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Manufacturers hit by the hidden costs of pallet ownership

07-Nov-2023 By Gwen Ridler

Manufacturers’ lack of understanding of the total cost of ownership of pallets could be saddling them with easy to avoid hidden costs, according to a new report.

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Food most targeted in supply chain thefts

03-Nov-2023 By Bethan Grylls

A BSI report surveying global supply chain risks between 2021 and 2022 has identified food and fuel as top commodities involved in supply chain thefts, alongside an influx of sophisticated cyberattacks.

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Cold storage industry meets climate change target

20-Oct-2023 By Gwen Ridler

Members of the cold chain have succeeded in meeting the Government’s target for energy efficiency improvements by the end of 2022, according to the Cold Chain Federation (CCF).

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Southeast to get biomethane HGV refuelling station

24-Aug-2023 By Bethan Grylls

Construction of the first Southeast England biomethane HGV refuelling station has begun in Aylesford, Kent.

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Looming Brexit rule changes risk Christmas food disruption

28-Jul-2023 By Gwen Ridler

Supplies of food during the Christmas trading window could face disruption thanks to looming Brexit rule changes that businesses are unaware of and unprepared for, according to the Cold Chain Federation (CCF).

Opinion

Navigating the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal

27-Jul-2023 By Edward Porter

Edward Porter looks at how the food industry will need to adapt in light of the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal.

Data dashboard

Who led food trade during the height of the pandemic?

26-Jul-2023 By Bethan Grylls

An analysis of the world’s most imported and exported food groups identified the US as the world’s food trading leader during the first year of the pandemic, with the UK ranking eighth.

‘Freight commissioner’ for London needed: FTA

04-Oct-2017 By Mike Stones

A new freight commissioner for London is needed – to speed the delivery of goods, including food and drink products – the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has urged.

Amazon to build £1.2bn air cargo hub

07-Feb-2017 By Gwen Ridler

Online retail giant Amazon is to build a £1.2bn ($1.5bn) air cargo hub at an airport in the US and create more than 2,000 jobs, to help fulfil its global orders.

Infrastructure spending boost is ‘great news’: FTA

25-Nov-2016 By Matt Atherton

The increased infrastructure spending, announced in the chancellor’s Autumn Statement, has been welcomed by the Freight Transport Association (FTA), which described it as “great news”.

IAG Cargo to lift premium capacity with £55M facility

04-Oct-2016 By Rick Pendrous

IAG Cargo is to build a new £55M temperature controlled freight facility at its London Heathrow hub to grow a “higher yielding” part of its business.

Brexit impact

Freight transport group calls for PM to prioritise logistics

28-Jul-2016 By Michelle Perrett

Freight Transport Association (FTA) boss David Wells has urged Prime Minister (PM) Theresa May to prioritise the logistics industry in Brexit talks with the EU.

Warehouse worker survives cheese warehouse collapse

09-May-2016 By Gwen Ridler

A factory worker trapped under tonnes of cheese survived for nine hours before being rescued at a Shropshire warehouse.

Calais transport crisis ‘should not be repeated’: FTA

09-May-2016 By Gwen Ridler

Further disruption at the port of Calais should not be allowed to cost businesses – including food and drink exporters – millions of pounds, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has urged.

Logistics demand rises as economy picks up

04-May-2016 By Rick Pendrous

A stronger UK economy is leading to increased logistics demand, according to the findings of the Freight Transport Association’s (FTA’s) Logistics Report 2016.

London traffic hard to swallow for food delivery firms

22-Apr-2016 By Michelle Perrett

Food and drink manufacturers will face “significant challenges” in making deliveries in the capital due to a “creaking” transport infrastructure, a new report has warned.

HGV training ‘puts food firms on the road to profit’

22-Jan-2016 By Gary Benardout

From restaurants to supermarkets and fishmongers to greengrocers, almost all types of business rely on road logistics in one way or another, especially the food and drink industry. So, it pays to invest in training drivers of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs).

Logistics firm fined £20k for forklift head injury

17-Oct-2015 By Michael Stones

A logistics firm has been fined £20,000 for safety failings, after a worker suffered head injuries when he struck by a fork-lift truck in a busy yard.

HGV fatal accident rate drops in latest figures

25-Sep-2015 By Michael Stones

Fatal accidents involving heavy good vehicles (HGVs) fell by 3.5% last year, according to the latest government figures.

Freight industry welcomes driver skills probe

14-Sep-2015 By Michael Stones

The freight industry has welcomed plans to probe the lack of professional drivers in the haulage sector, unveiled by Parliament’s Transport Select Committee.

Logistics bodies unite to tackle HGV driver shortage

07-Aug-2015 By John Wood

Four trade bodies that represent the UK logistics industry have pledged to work together to tackle the shortage of heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers.

Calais crisis: Delays hit Scottish shellfish exports

05-Aug-2015 By Alice Foster

Scottish companies that export live shellfish are struggling to cope as their delivery lorries remain caught in the middle of travel chaos at Channel ports.

New hi-tech answer to migrants in trucks

22-Jul-2015 By Michael Stones

A new portable device designed to detect stowaways in trucks transporting vegetables, fruit and other goods has been launched by the Freight Transport Association (FTA), as the FTA Ireland urges its government to press for a resolution of the migrant...

Fresh food air freight sees ‘biggest year ever’

02-Aug-2013 By Rick Pendrous

IAG Cargo, the business formed between British Airways Cargo and Cargo Iberia back in April 2011, has seen a dramatic rise in its perishable chilled air freight business over the past four years as imports of fruit and vegetables from Africa and Latin...

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