Le Mars, Iowa, USA: Nor-Am Cold Storage has opened a 148,000-square-foot (14,000sq metre) coldstore in Dodge City, Kansas. State and local leaders attended the opening, including Governor Laura Kelly. “Nor-Am is an outstanding, family-oriented company, and its cold-storage capabilities are a critical component in the safe distribution of the high-quality food products Kansas is known …
London, UK: Business investment in the haulage industry fell by 17.8% in the second quarter. Total business investment in the transport and storage sector fell to £2.6bn in the second quarter of 2020, down from £3.1bn in the second quarter of 2019, the latest Office for National Statistics figures show. This was much less pronounced …
Leeds, UK: Jonathon Bastow joins Krone as after sales manager to oversee technical and customer support for the UK and Ireland. Bastow has a close understanding of transport issues and many years’ experience in specifying trailer equipment, along with the maintenance and inspection programmes required to run a compliant and efficient vehicle fleet.
Geneva, Switzerland: The Cool Chain Association and the International Air Transport Association have joined forces to drive improvements in the temperature-controlled supply chain. The aim is to improve the temperature-controlled supply chain by sharing feedback, experiences, knowledge, and best practice. They plan to develop common work programs, including temporary task forces and round tables, for specific …
Belfast, Northern Ireland: Stena Line’s Stena Embla, the last of its three new ferries for the Irish Sea, has completed sea trials in China. Niclas Mårtensson, chief executive, Stena, said that the introduction of Stena Embla and sister ships Stena Estrid and Stena Edda, reflected the company’s commitment to the Irish Sea. “The Irish Sea …
London,UK: British sausages makers, along with makers of meat products, could lose their EU markets come 1 January unless the government negotiates an exemption to EU rules that require prepared meat products to be imported frozen. The meat industry fears EU customers will look elsewhere for premium chilled products. “It’s a real problem, in the …
London, UK: Central Transport, the fleet engineering department of John Lewis Partnership, specified an Access XL lift for its Oxford Street store. Its trucks deliver to the store front and rear and the the urban double-deckers required a two-stage lift to handle cargo on two levels while being able to stow away at the half-way …
Swords, Ireland: Thermo King has expanded its temporary storage product range that can meet the vaccine storage requirements. Pharmaceutical companies in final-stage clinical trials anticipate they will require strict temperature controls to safeguard their products – down to temperatures as low as -70 degrees Celsius. Thermo King products can enable these companies and their distributors …
The coronavirus pandemic has spurred collaboration. But the potential for more is vast, says Louisa Hosegood, Digital and Strategy Director at Bis Henderson Consulting. “Supply chains today are required to deliver ever-better service levels while simultaneously bearing down on cost and meeting aggressive new sustainability agendas. This has to be achieved against a background of …
Reading, UK: Cold storage in the UK accounts for 12% of total warehouse space with a further 1.551m sq m) currently under construction, according to a new report by Savills, undertaken in collaboration with the Cold Chain Federation. Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic have placed significant emphasis on supply chain resilience and the shift from …
London, UK: Bidfood and other wholesalers providing food for care homes, schools, hospitals and prisons have called for government support. They also want business rates relief to be extended to the wholesale sector. The wholesale sector has not been eligible for support offered to hospitality businesses affected by the government’s tiered system of Covid-19 restrictions. …
London, UK: Britain is set for a no-deal Brexit with talks between the UK and EU about a post-Brexit trade agreement “over”, a Downing Street spokesman said. There was “no point” in discussions continuing next week unless the EU was prepared to discuss the detailed legal text of a partnership, he said. Earlier today, the …
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