Peterborough, UK: The RHA has urged the government to do more to help hauliers recover from the Covid-19 crisis. The move follows a number of RHA surveys that revealed that thousands of hauliers are at risk of going bust as many parts of the supply chain have ground to a halt during lockdown. Key findings …
Staffanstorp, Sweden: Swedish long-haul operator Abbekås Åkeri has fitted a Hultsteins Ecogen system to one of its 25.25m refrigerated drawbar vehicles. The company expect to extend the life of the two diesel fridges, while at the same time making significant cuts in fuel consumption and emissions. Abbekås Åkeri operate 50 Scania and Volvo temperature-controlled vehicles …
Will Covid-19 catalyse the advent of a new global freight strategy by encouraging a shift in modes of transport and improving network efficiency? Matt East, senior advisor – logistics and infrastructure policy for the UK, Europe & Middle East, GDH, comments Covid-19 has generated unprecedented disruption in the global logistics and freight industries, severely impacting …
Lieshout, Netherlands: Teunissen Transport and Auto Service has added three Kässbohrer reefers to its fleet. The international operators will use the new vehicles mainly in the Netherlands to transport fresh food. Teunissen’s three Kässbohrer K.SRI reefers have data logging, a front axle lifting, .disc brakes and the EBS electronics. Wilfried Teunissen, founding-director said the company …
London, UK: Classic Fresh Foods usually provides fresh produce to London eateries but the coronavirus has forced a change to home delivery made possible with new transport planning software. Based in New Covent Garden Market, Classic Fresh Foods now delivers to around 200 addresses per day, which it has achieved by using My Transport Planner, …
Glasgow, Scotland: Star Refrigeration has launched a weekly online quiz to find the refrigeration and HVAC industry’s Star Pupil. The Star Pupil Quiz encourages industrial cooling and heating professionals to keep their skills and knowledge up-to-date during the Covid-19 pandemic. The weekly quiz offers individuals the chance to win a prize, by watching a short …
Hanover, Germany: This year’s IAA Commercial Vehicles Show, due to take place in September this year, has been cancelled because of the Covid-19 crisis. The organisers of the show say: “It was a difficult decision to make. Yet in view of the overall situation in Europe and around the world, we do not see any …
Harwich, UK: Last Thursday, Border Force officers at Harwich International Port discovered £4.86m of cocaine inside a frozen food lorry. The officers stopped an Irish-registered lorry carrying a load of frozen food which had just arrived on a ferry from the Hook of Holland. They noticed anomalies in the trailer doors and carried out a …
Detroit, Michigan, USA: Carrier Transicold is providing a Model 35X direct-drive refrigeration unit, through a national grant program with Feeding America, to Gleaners Community Food Bank of southeastern Michigan. The unit will be used to support the School Food Mobile program, which delivers nutritious food and milk to school-aged children who are not receiving meals …
Mumbai, India: Cargo-partner has opened a GDP-compliant Competence Center for pharmaceuticals and healthcare in India. This is the company’s third competence center for such products following Vienna and Hamburg. “With the opening of the new pharmaceuticals and healthcare competence center in Mumbai, cargo-partner has established a new hub to provide its customers with GDP-compliant services …
Coventry , UK: TruTac has a new fleet system for planning and management of truck and bus maintenance and compliance. The TruFleet system include vehicle history, maintenance records, safety inspections, defect reporting, rectifications and audit checks. It provides real-time updates on maintenance schedules, online storage for compliance documents, interactive dashboards and alerts. The system will …
London, UK: Food wholesalers Brakes and Bidfood have joined forces to support a new government initiative to ensure that food supplies reach the country’s most vulnerable people during the coronavirus crisis. The initiative involves the two companies working together to deliver potentially hundreds of thousands of weekly care packages across the country to people at …
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