The Cold Chain Federation has successfully negotiated more achievable energy efficiency targets for the UK’s Climate Change Agreement (CCA), delivering significant financial relief and operational certainty for cold storage businesses across the country. “It is critical for the UK citizens’ safety that the storage of 50% of the nation’s food and vital medicine and blood supplies move as far away from an increasingly unreliable and under pressure national energy supply. The renewal of the CCA is a vital step from government in encouraging the sector to invest in energy efficiency, which is one way of taking control of energy demand,” comments Phil Pluck, Chief Executive, Cold Chain Federation.
This article was first published in the November 15th 2025 issue of Warehouse & Logistics News, subscribe to the magazine by clicking here.
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Castell Howell has continued its 33-year collaboration with Carrier Transicold with the delivery of 20 new Supra® High Efficiency (HE) 13 Multi-Temperature (MT) units – the first multi-temperature models of the system to be deployed on UK roads. The new Carrier Transicold Supra HE 13 MT units will be distributed between 14-tonne Volvo FL and 16-tonne DAF XF rigid trucks, each mounted with specialist insulated box bodies from Gray & Adams. These vehicles represent a combination of new additions and replacements in Castell Howell’s 200-strong commercial fleet – approximately 90% of which is now equipped with Carrier Transicold refrigeration technology.
It is excellent to see the breadth of cold storage solutions being introduced, helping improve performance.
George Simpson
Features Editor
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