Paris, France: Bolloré Logistics is mobilising to support the supply of pharmaceutical products and facemasks. A health crisis unit has been created made up of Bolloré Logistics pharma and life science experts. It is piloting an epidemic response plan providing graduated solutions and making decisions very quickly in the event of an increase in the …
Erith, UK: Abbey Logistics will pay frontline employees a recognition payment at the end of the year in recognition of efforts to deal with the coronavirus epidemic. The scheme is aimed at drivers, wash bay, warehouse, planning and workshop teams, whose roles are vital to keep the wheels turning and provide essential supplies to the …
Reading, UK: The temperature-controlled industry needs financial help from government says Shane Brennan, chief executive, Cold Chain Federation. Businesses involved in warehousing and transporting products had been rocked by a bottleneck in storage as customers, such as restaurants, no longer need goods to be delivered, he said. The Department for Transport says it recognises the …
Reading, UK: The Cold Chain Federation says that the cold chain is now seeing the next phase of the impact of restrictions imposed to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. “Although parts of the food chain are still very busy (notably home deliveries), large swathes of the food business are in hibernation and this means significantly …
London, UK: UK government actions to manage the coronavirus outbreak are likely to trigger an economic recession worse than that seen during the Great depression. Manufacturing and services sectors in key geographical areas, including the UK, US and the eurozone, saw record falls in activity during March, according to Purchasing Managers’ Index data. The UK …
Tunbridge Wells, UK: The logistics industry needs further support to help offset the effects of the coronavirus epidemic, says the FTA. Elizabeth de Jong, director of policy, FTA, said in a statement: “Job security is vital to logistics workers hit by furloughing or uncertain trading conditions . “FTA’s members are keen to see government deliver and …
Spalding, UK: FreshLinc has 20 new Renault Trucks tractors for temperature-controlled work. The vehicles, supplied by BRS, are 18 Range T460 6x2s and two Range T480 High 6x2s, taken on a three-year term with repair and maintenance contracts, including tax but excluding tyres. Andy Marchant, fleet engineer, FreshLinc said the company bought its first Renault …
The coronavirus epidemic has been fuelled by public hysteria with government doing little to damp this down instead putting in place measures likely to do massive harm to economic performance, says Dean Stiles, joint editor, www.globalcoldchainnews.com. “Governments are prone to folly. When stupid decisions are made rarely is there any admission of mistake. Instead governments …
London, UK: The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) has launched a coronavirus resource database. This database has been made up from the information provided by industry in response to CILT’s call for cross sector collaboration to ensure that the UK is equipped to respond to the coronavirus crisis. The aim is to match organisations …
Geneva, Switzerland: The IRU has called on the European Commission to intervene in the treatment of truck drivers at Turkish borders. Turkey is not allowing citizens from 66 countries to enter the country and enforces quarantine procedures. Drivers of trucks delivering essential goods from and to the EU via Turkey are facing quarantine periods lasting …
London, UK: The UK government risks worsening the truck driver shortage during the coronavirus crisis, unless medical rules are relaxed, according to trade union Unite. Unite warns that 10% to 20% of drivers could be forced off the road unless the government relaxes the requirement for HGV drivers to have a medical during the coronavirus …
Duisberg, Germany: DBO Bahnopertor has run the first container train load of fresh salmon from the Netherlands to Russia and China. It is the first test shipment of a product that was previously sanctioned to travel through Russian territory. If all goes well, a fresh product line to China via Russia will begin in April. …
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