London, UK: Culina Logistics has taken over a Port of Tilbury site. The takeover of the 21,000sq metre site (pictured above) is a joint customer project between Culina Logistics and three unnamed chilled manufacturing businesses that had been operating at the site with the previous owner but which went into administration. “With the customers facing …
London, UK: Prime minister Boris Johnson warned today that businesses and hauliers should get ready for a no-deal Brexit. In a statement Johnson said that he wanted a “Canada-style” deal but he has concluded that the UK should get ready for an “Australia-style” outcome. The UK can prosper mightily without a deal, he told Sky …
Welwyn Garden City, UK: Tesco chairman John Allan has warned that there could be shortages of some fresh food for a few weeks, or months at the start of next year once the transition period for Britain’s exit from the EU comes to an end. Speaking on a Bloomberg Television interview Allan said that he …
London, UK: It has taken just two months for the heavy vehicle scrappage scheme, introduced in September, to help London businesses upgrade to meet new emission standards next year, to run out of money. Denise Beedall, policy manager vans and urban, Logistics UK, said the high demand demonstrates “the real determination from logistics businesses to …
Leighton Buzzard, UK: Waterdene Foodservice has taken four more new Isuzu 7.5 tonners with two more to come later in the year. Waterdene operates 24 Isuzu 7.5 tonners in its 25 refrigerated vehicle fleet supplying frozen, chilled, and ambient products. The four new Isuzu N75.190E 7.5 tonners have Solomon dual-compartment bodies with Carrier Supra 550MT …
London, UK: The Department for Transport has signalled that the new Smart Freight system, designed for the post- Brexit period, will only be ready to be rolled out from the middle of December. This latest news on the timetable for the IT systems emerged during a Transport Select Committee on Brexit preparedness on 14 December.Earlier …
Using technology is key to overcoming challenges facing the industry. Yet many firms are missing out on valuable funding that could support it, says Rob Lowe, a senior digital technology specialist at R&D tax credit consultancy ForrestBrown. Businesses across the nation have faced their fair share of uncertainty in the last couple of years – …
Rotterdam, Netherlands: D-Farm has won the 2nd Cool Logistics Innovation in Perishable Logistics Award for its innovative use of information technology to boost agricultural production. D-Farm agriculture system uses blockchain big data to improve transparency and trust along the fresh produce supply chain and was selected by the judges for the innovation that is “a real …
London, UK: The government has signed agreements with four ferry operators to provide capacity – equivalent to over 3,000 lorries per week – to transport medical supplies and other critical goods post-Brexit. The move is designed to mitigate against the risk of disruption as the UK and EU adjust to new border processes at the …
Lambourn Woodlands, UK: Walker Logistics has its own in-house developed track and trace system to keep the warehouse and head office coronavirus safe. When temporary or permanent staff or visitors to Walker’s premises arrive on site they are required to use their smart phone to scan a QR code which links directly to a short …
Newark, UK: The British Frozen Food Federation is encouraging grocers to freeze more to help meet unpredictable demand this Christmas because of coronavirus restrictions. Richard Harrow, chief executive of the federation, said: “With coronavirus restrictions looking like they will remain fluid, grocery retailers are struggling to estimate the level of demand this Christmas and there …
Atlanta, Georgia, USA: Consolidation in the cold storage industry continues with US temperature-controlled warehouse giant Americold announcing it will acquire the Agro Merchants group for $1.74bn. Agro is the fourth largest temperature-controlled warehouse company globally, the third largest in Europe, and the fourth largest in the United States, and serves over 2,900 customers across a …
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