, the new lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery is available in 1.8kWh and 3.6KWh versions. Combined with the E-200 units, the battery pack creates a zero emissions transport refrigeration system that gives an unbroken cold chain even …
London, UK: Logistics UK says the Budget did not address the skills gap in the industry so is urging the government to plough more investment into training programmes for crucial roles to help with the economic recovery from the pandemic. Logistics UK welcomed some of the announcements in the Budget – including a freeze in …
Singapore: Robotic kiosks that provide automated and contactless dispensing of groceries for consumers are being sustainably refrigerated by Carrier Transicold NaturaLine units, the world’s first container refrigeration system to use the natural refrigerant carbon dioxide (R-744). Typically used on marine shipping containers to protect perishables and frozen food shipped between continents, NaturaLine units are also …
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