May/june 2013 Issue 184

Dedicated to the UK temperature controlled logistics industry

UK Top 25 chart toppers The UK’s top temperature-controlled transport and Chiltern takes a New Actros logistics service providers ranked in this exclusive Cold Top operators Chiltern Cold Storage has a Chain News survey New Actros 2545 BigSpace Page 6 that is delivering excellent fuel performance, says Paul outperform market Jackson, managing director. The truck arrived on 1 March Home delivery options The Top 25 operator listing, produced by Cold Chain News and and in the following six We report CV Show highlights that include three new exclusive to the title, shows the biggest five temperature-controlled weeks covered some 10,000 transport and logistics providers, growing turnover. Fowler Welch is fully-freighted miles – it models for the food home delivery market the star performer this year in turnover terms moving from fifth place spends most of its time on Page 4 last year to fourth this year with a 12% year-on-year turnover increase. domestic duties at 44 tonnes, A new entry this year, taking the number two slot, is Turners but also undertakes regular Chiltern’s New Actros with Predictive Distribution. It acquired Browns Distribution last year expanding its continental assignments at 40 Powertrain Control gives 10.8mpg average customer base in Lincolnshire. Browns operates 100 vehicles and tonnes. Pulling a 13.6m Gray Viewpoint has a temperature-controlled warehouse and packhouse. & Adams reefer, the New Actros returns 10.8 mpg average, as Fowler Welch’s MD Nick Hay warns about Euro 6 “We are optimistic about the future although we anticipate tough measured by the Proteo telematics system. Cruise control that “sees” consequences and other challenges the industry faces economic conditions for the foreseeable future,” says Paul Day, the road ahead is contributing to the exceptional mpg returns. Since managing director of Turners Distribution. May 2012 Chiltern has acquired two more New Actros BigSpace Page 9 Outside the top five operators performance was more muted tractors and seven Actros rigids. They join a fleet of 40 trucks split reflecting the almost unanimous view from operators that trading evenly between tractor units and 18- and 26-tonne rigids. conditions are the most difficult any has experienced. “The past year has been tough for all transport companies, but new Night-time deliveries business and reduced empty running has enabled us to remain both Flexible temperature pharma van Operators and the Noise Abatement Society assess the competitive and profitable. Looking ahead to 2013/2014 we will practicalities and virtues of night-time deliveries continue with this strategy and look to improve our already high service Paneltex Somers has a twin- Page 8 levels,” says Mike McLuskey, managing director of Ocean Trailers. compartment demonstrator • The full survey is on page 6 capable of a 50°C temperature differential between the front and rear compartments. The Happy Birthday Co-op completes logistics jigsaw van, primarily for the Thermo King The Co-op has opened a £22m multi-temperature distribution centre pharmaceutical industry, is in South Normanton – the conclusion of a project which started in based on a Mercedes Sprinter Thermo King celebrates its 75th birthday. We look back, 2004 to transform and modernise the Co-op’s distribution network. with an ATP Class C certified and forward, at the company’s many refrigeration solutions , chief executive of the Co-operative Food, said: “The twin compartment body Paneltex Somers ATP Class C certified van Page 10 opening of Castlewood marks a major milestone for the Co-operative capable of temperatures conversion with K factor of 0.29W/m2/°C and the completion of a radical revamp of our logistics network. This between -25°C and +25°C in investment is the final piece in the jigsaw for our logistics operation. either compartment using Paneltex’s Flexi-Temp bulkhead. This has The Co-operative now has one national distribution centre in two positions to allow two pallets in the front and one in the rear, or Nitrogen trials a success Coventry and nine new multi-temperature state-of-the-art regional vice versa. Refrigeration is from a GAH Flexi-Temp heat/cool/freeze reports successful trials using nitrogen-powered distribution centres.” Castlewood has energy efficiency devices sequential dual evaporator fridge. Chris Berridge, managing director, including rainwater harvesting to reduce water demand on site and Paneltex, says it is “a first in refrigerated panel van conversion design fridges and plans to extend the use of the new system movement detection lighting. and gives the operator maximum flexibility”. Page 11

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News Staplehurst in Brief tries Actros Sainsbury’s home deliveries Fraikin has a second contract with J Sainsbury to manage 350 of its home delivery vans in the Objective: southeast. The new contract follows a deal to supply 246 vehicles in September 2011. The vehicle Uptime management package includes a 90-minute recovery and repair time and maintenance every 12 weeks at Sainsbury’s stores. “The New Actros is allocated to designated day and Trailer: night men and both love it,” Darren Goldup, director Langdon long trailer success Staplehurst Transits Cool Liner Langdon’s four 14.6 metre long refrigerated trailer Kent-based Staplehurst Transits, which distributes fresh fruit and produce to trial, running since June, has been a “great success”. wholesale markets, is celebrating its 40th The Gray & Adams trailers with Thermo King SLX birthday this year – it is also trying a fridges carry 28 UK sized pallets or 35 euro pallets Mercedes-Benz tractor for the first time. The and will reduce Langdons’ carbon footprint by 4.4 family firm operates 22 tractors and purchased tonnes of CO2 per trailer per year. the New Actros 2551 with aerodynamic StreamSpace cab after evaluating several HS Logistics panic deliveries brands. The Actros has a Daimler FleetBoard telematics system, and is maintained by Euro Code XL ü HS Logistics has added two 7.5-tonne Daf LF 45.180 dealer Sparshatts of Kent, which has just High residual value fridge trucks to its ‘panic delivery fleet’. The new opened a new workshop in Tonbridge. The ü trucks, supplied on contract hire with Ryder, are truck is double-shifted, collecting fresh fruit and vegetables from farms in Kent and fitted with sleeper cabs and custom-designed single “It is imperative that our trailers are built to the highest quality to ensure efficient insulation delivering to wholesale markets at night. compartment Paneltex bodies with Carrier Xarios and reliable performance. Our customers need to rely on excellent back up. In this regard, Krone Darren Goldup, director, says: “The fleet Trailers UK are probably the best I have seen” direct drive fridges. average is between 9.1 and 9.2mpg, and David Reay. Sales Director, Axis Fleet Management Limited. despite the fact that it’s still very new and not adds Bio-LNG to fleet properly loosened up yet, the New Actros is Krone Trailers UK, Peckfield Business Park, Tesco Distribution is to run 35 Mercedes-Benz dual- already hitting 8.9mpg. This compares well Phoenix Avenue, Micklefield, LEEDS. LS 25 4DY fuel vehicles on Bio-LNG. The vehicles will use with a unit from our other supplier, which Tel: +44 (0)1132 878817 | Fax: +44 (0)1132 878819 went on the road at the same time as the www.krone-values.com | www.krone-trailer.com Gasrec’s refuelling station at Daventry International Mercedes – that vehicle is on similar work, but Rail Freight Terminal that opens to all dual-fuel LGVs lagging behind at 8.5 mpg.” in May. Bio-LNG is Gasrec’s proprietary blend of liquefied natural gas and liquid bio-methane. The deal with Gasrec will cut Tesco’s CO2 emissions by 15% with a 90% reduction in NOx and particulate Maximum storage density Ice cool traffic matter emissions. First Bevan Schmitz delivered for reduced costs management CVME Truck Rental is running the first two rigid Space saving handling and storage methods can make a The Ice Co Logistics has changed traffic reefers to be built by Bevan Group in co-operation significant contribution to reduced overheads in cold stores, says management systems to drive down cost. Martin McVicar, managing director, Combilift and Aisle-master. Trevor Hudson, managing director, the Ice with Schmitz Cargobull. The 18-tonne chassis cabs “Achieving maximum pallet density in any given area can Company, says: “Changing to Manpack3 was have temperature-controlled 7.5-metre bodies and are reduce the per pallet costs, avoid the need to rent or buy extra a breeze. The software has given us stability working for a department store. The bodies were facilities should volumes increase, and can even enable the size and is enabling us to control all aspects of our assembled at Bevan’s factory in Oldbury, West of premises to be reduced,” he says. business more calmly and more easily.” Midlands, using designs, components and materials “Pallet racking should therefore be as high as the roof height “The software is simple to use and we supplied by Schmitz Cargobull. The bodies have allows and aisle widths should ideally be as narrow as possible. have already realised significant cost savings single-temperature refrigeration units with moving This is only feasible of course if the vehicles used in this by linking information from other functions environment are suited for VNA work, as well as being capable such as accounts and warehousing to bulkheads and thermostatic fans to allow for dual- of prolonged operation in very low temperatures. eliminate the manual work involved in some temperature operation. “Forklift manufacturers have recently focused on the specific of our processes.” requirements of this market and the Aisle-Master cold store model The logistics division of Europe’s largest Quayside catch is an example of how research and development and collaboration ice manufacturer has implemented Mandata’s Quayside Distribution expects a ten-year trailer life with the cold store sector has resulted in a purpose-built machine. Manpack3 together with Tracking and “The articulated design enables the Aisle-Master to work in Space saving is vital in cold Geo-fencing, Driver Behaviour and PDA using ‘fish specification’ from Gray & Adams. It aisles of just 1.75m - compared with the use of reach trucks manifests. Hudson is confident that the supplied Quayside with two batches of single-deck stores where costs per foot which need much wider aisles to manoeuvre this can result in are far higher than for system will quickly pay for itself and is trailers with fuel-saving Eco-Aer enhancements such 50% more capacity. Lift heights of up to an impressive 15m ambient warehouses looking to roll out additional PDA manifests as wide-radiused top cappings and vortex generators enables every inch of horizontal space to be exploited,” he says. to its fleet this year. to smooth airflow. The trailers have single- www.coldchainnews.com temperature Thermo King fridges, with bulkheads and © Comercial Transport Publishing Ltd Shetland opts for Carrier cooling transfer fans for frozen and chilled distribution. Other Lerwick-based Shetland Transport has its Gray & Adams fish specification features are Editor: Dean Stiles Advertising sales: David Crawford first Carrier Transicold Vector 1550 trailer additional drain holes with ‘stop cocks’ and extra [email protected] t: +44 (0) 1304 228 196 e: [email protected] t: +44 (0) 208 643 4948 fridges. The nine Vector 1550 units are on sealing of electrical and other systems to protect News Editor: Sally Nash t: +44 (0) 7748 842 320 SubscriptionS: Tina Massey tri-axle Gray & Adams trailers and join a fleet them from water. Quayside supplies fresh and frozen Art editor: Becky Westlake t: + 44 (0) 1326 259752 [email protected] t:+ 44(0) 1326 560420 of 30 trucks and 96 trailers. 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Home delivery dominates CV Show A packed CV Show saw the return of the Cool Pavilion with a raft of new products for operators. We report the highlights Paneltex, Lawrence David and Solomon all had home delivery vehicles on their stands. Gray & Adams, which has also launched its own vehicle for the home delivery market, puts the current size of the UK home delivery fleet at around 7,500 vehicles. Based on an average five-year replacement cycle, this implies potential demand for some 1,500 new vehicles each year, says Steve Rose, managing director of Gray & Adams’ Doncaster factory. Lawrence David is using an all-bonded construction on its new bodywork with no subframe to help reduce weight on its designs for All plastic construction – even the step – cuts weight on this Lawrence David 3.5 home delivery van 3.5 tonners. Paneltex 9.2m urban reefer for Musgrave Partners Two vehicles, on Mercedes Sprinter chassis, showed the design, one for Sainsbury’s and a demonstrator featuring plastic steps helping to achieve the 1.5 tonne payload. Paneltex had a 3.5t VW Crafter chassis cab with multi-drop refrigerated box body for home delivery on display. This vehicle is built to a freeze/chill specification with a GAH Super Rapier SRF21T direct drive refrigeration system and Paneltex’s direct air system. The vehicle body has a moveable bulkhead with centre door for access from one compartment to another. Paneltex displayed a new 9.2m urban reefer trailer, one of several for Musgrave Retail Partners GB as part of its distribution fleet for the and retail outlets. Solomon has supplied ’s home delivery fleet. It took delivery in March of a further 250 Iveco Daily 3.5 tonne home delivery vehicles as part of a total order for 700 identical light commercials placed during 2012.

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The Top 25 temperature-controlled logistics providers Produced by Cold Chain News in association with The Cold chain news listing of the top 25 temperature-controlled operators in britain and ireland A vibrant industry grows Britain’s top five temperature-controlled transport, distribution, and logistics providers report increased turnover in what has unanimously been agreed an incredibly tough trading environment for all sectors of the transport industry Other players... Despite the general economic gloom the larger companies Most companies have stressed that the current Excluded from this listing are those companies, such as ACS&T and have continued to use their financial resources to invest in financial year is likely to be equally tough, with continued Norbert Dentressangle, where we have been unable to separate out plant, equipment, vehicles and depot/warehouse pressure on margins and rates. Some of the initiatives to their temperature-controlled activities for comparative purposes. expansion. Companies investing in this way include cut costs and improve profit include reducing empty Norbert Dentressangle is especially strong in frozen goods Yearsley, Grocontinental, NFT, Turners and RDS. running, the use of fuel escalators and offering more warehousing and distribution in the UK and has 4 million square While this is a positive development, most other added-value services. metres of frozen warehouse capacity in Europe. It also handles chilled companies in the top 25 listing overall report stagnant, or Suppliers, as well as operators, expect challenging and ambient products. even a decline, in turnover. The trend towards expanding times ahead for the industry. Karin De Bondt, regional ACS&T has 12 temperature-controlled warehouses for frozen, from chilled and frozen to ambient transport and director for Thermo King for the UK and Ireland, chilled or ambient raw materials and finished products for final warehousing has continued from last year with Chiltern believes the road transport industry is likely to face distribution. It is a subsidiary of Camellia, a £250m turnover company Cold Storage and Fowler Welch just two of the companies similar challenges in 2013 as those faced during the that operates in 15 countries. Much of Camellia’s revenue is beefing up the ambient side of their businesses. last two years. generated from UK operations that include food storage and Acquisitions were few and far between last year with “In today’s conservative economic climate and with the distribution, engineering, agriculture and banking. most temperature-controlled operators focusing on forthcoming Euro 6 legislation, operators are looking for Eddie Stobart did not appear in last year’s table and has since organic growth. However, Turners, which appears in our solutions that offer improved fuel efficiency, lower noise pulled out of its short shelf-life chilled distribution operations. listing for the first time, snapped up Browns Distribution and improved ease of use for drivers. In addition, we Stobart’s multiple-user chilled operations, the part acquired with the last year and SDM European Transport bought a expect the pharmaceutical segment to drive market purchase of Innovate Logistics in 2008, represented around 2.5 to 3% groupage exporter in the UK. growth,” says De Bondt. of the turnover of Eddie Stobart’s transport and distribution business.

1 Gist 2 Turners www.gistworld.com www.turners-distribution.com “Our focus in 2012 was to further strengthen our “Turners Refrigerated Division acquired Browns temperature-controlled operations network throughout Distribution last year expanding its customer base in What the top the UK and Europe. Our network covers the entire UK and Lincolnshire. Browns operates 100 vehicles and has a 1 Europe and combined with our expertise in international 2 temperature-controlled warehouse and packhouse. We logistics, offers global end-to-end temperature-controlled are optimistic about the future although we anticipate and time-sensitive logistics capability.” tough economic conditions for the foreseeable future.” bosses say Martin Gwynn, chief executive Paul Day, managing director 6 Yearsley Group 7 Langdon Industries 8 Reed Boardall www.yearsley.co.uk www.langdons.co.uk www.reedboardall.co.uk “The logistics division has won several new “I am pleased to report steady growth in Reed Boardall operates from a single site in North Yorkshire with a fleet of contracts and work has started on the head office turnover and net profits over recent years 160 tractors and 240 refrigerated trailers, all under four years old. ‘Super Hub’ consolidation centre at Heywood and this is partly explained by our 6 which is due for completion in May 2013. The 7 on-going commitment to deliver a 8 purchase of Hams Hall in the Midlands expanded consistent high quality service to our our cold store network to 13 and provided the 2,000+ customers. As a result of this we ultimate destination for clients.” have seen gains in our market share.” Harry Yearsley, managing director Arran Osman, managing director

12 Virginia International Logistics 13 McCulla (Ireland) 14 Ocean Trailers www.virginialogistics.ie www.mcculla.co.uk www.oceantrailers.co.uk “2011/12 proved a challenging period. However, McCulla provides frozen, chilled “The past year has been tough for all transport despite these challenges, our business remained and ambient storage, blast companies, but new business and reduced empty constant and we continue to focus on providing freezing, tempering, order picking running has enabled us to remain both competitive 12 our many customers with competitive prices and 13 and distribution. 14 and profitable. Looking ahead to 2013/2014 we will 15 quality services to ensure reliability and integrity continue with this strategy and look to improve our in their supply chain.” already high service levels.” Ray Cole, managing director Mike McLuskey, managing director

19 Armoric Freight International 20 Castlecool 21 Chiltern Cold Storage Group www.armoric.co.uk www.castlecool.ie www.chilterncoldstorage.co.uk Armoric Freight International, set up by “The company is looking at a number of “Building a new ambient warehouse, assembling Marc Payne in 1975, provides full-load, potential growth developments in other a state-of-the-art fleet of refrigerated vehicles and temperature-controlled transport geographical areas at present. Castlecool have installing automated voice picking are just some 19 services in Europe (France, The 20 been awarded the Gold Standard by Deloitte 21 of the progresses we have made. Our 22 Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Spain, for the fourth year in succession, for being one commitment to detail, accuracy and reliability Italy and Portugal) running 26 trailers. of the Best Managed Companies in Ireland.” will remain our key focus of attention.” Paul Shortt, chief executive Paul Jackson, managing director

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UK TopUK Top 25 Temperature-Controlled 25 Temperature-Controlled Transport Transport and andLogistics Logistics Providers Providers

Ambient Chilled Frozen Rank Company Depot 2012 (m) 2011 (£m) 2010 (£m) Tractors Trailers Rigids Vans Total (m2) (m2) (m2)

1 Gist 37 500.00 460.00 1500 1800 150 90 225,000

2 Turners (Soham) 32 235.00 210.00 1130 1670 21 12 10,000* 10,000* 60,000* 80,000*

3 Culina Logistics 13 210.00 206.00 355 680 20 10 140,000 75,500 215,000 4 Fowler Welch 12 155.0 138.35 119.92 360 847 46,188 30,844 0 77,032 About our sponsor 5 NFT Distribution 7 152.5 140.90 127.70 390 490 74,322 6 Yearsley Group 13 143.6 122.00 126.90 297 300 40 15 17,500 2,000 127,500 147,000 Thermo King: 75 Years of 7 Langdon Industries 9 74.2 67.55 59.39 181 264 90 4 20,275 8 Reed Boardall 1 32.76 30.21 160 240 112,000* Trusted Expertise, Innovation, 9 Grocontinental 1 28.40 25.70 65 120 7,277 25,467 40,020 72,784 10 Peter Green Chilled (Mann Group) 2 20.00 20.00 85 95 5 5 1,500 6,000 2,500 10,000

Partnership and Performance 11 Moores Refrigeration Controlled Transport 5 19.57 17.99 Since patenting the first successful mechanical 12 Virginia International Logistics 2 16.00 16.00 60 200 1,858 929 464 3,251 refrigeration unit in 1939 (see page 12), Thermo King has helped to shape the global industry of 13 McCulla (Ireland) 2 14.30 13.50 65 125 2 3 2,000 2,000 12,500 16,500 transport refrigeration. Thermo King is committed 14 Ocean Trailers 1 13.30 14.20 31 31

to provide transport temperature control solutions 15 David Price Food Services 6 13.00 13.00 43 54 11 955 5,037 7003 that meet customer needs in terms of reliability, 16 Cold Move 2 12.00 11.00 15 30 50,000 50,000 250,000 350,000 improved fuel efficiency, reduced noise emission and ease of use for drivers. 17 Matthews International Transport 4 11.00 10.00 100 120 Thermo King also offers service maintenance 18 Pulleyn Transport 1 10.00 10.00 33 35 11 1 10,000 21,000 15,000 46,000

programs as well as a range of accessories and 19 Armoric Freight International 1 8.67 9.66 18,000* temperature monitoring and tracking equipment. 20 Castlecool 3 7.42 6.82 Our global network of certified dealer service technicians is unmatched in the industry, superior 21 Chiltern Cold Storage Group 1 6.97 6.17 30 35 8 10 5,146 2,280 9,386 16,812 in their responsiveness and whose knowledge 22 S D M European Transport 3 5.90 5.40 20 22 2 4400*

and depth of experience support our customers 23 Refrigerated Delivery Services 1 5.20 3.80 6 6 20 17 100 200 50 350 wherever they go. 24 Clan International Transport Services 1 3.45 3.31 20 20 1 Thermo King is a business unit of Ingersoll Rand, a global provider of products, services, and 25 HS Logistics 1 1.80 1.60 8 3 12 2 integrated solutions that advance the quality of life Notes: by creating and sustaining safe, comfortable and * pallets efficient environments. For more on Thermo King • The listing includes only those logistics companies where temperature-controlled transport and distribution services make up an identifiable and substantial portion of turnover. Companies excluded from the list becuase we are unable to separate out their temperature-controlled activity or lack of data are: ACS&T Logistics, B W visit: europe.thermoking.com Refrigerated Couriers, Davies International Transport, Direct Deliveries Transport, Edward Gilder & Co, Gregory Distribution, J B Wheaton & Sons, Lowe (Paddock Wood), Wincanton, DHL, PCL Transport, Robert Summers Transport, Solstor UK, McBurney Transport, Oakland International, and Samworth Brothers.

3. Culina 4 Fowler Welch 5 NFT Distribution www.culinalogistics.co.uk www.fowlerwelch.co.uk www.nft.co.uk “It is our absolute intention to maintain our “Our business has remained strong through listening, “Despite the challenging economy, NFT has grown industry leading service levels and continue to responding and delivering to our customers at all times, by 8% per annum over the last five years. Our provide the benchmark for food and drink logistics and through the flexibility and adaptability of our team flagship Daventry depot is operating at optimum 3 across the UK and Ireland by adding value in a 4 across the network. We have had many new contracts 5 capacity and we invested £2m in our new highly competitive logistics sector.” with existing and new customers and have a strong Middleton depot (opened Oct 2011), significantly Thomas van Mourik, chief executive pipeline for the year ahead.” growing NFT’s presence in the North West.” Nick Hay, managing director, Fowler Welch Dale Fiddy, sales and marketing director

9 Grocontinental 10 Peter Green Chilled (Mann Group) 11 Moores Refrigeration www.grocontinental.co.uk Peter Green provides UK and international Controlled Transport “Pre-tax profit increased to £2.7m from £2.1m in logistics handling chilled, frozen and ambient www.mrct.co.uk 2010/2011. While we were challenged by rising costs foods with an 80-vehicle fleet. Moores Refrigeration Controlled Transport and competitive pricing, close management and the has delivered chilled food products since 9 improved utilisation of buildings and vehicles made 10 11 1969. It has four sites in the UK delivering the real difference during the last financial year.” to wholesale markets, food service Linda Grocott, joint managing director suppliers and retailers.

15 David Price Food Services 16 Cold Move 17 Matthews 18 Pulleyn Transport www.davidpricefoods.co.uk www.coldmove.net International Transport www.pulleyn.co.uk “David Price Food Services has continued to develop its Cold Move provides temperature- www.matthewstransport.co.uk “The company continued to expand into national network albeit through difficult trading conditions controlled storage and UK Matthews International the cold chain market during 2011/12 in which we are continuing to drive down costs and distribution with warehouses in Transport provides extending its client base. The company 15 increase sales. In 2013/2014 we are hopeful that we can 16 Shropshire and Warrington. It 17 temperature-controlled transport prides itself on providing a top level offers blast freezing, tempering, in the UK and Europe. 18 service to its customers, mainly in the further develop all of our strategically placed depots to further improve added-value services for the customer.” case picking and rework solutions pharmaceutical and foodstuff sectors.” David Price, managing director and is BRC accredited.

22 S D M European Transport 23 Refrigerated Delivery Services 24 Clan International Transport Services 25 H S Logistics www.sdmeuropean.com www.rdstransport.co.uk www.clan-international.com www.hslogisticsltd.co.uk “We were in a fortunate position in 2012 to “With substantial investment “Although volumes for the food and pharma “The company is committed to acquire a well-known groupage exporter throughout 2012 in a modern fleet of sector have held up reasonably well during running a modern fleet of vehicles in the UK. This has given us strength and vehicles and state of the art computer this period of recession, 2011/12 was another with the best drivers at the wheel. flexibility for the business moving forward 23 systems, we are looking forward to 24 challenging year balancing and containing 25 A happy team and committed to as well as a large increase in sales, so further growth in the coming year in ever rising costs against transport rates that excellence is what we strive for so some good challenges ahead for SDM.” a tough marketplace.” have remained at best static for some time.” the customer receives the best.” Richard Herberts, managing director John Clark, managing director Patricia Hilton, managing director

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DEAN STILES, Editor Chart toppers Speakers’ Corner produced in association with Carrier Transicold How feasible is increasing night-time his issue sees the publication of the Cold Chain HGV movements in urban areas are often constrained during night-time News Top 25 temperature-controlled distribution T periods by local regulations put in place to avoid noise impacts. Restrictions and logistics service providers. are imposed by local authorities in order to protect residents from noise and The listing shows some impressive performances in deliveries? other nuisance during the late evening and early morning. However, they turnover growth with Gist sales up 8.6%, Turners up have the effect of increasing the number of deliveries that have to be scheduled during peak traffic conditions, thereby increasing congestion, 11.9% and Fowler Welch up an impressive 15.4% (year- reducing air quality and increasing the road safety risks for vulnerable on-year in 2011). When set against the back-drop of the groups such as schoolchildren and cyclists by concentrating freight traffic UK’s sluggish economic performance that is a worthy when competition for road space is at its highest. achievement. These difficulties are further compounded for retailers who need early morning deliveries. If such night-time delivery restrictions could be relaxed Temperature-controlled distribution, like all transport or removed where appropriate, there are significant benefits for society, sectors, is an industry dominated by the few, with the making our urban environments healthier and more peaceful places to live top five players – Gist, Turners, Culina, NFT and Fowler and conduct business. Working together since 2007 with the Freight – accounting for 75% of the top 25 companies’ turnover. Transport Association, government and local government, the Noise Abatement Society has developed a code of practice for quiet deliveries. The But there is evidence of tough trading conditions in this DfT sponsored Quiet Deliveries Demonstration Scheme has successfully market. Certainly those companies outside the top five demonstrated how road freight can make significant efficiency show less robust performance and, in two cases, improvements by delivering out of hours, without causing a noise reporting a fall in turnover which suggests that overall disturbance; and subsequent work carried out with Transport for London, to allow out of hours deliveries during London 2012, has further proved the there has been little growth. However, temperature- case for investment in quieter equipment, staff and driver training and controlled logistics is a challenging market as Eddie operational amendments. Consequently, there has never been a better time Stobart, which pulled out of multiple-user chilled to unlock the business benefits of off-peak deliveries. To do so, retailers and operations, has demonstrated. That alone puts the industry must work closely together with local authorities to agree the conditions under which delivery restrictions could be relaxed while still success of our top five and the performance of all the Lisa Lavia, managing director, protecting residents’ rights to a good night’s sleep. 25 companies listed into context. Noise Abatement Society Lisa Lavia, managing director, Noise Abatement Society

At the moment about 90% of operators have more day work than night work; getting more pm deliveries would allow far greater Raise fleet utilisation and allow us to take vehicles off the road. However, a lot of depots don’t have staff at night to receive deliveries, so it would mean a big change for many. Whether it would Your Profile be possible or not would be down to a depot’s specific restrictions. Without a doubt though, it would make deliveries easier for firms like us. We make 75% of our deliveries during the day, so we have to run far more vehicles in the daytime. If I Keep your customers aware of the services you could split that a little more evenly it would be hugely beneficial – an increase in night- time deliveries is definitely something I’d like to see more of. provide and the successes you are achieving in Roger Noke, group transport manager, NR Evans the CV Industry. Temperature controlled or dry freight, we have the experience to get your name The biggest hurdle we’d face is in the noticed in the trade press and beyond. food service industry where a lot of delivery points want to close at midday We are fast, experienced and affordable. or 1pm, because they work through the night loading their own vehicles and so won’t take night-time delivery Contact us now and we will tell you how bookings. Many feel opening at night to allow night-time delivery is not we have done it for hundreds of other feasible, but people need to dare to think differently and try new methods. CV Industry businesses just like yours! We need to change the thinking surrounding night-time deliveries by all working together to make it possible. The great benefit of being able to For a fast quote and fast delivery call or mail today: utilise your fleet in the evening and delivering 24/7 is there would be less 01934 712701 // 01326 560400 // 07779 240321 traffic on the road, meaning faster [email protected] deliveries and less fuel burned, which in turn means less emissions. We need to think greener www.m1marketing.co.uk and be innovative, not put up barriers. But at present, we are only able to double-shift about 15% of our fleet. Better vehicle utilisation would make a business such as ours even more efficient, and can yield savings. They might not be huge, but it will benefit the customer as you can lower their transport costs. M1 Marketing - the CV Transport Marketing People Trevor Hudson, managing director, The Ice Company

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Viewpoint The temperature-controlled industry: 5127 pitfalls and paradise regained? Nick Hay, managing director of multi-temperature consolidator, Fowler Welch, shares some mixed views of the industry and its current performance

he challenge of Euro 6 legislation to the industry has yet to make its presence Ttruly felt. It is going to have a major impact, and woe betide any of us who think it will simply ‘go away’. On the one hand the government is taxing us to the hilt while forcing us toward ever-greener environmental performance, yet on the other they do nothing to mitigate the significant on-cost of this EU legislation, and the considerable investment being made by fleet manufacturers: the 120 years of innovation arrival of Euro 6 will put further pressure on our sector. My concern is that, as an industry, we have little idea of the future effects of Euro 6. And that’s everything from new vehicle availability to operational impacts; there is undoubted risk in the assumptions of Euro 5 residual values. So growing numbers of operators are taking a gamble on what the future holds, with no opportunity to test their theories until it is too late. In a sector where investment levels are already huge and margins perilously small, that is a gamble too far in my opinion. Is the short-termism and focus on Euro 5 going to be a mistake that we, as a sector, will regret..? “My greatest worry remains that far too many operators are still costing on a marginal basis, and in these continuingly tough economic times that Save on fuel: is simply not sustainable.” Cool more effi ciently® NX17 with Nick Hay, managing director, Fowler Welch FERROPLAST There are some positive signs. If we look at an industry giant such as Wincanton, it’s good to see a major player showing real signs of margin growth. From the outside it appears that the Wincanton team is doing a great job at the moment and should be congratulated. The Fowler Welch operation has also seen some positive signs of late, and the importance of this re-emergence into healthier times cannot be underestimated – no profits means no investment for the future. Others are in less good shape however, and that includes some who looked, until quite recently, like the yardstick against which we would all be measuring ourselves against for many years to come. My greatest worry remains that far too many operators are still costing on a marginal basis, and in these continuingly tough economic times that is simply not sustainable. • Nick Hay is managing director of Fowler Welch

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Thermo King 75th Anniversary Thermo King celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. It’s a great history but we bring you the company’s thoughts on future trends 1939: Inside an early truck mounted refrigeration unit and its new products. Karin De Bondt, regional director for Thermo King for the UK and Ireland, shows the way ahead

In 1938 the transport refrigeration business was still in the ice age, literally. Ice and salt was then the only practical way for hauliers to keep perishable shipments from spoiling. Visionary Joe Numero commissioned Fred Jones to develop technology to keep perishable produce from spoiling during transport. Jones responded about 30 days later with the first successful mechanical transport refrigeration unit and a whole new industry was born. Almost everything about the transport refrigeration industry has changed in the last 75 years – except its mission. Now, as then, refrigerated hauliers and refrigeration unit manufacturers, dealers and service providers are dedicated to moving temperature-sensitive shipments by truck, trailer, ship or rail from A to B safely, reliably and economically. Innovative technologies and smart operating practices enable operators to achieve best-in-class performance with their refrigeration equipment. The Thermo King SLX trailer refrigeration unit has set new standards for fuel efficiency since its introduction in 2008. The new SLXe series, launched in 2012, raised the bar even higher. Rigorous head-to-head testing by Thermo King demonstrates that the SLXe series are around 20% more fuel-efficient than other models in its segment. This improvement was enabled by the introduction of innovative control technology to maximise performance and minimise consumption. With traffic noise being the second biggest environmental threat to health in the European Union, Thermo King has invested heavily in research and development to meet and exceed low noise targets without compromising unit 1940: Fred Jones who built the first successful mechanical transport refrigeration unit performance and reliability. Operators can now select quiet Whisper variants of refrigeration units in both truck and trailer ranges. For those requiring almost silent operation, there are units which are certified to meet and exceed the rigorous standards set by PIEK, for example the CryoTech range. Slow global economy, highly volatile fuel prices, increasingly stringent environmental regulations and a worldwide focus on food safety and load security are putting enormous pressure on every link in the cold chain, from producer to consumer. Owners and operators of refrigerated trucks are often the first to feel the impact of industry dynamics such as fuel price volatility. Much has been done to improve the fuel efficiency of vehicle engines, but operators know that innovative technologies and smart operating practices enable them to achieve best-in-class performance with their refrigeration equipment.

Innovations to come

Industry leaders like Thermo King are applying current and emerging technologies and practices to help their c1950: The start of an industry with an under-mount fridge customers meet challenges and achieve higher levels of performance with lower total cost of ownership. These are some thoughts on what the future may hold: • Fuel economy will be a big driver of innovation. Fuel is the largest component of total operating costs for most refrigerated fleet operators and fuel prices represent one of their least controllable expenses. • Sustainability will be a watchword for some time to come. Operators will willingly adopt environmentally friendly products and practices if they make economic sense. • Highly efficient diesel engines will continue to power most refrigeration units on trucks but other engine concepts and alternative fuels will be an option, such as hybrid-electric engines, all-electric and natural gas engines. Thermo King has pioneered the almost silent, zero emissions use of liquid carbon dioxide in its CryoTech trailer and truck range. • Advances in prognostic capabilities will enable continuous improvement in refrigeration unit reliability. Predictive software and embedded sensors will detect issues before they become problems and monitor mission- critical components to maximise service life. • Linkage between manufacturers and their dealer networks will become stronger as both parties work to 2013: SLXe provides cutting-edge technology to lower operating costs and maximise ensure they are providing the best possible service to refrigerated fleet operators. load protection • Food safety and freshness have become priorities, driven by government regulation and consumer pressure. Advanced refrigeration systems include the capability to track, record and transmit data that can help fleet operators establish the location of a particular load at a particular time, as well as document conditions inside the refrigerated container, truck or trailer. • Globalisation of the food supply will lead to the increasing use of intermodal transport for temperature- sensitive loads. • Whatever the load global positioning system data and advanced wireless communications technologies provide operators with real-time and historical information about load temperature and asset location. • The new generation of drivers and other employees expect to be able to interact with refrigeration systems using smart devices, which changes the way designers think about user interfaces. • Intelligent solutions and advanced analytics give refrigerated fleet operators the opportunity to squeeze even more fuel economy from their refrigeration units. For example, fleet operators and their customers can work together using advanced analytics to determine the optimal set-point and control parameters for a particular load. Raising the set-point by a single degree can yield as much as a 2% improvement in fuel efficiency, according to Thermo King analysis. • Thermo King is a brand of Ingersoll Rand and a leading provider of transport temperature control systems for mobile applications. To learn more visit www.thermoking.com/75years. 2013: CryoTech CO2 refrigeration is the start of alternatives to diesel fuel

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Nisa to extend cryogenic 15 of over refrigeration fleet 3,600 products Jonathan supplied from CBF Nisa intends to install NatureFridge Stowe, Nisa distribution Cool-Guard cryogenic refrigeration units on all director: Bulkheads “Feedback manufactured to from our its replacement refrigerated trucks members is your speciŠ c at its Harlow depot, says Jonathan that the requirements. product is Available within 7-10 days* ‘fresher’ and in

Stowe, Nisa distribution director better NOW condition” AVAILABLE Nisa has trialled two vehicles using NatureFridge: a WITHIN 7-10 DAYS S U D Volvo 26t rigid with Solomon Slipstream body and an 11-m B N JE A CT EM tandem axle Gray & Adams refrigerated trailer. Both are TO D multi-temperature with longitudinal lanes used for deliveries to Nisa independent retailers. The vehicles will remain in service. ‘CG-Foam’ The vehicles use a cryogenic refrigeration system powered by liquid nitrogen. The main Low density foam for GRP superior compression benefit of using NatureFridge for Nisa relates to product integrity, says Stowe. “As a multi-drop internal sti eners EPS operator, during the summer months it is particularly challenging to maintain vehicle chamber closed-cell core 5mm foam temperature when the doors are being opened pretty much every half hour. shock layer “Mechanical refrigeration really struggles to maintain integrity in these conditions. However, the NatureFridge system can pull the temperatures straight back down and therefore give us greater control over delivering a first-class product to our customers. “Other benefits relate to the lack of blast chilling that can adversely affect sensitive products, and the feedback from our members is that the product is ‘fresher’ and in better condition than that being delivered by mechanical refrigeration vehicles,” he says. Fuel costs for NatureFridge and traditional diesel fridges are about the same, he says. “The cost benefit arises from much lower maintenance costs each year. However, part of our work with NatureFridge resulted in a modification to reduce nitrogen consumption. During hot spells the NatureFridge system works continuously, but we now have a setting outside of hot weather that allows the NatureFridge to ‘cycle’ in a similar way to a mechanical fridge and this allows a significant reduction in nitrogen used.” ASGK990 SERIES Low noise is an important consideration for Nisa because a large number of stores are in high- Regulation 73 compliant density residential areas. “The NatureFridge system being totally silent is very valuable to us – and was a key feature of our night-time deliveries in London during the 2012 Olympics,” he says. Lateral Protection System “Equally important is the environmental benefit: the NatureFridge system emits zero CO2 emissions and therefore is an important part of our corporate social responsibility improvement plan.” The trials have shown that total life costs of the NatureFridge system are identical to a mechanical fridge with the slight increase in capital cost being off-set by lower maintenance charges. “The benefits are not only product integrity and silent running but also the reliability of the system. With so few moving parts there is very little to go wrong with the NatureFridge system which gives it a distinct advantage over a mechanical unit,” says Stowe. NatureFridge, sold in the UK by M1 Transport Refrigeration, is an upgraded version of the EcoFridge system first developed in 2001. NatureFridge is a refinement, borne from the E11 73R-011005 various trials carried out over the last five years. A typical rigid system with a 650-litre nitrogen tank storing gas at 1.5-bar will last up to 26-hours between filling depending on the load temperature and outside temperature. A 950-litre trailer system will last up to 39-hours between fills. For mixed frozen and chilled loads with frequent door openings the consumption rate will be higher as is the case with any refrigeration system. “Depending on running hours, NatureFridge offers users a saving of around 25-tonnes of CO2 per trailer per year. And that also means a significant fuel saving. Every hour a typical diesel-powered trailer refrigeration unit consumes about 3-4 litres of diesel and emits around 10.52kg of CO2. NatureFridge eliminates all that,” says Liam Olliff, managing director, M1 Transport Refrigeration. The table below provides performance comparison data between a typical diesel-powered refrigeration unit and the NatureFridge cryogenic nitrogen-powered system as used by Nisa.

Performance comparison – NatureFridge v standard diesel-powered fridge Fuel Diesel Average 3.0 litres per hour @ £.68p per litre = £5,100 NatureFridge Average 24 litres nitrogen per hr @ .07p per litre = £4,200

Carbon emission Diesel 7,500 litres @2.63kgs carbon per litre = 19.725 tonnes of carbon per year NatureFridge Zero

Noise emission Diesel 60 – 100 plus decibels NatureFridge Zero

Pull down to set point NatureFridge at least 2.5 times faster than diesel, often more. (Particularly effective for multi-drop temperature retrieval)

Maintenance and service Commercial Body Fittings Ltd Head O ce Midlands Division Diesel approx £700-£900 per annum 80 Bridge Road East Budden Road NatureFridge £200 per annum Welwyn Garden City Coseley Hertfordshire AL7 1JY West Midlands WV14 8JN tel: 01707 371161 fax: 01707 372603 tel: 0121 520 0100 fax: 0121 522 3889 Notes: 1) These are average performance and current fuel prices. Diesel can be 4 litres per hour on older units in the summer [email protected] . www.cbf.uk.com . www.cool-guard.co.uk 2) Diesel fridge for 13.6m trailer operation versus NatureFridge and assuming 2,500 hours per annum with frozen and chilled

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