Category Archives: Feb Newsletter 2021

Lineage Logistics Strengthens Industry-Leading Temperature-Controlled Facility Network in Europe with a Dozen Transactions in 2020

Twelve transactions include twenty locations spanning over 2.5 million square feet and 90 million cubic feet of capacity across five European countries, including The Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Poland and Norway

Novi, MI – Lineage Logistics, LLC (“Lineage” or the “Company”), the world’s largest and most innovative temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, today announced the completion of twelve transactions across Europe to build on its leading global facility network. Over the past twelve months, Lineage completed strategic acquisitions across four countries that consists of twenty locations in core population and food production markets. Also included in the Company’s deal activity is a majority investment in a state-of-the art automation commissioning business located in Belgium. All acquisitions have either been successfully integrated or will be integrated in the first quarter of 2021.

Among the companies joining the Lineage team is Coldstar, Lineage’s most recent acquisition in the region which features a highly automated operation in the “Golden Triangle” of Denmark, strategically located between Jutland, Zealand and Germany. Coldstar adds nearly seven million cubic feet and over 20,000 pallet positions of cold storage capacity to the Lineage network, with more than 100 skilled and enthusiastic team members serving approximately 65% of the Danish retail market. Plans to grow this business and expand its offerings to retailers in Denmark and beyond are actively under consideration.

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Globe Tracker, Neosen Energy and Semtech Team to provide first globally operational asset tag integrating LoRaWAN

Globe Tracker, Neosen Energy and Semtech Team to provide the first globally operational asset tag integrating LoRaWAN®

Globe Tracker, Neosen Energy and Semtech Corporation have collaborated to develop the world’s first globally operational asset tag integrating the LoRaWAN® protocol.

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Speakers announced for Cool Logistics Global, 19 – 21 October 2021

Speakers announced for our flagship Cool Logistics Global conference and exhibition, 19 - 20 October 2021

We’re excited to announce speakers for our 13th Cool Logistics Global conference and exhibition.  Held together with our Port Partner for 2021 the Port of Rotterdam, this event brings together the cold chain and perishable cargoes community.

Martin Dixon

Head of Research Products
Drewry and Director, Drewry Group

Juan Andres Ferrari

Director Perishable Supply Chain, ACF Global Sourcing

Michel Looten

Director Maritime, Seabury Cargo

Andrew Lorimer

CEO, Datamar

Ole Schack Petersen

Owner, Chairman and Executive Director,
LCL and The Broom Group

David Sussmann

Entrepreneur – Founder at Seafoodia & Pure Ocean

Places are limited so we advise you complete your early registration – that means we can also keep you updated with our event news. 

Pre-register your place here 

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Greens become trendy again thanks to lockdown and rise in vegan diets

Greens enjoy new popularity as lockdown and a rise in vegan diets put them back on the family menu and dinner table

Lockdown British families are enjoying green vegetables once more, as with more time on their hands they return to scratch cooking. ‘Meat Free Mondays’ and the rise in vegan diets means greens are now regulars on the family dinner table. 

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Meeting the challenge of covid vaccine distribution in India

India has been leading vaccination production and supply, but how will it meet the challenge of vaccinating its 1.3 billion citizens?

For India to vaccinate its 1.3 billion citizens is a huge challenge. It already has a very successful immunization programme in place for babies and pregnant women, but what about the elderly population that is specifically vulnerable to coronavirus, especially in remote regions in this large country?

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Vaccine-ready: -70 Celsius reefer container launches

CakeBoxx Technologies launches 20ft vaccine-ready -70 degree Celsius reefer container

New partnership between CakeBoxx Technologies and Qingdao CIMC Special Reefer Co., Ltd makes 20ft ‘Global Vaccine Distribution Container’ available, designed for shipment of vaccines.

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Brexit bites: 71 pages of paperwork for single lorry of fish

The realities of Brexit for the UK fishing industry

For the UK fishing industry, Brexit is so far proving disastrous, with mountains of new paperwork and huge losses of income due to the new regulations. 

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2021 pharma cold chain predictions

Leading pharma firm Pelican BioThermal makes three key predictions for the pharma cold chain in 2021.

The pharma cold chain has never been under such close scrutiny as now: leading US pharma firm Pelican BioThermal makes three key predictions for the pharma cold chain in 2021, against the backdrop of the global vaccine transportation and storage challenge.

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Opinion: what does 2021 hold for the international fresh fruit market?

Opinion: what does 2021 hold for the international fresh produce market?

What does 2021 have in store for the fresh produce market? This opinion piece explores the potential impact of sustainability, changing shopping habits, the rise of agritech and the impact of Brexit and tariffs on fresh produce trade.

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Tasty Returns for firms that invest in cold chain technology

With the global smart food logistics market projected to more than double by 2025, companies in the cold chain logistics sector face pressure to invest in automation and digitisation

The cold chain logistics sector is coming under mounting pressure to invest in automation and digitisation, against the backdrop of market and regulatory dynamics and the increased importance of technology in cold chains.

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