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Belfast, Northern Ireland: Stena Line’s Stena Embla, the last of its three new ferries for the Irish Sea, has completed sea trials in China. Niclas Mårtensson, chief executive, Stena, said that the introduction of Stena Embla and sister ships Stena Estrid and Stena Edda, reflected the company’s commitment to the Irish Sea. “The Irish Sea …

London,UK: British sausages makers, along with meat products, could lose their EU markets come 1 January unless the government negotiates an exemption to EU rules that require prepared meat products to be imported frozen. The meat industry fears EU customers will look elsewhere for premium chilled products. “It’s a real problem, in the sense that …

London, UK: Central Transport, the fleet engineering department of John Lewis Partnership, specified an Access XL lift for its Oxford Street store. It’s trucks deliver to the store front and rear and the the urban double-deckers required a two-stage lift to handle cargo on two levels while being able to stow away at the half-way …

London, UK: Bidfood and other wholesalers providing food for care homes, schools, hospitals and prisons have called for government support. They also want business rates relief to be extended to the wholesale sector. The wholesale sector has not been eligible for support offered to hospitality businesses affected by the government’s tiered system of Covid-19 restrictions. …

London, UK: Culina Logistics has taken over a Port of Tilbury site. The takeover of the 21,000sq metre site (pictured above) is a joint customer project between Culina Logistics and three unnamed chilled manufacturing businesses that had been operating at the site with the previous owner but which went into administration. “With the customers facing …