Bradford, UK: Morrisons is to set some of its freezers to -15 to cut emissions. The grocer says the move is part of a trial to cut carbon emissions and reflects improvement in refrigeration technology not available when the freezer standard was set at -18C almost 100 years ago. Freezers in 10 Morrisons stores have …
Manchester, UK: Pharmaceutical and healthcare distributor Trans-Bridge Freight Services has taken delivery of its first Carrier Transicold Vector E-Cool fridge. The new fridge is on a 13.6-metre Gray & Adams trailer as well as a Carrier Transicold Vector HE 19 fridge. The combination allows Trans-Bridge Freight Services to predominantly power the system using electricity from …
Tema, Ghana: Seafood giant Thai Union has opened a new $14m, 8,000 metric-tonne cold store for its Pioneer Food Cannery (PFC) factory in Ghana. The new site, which has four storage halls, is located in Tema, near PFC’s manufacturing plant. The cold store will ensure year-round temperature-controlled storage of Atlantic tuna from the PFC factory. …
London, UK: Lidl is working with IMA Architects on the construction of two regional distribution centres (RDCs) – one in Belvedre London, and the other in Leeds, according to Insider Media. In Belvedere,IMA Architects is rebuilding and expanding the existing centre. In Leeds, the council has approved plans to build a 581,200 sq ft distribution …
London, UK: Hydrogen fuel cells powering electric motors have been touted as the environmental solution for heavy trucks. Fuel cells tick all the boxes: they reduce weight and extend the range of trucks. But making the change from diesel to fuel cell is expensive requiring new truck systems. Electric batteries are a non starter for …
London, UK: The Road Haulage Association wants the new government to create a specific freight crime offence and a national truck parking security standard to deter criminal gangs preying on hauliers. Public affairs manager, Ashton Cull, told BBC Breakfast: “Freight crime is low risk, high reward for highly organised criminals. This is happening every night …
Too many of the warehouses and cold stores that process fresh produce for the UK’s grocery retail sector remain over-reliant on old fashioned manual handling processes because the alternative has always been limited to systems based on conveyor technology, says Alfred Chen, chief executive, Rainbow Dynamics. “Conveyor technology requires a vast amount of building space …
Biggleswade, UK: London, UK: Hultsteins is to provide sales and aftermarket services for the UK, Ireland and Sweden for Spanish electric fridge maker Courage. Courage Technologies, based in Sagunto-Valencia, Spain produces all-electric refrigeration systems for urban, inner city and ‘last-mile’ logistics operators using vans and box bodies from 2 cubic meters to 32 cubic meters. …
Dublin, Ireland: Dixon International Transport has opened an automated warehouse directly facing the runway at Dublin Airport. The warehouse has 46,000 pallet spaces in chilled and ambient chambers.“The dual capability of handling both chilled and ambient storage opens doors to various industries, including food, pharmaceuticals, and life sciences,” Dixon says.
Cork, Ireland: Easyfresh is calling for a border control post in Cork to save importers thousands of euro per container. The Port of Cork said because it does not have a post, containers are being re-routed to ports such as Southampton or Antwerp, before returning to Ireland for checks in Dublin. There was a temporary …
London, UK: Today’s announcement of government cuts in infrastructure spending will limit the ability of the logistics sector to kickstart economic growth, warns Logistics UK. Speaking after the announcement of spending cuts in key infrastructure projects by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, policy director Kevin Green said that the lack of focus on infrastructure …
Dover, UK: The French border control zone at the Port of Dover is to be expanded to reduce the risk of queues at peak times when new EU rules come into force in November, the government says. Home Office minister Seema Malhotra will lay a Statutory Instrument in Parliament on Monday to allow French border …
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