The monthly newsletter from Cool Logistics – the world’s leading network, knowledge and education resource for logistics, shipping and cold supply chain professionals dealing with perishable cargoes of all types
Cool Logistics and Container News are pleased to announce an online seminar and virtual networking event for container logistics, cold chain and healthcare professionals, April 15 2021.
Announcing the launch of our new Cool Logistics Podcast series. Your chance to catch up with the best of our online seminars – keynotes, session panels and more.
We’re so pleased to announce the launch of our new Cool Logistics Podcast series – your chance to catch up on keynote sessions and speaker panels from our recent online events – head over to our Podcast page and listen directly to sessions from both Cool Logistics Global 2020 and Containing COVID-19: Containerisation’s Role in Global Vaccine Logistics.
This month, news headlines are dominated by reefer containers.
Firstly, reefer container supply shortages: an existing shortage of containers further impacted by the recent Suez Canal blockage and changes to trade agreements has left many perishable exporters in a tight situation.
Secondly, with such growing demand for reefer containers to keep the global perishable supply chain moving, carriers are adding significant numbers of new reefers to their fleets. And in addition, reefers are once more on the move by rail to Asia, reconnecting the European cold chain industry with China after refrigerated transport was suspended in early 2021.
As we prepare for our next event, Cool Logistics Middle East, September 22 2021, we’ve been reading about food security concerns for this region that is so dependent upon food imports. We’re busy taking registrations for this event so please register today to ensure you can join us using this link here.
If there is anything you’d like us to include or cover, please get in touch directly with me at esther@nextlevelinfo.com
Thanks for reading!
Established in 2009, Cool Logistics is the world’s leading network, knowledge and education resource for logistics, shipping and cold supply chain professionals dealing with perishable cargoes of all types. We provide digital community platforms, expert content, virtual, physical and hybrid events to inform, inspire and connect cold chain executives and businesses across the globe from production to consumption.
Brazilian fruit exporters, who were already experiencing difficulties in shipments caused by the pandemic, have had an additional headache since the ship Ever Given ran aground in Egypt’s Suez Canal in March
Abu Dhabi port acquires refrigerated vehicles to boost local final-mile vaccine delivery
Reefer container freight rates have risen sharply this year but remain far outgunned by the inexorable rise in dry box pricing, according to Drewry’s Reefer Shipping Forecaster
Hristo Petkov of Maersk provides an update on vaccine development, logistics and security as distribution efforts pick up across the globe
According to shipping consultancy group Drewry, shipping lines are “far from coping” with the seasonal demands of perishables.
Wild salmon under threat by climate change with implications for the global fish trade
Ocean Network Express (ONE) orders more reefer containers in response to growing global demand.
Since the 1st of April refrigerated transport to China has resumed. It was put on hold over concerns about the transmission of the coronavirus via containers. Chinese rail companies are now fully back on track with the cold chain, to the delight of the European industry.
SeaCube Container’s CEO Robert Sapphio talks ocean shipping and the impact of the Suez Canal blockage on the global food supply chain
Interest in agritech is at an all-time high, accelerated by the pandemic
New global study finds leafy greens, berries, citrus fruits and orange vegetables form the optimal ‘5 a day’ diet
Hapag-Lloyd orders 150,000 TEU of standard and reefer containers, stepping up its investment in its container fleet
Andean banana producing nations of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru will work together with the alliance in the fight against the deadly disease
The Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL) has issued a Technical Bulletin (RTB-008) on the cleaning of reefer containers
European food systems must move on from simply feeding people to allowing consumers to nourish themselves sustainably and healthily, according to a new report
Food security is a serious issue on a global scale, but especially so in countries that rely heavily on imports to feed the population.
SeaCube sets new course for intermodal transportation equipment
No disruption: how automated reefer monitoring impacts safety and productivity simultaneously
Carrier Transicold’s Lynx™Fleet deliver real-time insights
Cool Logistics Global 2022 to take place in Barcelona in Autumn 2022
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