Folkestone, Kent: Yesterday a five mile truck tailback developed on the M20 approach to the tunnel caused by French authorities testing post-Brexit checks at the Eurotunnel. The queues give a glimpse of things to come in January whether or not there is a deal. The government last month warned of queues of 7,000 trucks on …
Wooden pallets still have a robust future despite Brexit, says John Dye at the Timber Packaging & Pallet Confederation. In the few weeks left until Brexit, import and export businesses in the UK and Europe are rightly focused on ensuring trade between the UK and Europe continues to flow smoothly when the UK makes its …
Paris, France: Gérald Cavalier, president of the Science and Technology Council of the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR), has shared his perspective on the pivotal role that the cold chain will continue to play in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic and the race to provide a vaccine worldwide. In a detailed article. Cavalier said: …
Holyhead, Wales, UK: Irish hauliers fear mayhem at Holyhead port when the Brexit transition period ends. Holyhead is the second biggest “roll-on roll-off” port in the UK after Dover, carrying 1,200 trucks daily and also crucial for Irish trade with the continent. The Irish Road Haulage Association says the port is not ready to handle …
Pendle, Lancashire, UK: The Modern Milkman, an app-led alternative to the traditional milkman, turned to CoolKit for additional delivery vehicles to handle the growing service. The Modern Milkman, which started as a milk round in Pendle, Lancashire, now delivers to some 20 towns and cities in the northwest of England with 125 vehicles to manage …
Felixstowe, UK: A UK international haulier has warned that there will be either be very long queues at ports after the Brexit transition period or that European companies will avoid coming to the UK after Christmas to avoid the much-anticipated disruption. Jon Swallow, a director at Jordan Freight, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, said: …
Wellingborough, UK: Greencold has built its largest refrigerated trailer to date for food manufacturer Cranswick Convenience Foods MK. The trailer is based on Greencold Quickfreeze rental trailer that uses a Panasonic CO2 Cold Chain Condenser within the trailer. Simon Andrew, director, Greencold, said: “We originally worked with Panasonic on a solution for our smaller QuickFreeze trailer …
Singapore: Carrier Transicold’s EverFresh atmosphere system for refrigerated containers has a new carbon dioxide (CO2) injection option to better preserve low-respiring, high-value perishable cargo. The new option allows the container to be charged with CO2 at the start of a voyage and automatically add more over the course of the trip. “The option is beneficial …
With just weeks to go until the end of the transition period, Road Haulage Association chief executive Richard Burnett describes the challenges ahead and how the association can provide crucial guidance to international hauliers. Ever since voters took the decision to leave the EU back in 2016, we have been lobbying, campaigning, and shouting to …
London, UK: The government has finally published its long-awaited Haulier Handbook to act as a “one-stop shop” for key information and advice for the end of the transition period although some issues are still to be resolved due to the ongoing discussions on a UK/EU trade deal. Questions still remain on a number of topics, …
New York, USA: Pfizer has launched pilot programmes in Rhode Island, Texas, New Mexico and Tennessee to test the distribution of its Covid-19 vaccine, which has to be kept at temperatures well below freezing. Pfizer’s vaccine candidate has to be shipped and stored at up to minus 80C. Moderna’s vaccine, by comparison, can be stored …
Feltham, UK: PML is chartering air freight flights to bring fresh produce from Nairobi to Heathrow twice a week. The company is working with Kenya Airways and has chartered a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft which will carry perishable goods on behalf of PML’s clients looking to export from Kenya. The two weekly flights start 18 November …
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