Brussels, Belgium: EU drivers’ hours and tachograph rules will change on 20 August. The new rules will include: more flexibility on the scheduling of the rest periods for some drivers on international carriage of goods a requirement for drivers’ to ‘return home’ every 4 weeks a ban on taking regular weekly rest periods in the …
Nuneaton, UK: Recipe box delivery company Hello Fresh has leased 21403 sq metres of logistics space at Goodman’s Nuneaton 230 development on Bermuda Park in the West Midlands. The site will provide frozen, chilled and ambient storage capacity. Hello Fresh will receive produce and packaging from local and national suppliers, assemble the ingredients in the …
Tunbridge Wells, UK: A shared long-term vision between industry and government is needed for businesses to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic effectively, and navigate the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Brexit, according to a report from Logistics UK. Logistics UK surveyed more than 550 members of the industry in January 2020 for its annual Logistics Report, which …
Arlington, Virginia, USA: Global coldchain capacity grew 16.7% from 2018 to reach 719 million cubic meters in 2020, according to the GCCA’s 2020 Global Cold Chain Capacity Report. The increase in reported capacity since 2018 was largely from North America and China. The United States, at 156 million cubic meters, was the single largest country …
Leeds, UK: Asda has taken delivery of its first Penso-bodied vans for home delivery work. The bodies use carbon fibre and recycled plastic to make weight savings. The breakthrough in carbon fibre come from using press forming that takes minutes to construct, making the end product a commercially viable alternative for home delivery fleets for …
Auckland, New Zealand: Imported refrigerated freight is at the heart of a New Zealand probe into how four family members acquired Covid-19. One of the four people who tested positive for Covid-19 works at a cold storage site that is now being tested for traces of the virus, according to an article in the Financial …
Chesterfield, UK: Stuart Hancock has sold his stake in Magnavale Group to pursue new ventures. He will continue to be involved in the coldchain industry. “I remain deeply committed to the cold storage and food production industry and, I’m keen to work with the many friends and business contacts I have made in the sector …
Grover City, Ohio, USA: Carrier Transicold is helping the Mid-Ohio Food Bank, the anchor of the Mid-Ohio Food Collective, deliver fresh food to a widening base of people in need throughout the 20-county region that it serves With the demand for aid from food pantries spiking, the gift of a Carrier trailer fridge is part …
Wognum, Netherlands: Simon Loos is to trial Mercedes-Benz’s electric 25- tonners with Schmitz Cargobull reefer swap bodies. The trucks will deliver to shops in stores in Rotterdam and the Hague. Mercedes-Benz has been testing its 18- and 25-tonne electric trucks since 2018. Simon Loos is the first in the Netherlands to test the E-Actros on …
London, UK: The trade association for UK freight forwarders warns that there is limited time to prepare for revised trading arrangements, post Brexit. Robert Keen, director general, Freight Association, said: “The sooner the government puts some meat on the bones of the various announcements, the better it will be for members of the British International …
Falmouth, UK: Cold Chain News, the print magazine for the UK temperature-controlled industry, is now available monthly in digital form. Cold Chain News has increased its publishing frequency and from September will be published monthly. The digital format brings you a digest of UK news plus comments and features about the British temperature-controlled logistics industry. You can …
Tunbridge Wells, UK: The government is to create a £200m Trader Support Service which will help Northern Ireland businesses adjust to new trading procedures post-Brexit. However, Logistics UK (formerly the Freight Transport Association) points out that with less than 150 days until the end of the Brexit transition period, the new systems must be trialled …
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