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Embracing the Chill: How the Consumer Shift from Fresh to Frozen Effects Cold Chain Transportation

Blue Grace Logistics

According to the Food Industry Association, 15 percent of consumers are buying more frozen meat and seafood products, and 21 percent are buying less fresh meat and seafood products. The shift from fresh to frozen alternatives in the food and beverage industry has had significant implications for cold chain transportation.

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Diesel Van Turns Electric at Press of Button

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refrigeration units, bespoke fitouts, minibuses etc), to retain those vehicles for longer while still transitioning to an electric future. Founder Osman Boyner says that with the concept of Reborn Electric he is providing a new business model for an industry caught between the twin goals of cost and sustainability.

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Cold Robots for Cold Chain Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

This has become critically important given how issues such as Brexit, the pandemic, war in Ukraine and the weather have each highlighted the role chilled and frozen warehousing has in creating resilience in our food supply chains; not forgetting of course how Covid revealed the centrality of low temperature storage in medicine and pharmacology.

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Assessing COVID-19’s Impact on Trucking Companies

Trinity Logistics

The economic and operational effects of COVID-19 on the trucking industry have been challenging and devastating. Not all operations have been equally affected , but tough times are on the horizon for some trucking companies. The food industry has been especially hit hard. That will depend on the sectors they operate in.

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Cold Storage Warehouse Fire Safety

Logistics Business Magazine

In the last year, the UK’s cold storage industry capacity has topped 40 million cubic meters, for the football fans amongst you that is the equivalent to the bowl volume of 35 Wembley Stadiums. So as the demand for refrigerated products grows, so does the need for better fire safety. So, where to start?

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New Perspectives for Inbound Logistics During U.S. Produce Season

Blue Grace Logistics

The United States is facing considerable logistics challenges in the temperature-controlled trucking industry. The e-commerce boom and need for refrigerated equipment to move COVID-19 vaccines will tighten capacity across the country, and ongoing driver shortage issues will further exacerbate those challenges.

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Trucking Regulation Tweaks for 2020

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duty period from 12 to 14 hours and extending the distance limit within which the driver may operate from. The proposed rule would not increase driving time and would continue to prevent commercial operators from driving for more than eight consecutive hours without at least a 30-minute change in duty status.