Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire, UK: CM Downton is rebranding to carry the new owner’s name EV Cargo Logistics, one of six business divisions within EV Cargo. It will offer a full UK-wide logistics and warehousing service, covering both chilled and ambient logistics, across the same operational structure. EV Cargo says the rebrand will provide Downton with …
Singapore: Carrier Transicold has added features to TripLink, its refrigerated container data management system. The system can better be adapted to suit specific customer requirements. Added functions include: Custom Notifications based on user-created parameters to show unit status, alarms or location. Geofencing combined with notifications for real-time insights as to when units enter or exit …
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA: XPO Logistics’ revenue for the second quarter of 2020 was down from $4.24bn to $3.5bn. Bradley Jacobs, chairman, XPO Logistics, said, “The ramifications of Covid-19 dominated the second quarter. Nevertheless, we beat expectations on revenue, adjusted Ebitda and adjusted EPS, and generated notably high cash flow from operations of $214m and free …
Plymouth, Minneapolis, USA: Nearly half of all respondents to a biopharma survey say they always factor sustainability into cold chain purchasing decisions, according to temperature-controlled packaging company Pelican BioThermal. The findings were revealed in Pelican BioThermal’s 2020 Biopharma Cold Chain Logistics Sustainability Survey. “Biopharma companies work every day to manufacture and distribute drug products all …
London, UK: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is inviting customs intermediaries to apply for £50m of new funding, first announced in June 2020, to support businesses with recruitment, training and supplying IT equipment to handle customs declarations. After the transition period ends on December 31, intermediaries, such as brokers, freight forwarders and express parcel operators, …
London, UK: Amazon is expanding its online grocery deliveries. The moves comes as retailers report online food sales almost doubling during the pandemic with grocers struggling to keep up with demand. Amazon is now after a bigger slice of this fast-growing market, which analysts say could increase pressure on rivals such as Ocado. “It’s extremely …
London, UK: Amazon plans to offer a free grocery delivery Fresh service to its millions of Prime members across the UK by the end of the year. Amazon will be challenging UK supermarkets with this offer, according to an article in the Financial Times. Previously, the Amazon Fresh service was available for an additional £3.99 …
Canvey Island, Essex, UK: Elliott’s Upper Crust Catering Services has upgraded its fleet with 20 new Isuzu Grafter 3.5 tonners with Jiffy Banquet temperature-controlled bodies. “Since we took delivery of our first Isuzu, we have been really pleased with them as they are proving to be extremely reliable in service, which as you can imagine …
Perth, Scotland: Stewarts of Tayside, a fruit and vegetable producer, has added ten new Gray & Adams 13.6m reefers with Carrier’s Vector 1550 fridges. The trailers join a 30-trailer fleet, all Carrier-cooled since 2004. Jim Winn, transport manager, Stewarts of Tayside, said: “It isn’t just their reliable equipment that’s kept us coming back, the maintenance …
Berlin, Germany: For the sixteenth year running readers of German transport and logistics publications voted Thermo King as the Best Brand for fridges. Thermo King was voted Best Brand 2020 in the Refrigeration Units category of the ETM Awards organised by publisher ETM Verlag. Jorge Estelle Caro, regional director for central and northern region, Thermo …
London, UK: The UK government is to build 10-12 new Brexit border customs controls sites, with five possibly earmarked for Kent. The move is part of Cabinet minister Michael Gove’s plan to spend £470m on sites to process freight going to and from the EU. The new checks and systems will apply whether or not …
Burnley, Lancashire, UK: VMS Fleet Management turned to CoolKit as one of the few converters operating, albeit with a skeleton workforce, during the coronavirus epidemic. VMS urgently needed conversions for supermarkets and foodservice customers and turned to Coolkit for its latest order. Martin James, managing director, VMS said: “When Covid-19 hit and our customers came …
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