Cambridge, UK: Hydrogen has long been a potential power source and companies, such as French trailer maker Chereau, are developing usable hydrogen refrigeration systems. Hydrogen over the years has had seen several periods of hype; the oil crisis in the 1970s and more recently as a solution to global warming issue in the 2000. But …
Belfast, Northern Ireland: Whatever Brexit agreement is reached the logistics industry will need time to adapt to new trading practices with the EU, the FTA says. It is calling for careful consideration of how the Northern Ireland Protocol can be implemented to protect NI’s trading relationships. Seamus Leheny, policy manager for Northern Ireland, FTA, said: …
London, UK: CoolKit has supplied 19 refrigerated vans and made a donation of over £4000 to FareShare, a food distribution charity that has seen demand double during the pandemic. Coolkit provided its first van to FareShare in June 2019 and has now supplied 19 refrigerated vans. Mark Beaton, sales manager, CoolKit said: “Their request was …
Telford, UK: Food and FMCG companies must take steps to organise themselves now if they are going to have the right warehouse infrastructure in place to meet post-lockdown trading conditions says John Maguire, managing director, Narrow Aisle. In the early stages of the Covid-19 crisis fears over shortages of food and other essential items prompted …
London, UK: Prior to the coronavirus outbreak there have been all sorts of predictions about changes to last mile deliveries with the internet cited as the key driver. Last year, the World Economic Forum’s Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution declared, “there has never been a time of greater change for the last mile”. Among …
London, UK: The consultation on temporary changes to the congestion charge fees and hours of operation ends tomorrow (4 June). Transport for London (TfL) is consulting on temporary increases to the congestion charge and its hours of operation which could be imposed as early as Monday 22 June. It is proposing to increase daily charges …
Avranches, Normandy, France: Chereau is encouraging companies to set up hydrogen plants at distribution sites to encourage hydrogen refrigeration in trucks. Chereau is testing hydrogen-based technology for refrigeration as part of its Road project to develop more sustainable transport refrigeration.In the face of few hydrogen stations for trucks it proposes to integrate a production and …
Welwyn Garden City, UK: Tesco has taken 15 Mercedes-Benz 15 Sprinters on loan, nine new and six used, for driver assessment. Mercedes-Benz Vans is working with Tesco.com to evaluate new drivers needed top meet growing home deliveries now running at 10 million items picked in a day. Tesco has recruited 12,000 pickers and more than …
Novi, Michigan, USA: Lineage Logistics has acquired Emergent Cold in a $900m deal. The deal, first announced in November, marks Lineage’s entry into the Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka markets, further expanding the reach of the world’s largest temperature-controlled logistics company. “Welcoming Emergent Cold and New Orleans Cold Storage to the Lineage family provides …
Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK: Fowler Welch has acquired 45 new trailers with new Carrier Transicold Vector HE 19 multi-temperature fridges. The fridge specification followed fuel benchmarking tests conducted during the initial field trial programme. The results confirmed the new design could help reduce fuel consumption, cut carbon dioxide emissions and improve fleet efficiency. “Our experience trialling …
Spalding, Lincolnshire. UK: FreshLinc has ordered 14 Mercedes-Benz Actros tractors four weeks after using a demonstrator. The first Mercedes-Benz trucks, scheduled to arrive in October, will work from its Spalding headquarters. Andy Marchant, fleet engineer, FreshLinc, said: “The Actros has also been well accepted by our drivers. They appreciate its general comfort, while the early …
Redditch, UK: Oakland International has extended the onsite parking and toilets at its Redditch hub for visiting drivers. Alongside a new canteen, the extended shower and toilet block have just opened. Luke Attwell, distribution manager, Oakland Redditch said: “We’ve been developing our onsite lorry parking and driver facilities for some time, seeing demand steadily increase …
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