Reading, UK: The UK can lead the world moving from a frozen food temperature set point of -18C to -15C, said speakers at the Cold Chain Climate Summit 2024 yesterday. Moving to -15 from -18 degrees will “secure massive reductions in the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of the UK food supply chain”. The …
Kigali, Rwanda: Carrier Transicold is providing truck fridges, telematics, and training to help advance cold chain development in East Africa as part of an agreement with the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain. An inauguration ceremony for the centre’s Kigali, Rwanda, site, was held this month and the first cold chain …
Gubbio, Italy: Italian transport firm LC3 has put the first all-electric S.KOe Cool trailer from Schmitz Cargobull into operation. All vehicles deployed for Lidl Italia, run on Bio-LNG, an environmentally-friendly fuel that reduces CO2 emissions. LC3 is increasingly focusing on a sustainable vehicle fleet to achieve the ambitious goal of zero emissions by 2050, which …
Redditch, UK: Oakland International has gained the BRCGS AA+ grade third party certification for two of its depots. All Oakland International’s UK and Irish depots are BRCGS AA graded. Louise Smith, group supply chain certification and compliance manager, Oakland International, said: “Working within the supply chain food safety is of paramount importance, so for us to not only retain but …
Minneapolis, MN, USA: Thermo King has a new Electrification Readiness Program in the United States to equip the dealer network with technical expertise, resources and support for advancing decarbonisation of transport refrigeration. If the US is to achieve its national 2050 net-zero emissions targets, the transport sector must reduce emissions by approximately 25% by 2030, …
Bradford, UK: Morrisons is looking to cut the number of staff working in its chilled operations as part of a restructuring of its logistics network. According to the Grocer magazine, Morrisons wants to consolidate the number of warehouse managers at seven of its distribution centres under a single operations manager role. Some of the company’s …
Cambridge, UK: Businesses tend to prioritise the short-term cost of implementing sustainable solutions over the long-term return on investment and environmental impact according to a Cold Chain Federation webinar panel discussion. The panel included Peter Staines, Marshall Fleet Solutions’ renewables Technical manager, Joanne Swift, group sustainability manager P&M group, and Ian Merchant, national projects sales …
Poznań, Poland: Locotranssped, an intermodal and road transport provider has introduced ThermoKare 24/7 Fleet Monitoring on its refrigerated services. In 2022 Locotranssped launched a rail service with their own wagons from Łódź, Poland to Rotterdam, the Netherlands, reducing the transit time to 22 hours. The rail connection is part of the door-to-door service from Poland …
Breda, Netherlands,: NewCold is expanding in its home country with an automated warehouse under construction in Dinteloord, North Brabant. NewCold has recently acquired the Koel-en Vrieshuis Reimerswaal site in Kruiningen, Zeeland. Bram Hage, chief executive, NewCold, said: “Due to customer demand, NewCold is expanding its footprint in the Netherlands. Alongside the greenfield project at Dinteloord, …
Helsingborg, Sweden: Frigoscandia, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Dachser, is being integrated into Dachser’s network. In December, Dachser acquired Frigoscandia from private equity investor Mutares SE & Co and gained European Commission approval for the deal in February. “The acquisition significantly strengthens our position in food logistics in the Nordic region,” says Burkhard Eling, …
Harrogate, UK: Bettys Craft Bakery has put two electric temperature-controlled vans into its fleet. Bettys Craft Bakery is part of Bettys & Taylors Group, a family business running Yorkshire Tea, Taylors of Harrogate, and Bettys Café Tea Rooms. Prohire’s vehicle hire and alternative fuels division, ProGreen, provided the vehicles with bodies built by Bespoke Bodies. …
Reading, UK: The proposed Border Target Operating Model, planned to start at the end of April, will jeopardise the UK’s food supply chain, warns the Cold Chain Federation. It has written to Defra Secretary Steve Barclay, arguing that the government’s plan for full border checks for imports from the EU poses a major challenge to …
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