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New diesel electric reefer

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Unit45 has developed a new diesel-electric reefer in collaboration with its client H.Essers

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Unit45, based in Rotterdam, has developed a new diesel-electric reefer in collaboration with its client H.Essers, which is a Belgian logistics solutions provider.

This newly developed diesel-electric reefer was designed with a 900-litre tank, making it 100 litres larger in capacity than the previous version.

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Expanding Global Cold Chains: Dangerous Contribution to Climate Change?

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Keeping food cold as it moves through the supply chain is crucial

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Keeping food cold as it moves through the supply chain is crucial to fighting food insecurity, preventing food waste, and supporting agricultural livelihoods and economies throughout the developing world.

But each step and technology of the cold chain — refrigerators, industrial chillers, and transportation — has significant potential impacts on climate change, from massive energy demands to powerful fluorinated greenhouse gas emissions.

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New Finnish website launched to link global fresh produce buyers

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Global trade database that will be turned into a marketplace to improve the supply chain

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A new web-based trade portal called Claridock, launched by a Finnish entrepreneur, aims to link global fruit suppliers and buyers. Slobodan Stanić says he launched the web platform as a global trade database that will be turned into a marketplace to improve the supply chain.

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Trailers and bodies – low carbon reefer challenges

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Trailers and bodies - low carbon reefer challenges : low- and no-carbon emissions strategies are challenging reefer trailer design

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In this article originally published in Global Cold Chain News, the team explore how reefer operators and suppliers are meeting the challenge of reducing carbon emissions. 

Low- and no-carbon emissions strategies have led to a revolution in reefer trailer and body design.

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Can agritech really transform the future of food?

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Feeding the world is getting more difficult

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Can agritech be the saviour of food supply? The sharp rises in the cost of living that followed the Covid-19 crisis have only been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, known as the breadbasket of Europe. Longer term, the world’s population is predicted to rise to 9.7 billion by 2050 and global warming is transforming traditional patterns of agriculture in ways that are not easy to predict.

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Rotterdam Food Hub continues to take shape

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Take a virtual tour of the Rotterdam Food Hub

If you’re coming to CoolTech – a Cool Logistics event – then you may be one of the lucky few who secured a place on our exclusive tour of the Rotterdam Food Hub. Rotterdam is Western Europe’s largest transit port for agricultural, horticultural and fishery products. The new Food Hub is a 60 hectare industrial site that is under development.

CoolTech – a Cool Logistics event – takes place 21-22 June at the Hilton Hotel Rotterdam, and you can book your place and join us quickly and easily using this link here 

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Etihad Airlines to develop custom passive temperature-controlled containers for pharma logistics

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Custom solution for air transportation of life-saving drugs, vaccines and high-value pharmaceuticals

Etihad Cargo becomes the first airline globally to collaborate with a partner in the development and launch of units specifically tailored to air transportation. The company will replace legacy active cold chain air transportation containers with aviation-specific units that consume less energy.  The custom solution will create passive temperature-controlled containers that can maintain temperatures between -80 and +25 degrees Celsius for up to five days without requiring an external power source – thereby reducing carbon emissions

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Produce coatings could help minimise plastic packaging

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Plastic-free options for perishable produce popular again

Some countries such as France and Spain are leading the way in banning plastic packaging for supermarket perishables. During the pandemic, shoppers wanted the safety of plastic-wrapped produce. Now the trend is towards alternatives including produce coating and the technology that allows this. Interesting update from HortiDaily on plastic coating for perishable produce. 

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War in Ukraine increases pressure on European pork market

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Next few years could be challenging for the market

War in Ukraine is adding more pressure to an already-under-pressure European pork market. Feed prices are increasing significantly, so farm margins are squeezed. Many farms won’t break even this season at expected prices. Consumer behaviour is changing as inflation hits the Eurozone so shoppers are choosing alternatives such as chicken as pork prices remain high.

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Ketchup at risk from climate change

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Could the popular sauce no longer be a staple condiment?

Climate change threatens to halve the tomato’s global harvest this century, according to a new study.  Ketchup is made from so-called processing tomatoes, which are predominantly cultivated in California, Italy and China, all of which are at risk from global warming.

Could this popular table condiment now be at risk?

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