Features

Frigo-Tranz revolutionise their industry
The haulage of refrigerated goods is a specialised area in the industry as the trailers must be properly kitted out for the transportation of frozen goods. Frigo-Tranz has commissioned trailers which give them the edge over their competition.

PRM Group offer full new range
The PRM Group has recently taken delivery of three new refrigerated Gray & Adams box bodies based on 3.5 tonne Mercedes Sprinter chassis cabs.

A flexible service
Equally at home delivering furniture or refrigerated products, Noel Flanagan Ltd. has come a long way since diversifying its range of services just over a decade ago. Irish Trucker went to south Monaghan to take a closer look at this exemplary family business.

Gray & Adams secures largest ever NI trailer order from McBurney Refrigerated Transport
Gray & Adams (Ireland) Ltd. has secured an order to build 42 new refrigerated trailers for McBurney Transport. As well as this order, McBurneys have taken on a further 20 Gray & Adams trailers on a contract hire basis from Grays Rentals Plc, taking the total number to 62!

Thermo King TracKing: Monitor, Manage and win!
Since TracKings release in June 2006 customers across the UK have endorsed its value to their business. Fleet operators with vehicles travelling as far south as North Africa and as far East as Russia often lack the tools to intervene real time to protect their refrigerated cargo and track their vehicles. Refrigerated loads can be lost in a few hours because of human error leading to serious financial loss.

Thermo King TracKing proves massive hit at CV Show
Thermo King enjoyed a stream of visitors to its stand over all days of this year’s CV Show, thanks to a new look stand which featured demonstrations of the new upgraded version TracKing, Thermo Kings industry leading telematics package.

Longstanding relationships - the key to Gray & Adams success?
As the Gray & Adams group celebrates 50 years in business, and Gray & Adams Ireland has just moved through the quarter century, they are delighted to report that there are some customers that have dealt with the company from the very beginning.

Thermo King take part in the IRHA conference 2006
Thermo King was well represented at the Irish Road Haulage Association’s recent conference weekend.

P&D Foley go from strength to strength
P&D Foley Transport are a Waterford based haulage company that provide a service for the refrigeration industry all across Europe.

Reduce costs, improve efficiency: Thermo King launches the TracKing
Thermo King, the leader in transportation refrigeration equipment, is set to launch its new temperature management and communication product – TracKing – across Western and Eastern Europe.

Providing a gateway to Europe
Since its inception as Thomas Morgan Transport Ltd. 17 years ago, Morgan International has always ensured that both staff and customers are looked after equally. This strategy has provided a winning formula to date and managing director Glen Morgan has no intention of deviating from this company policy laid down by his late father Tom.

Worthy award winner
OÕToole Transport in Moycullen, County Galway was a deserving recipient of the 2005 IRHA National Haulier of the Year award for companies with two to ten vehicles.

Keane finds success as sole supplier
After working as a mechanic and refrigeration technician, Mattie Keane has found his niche as the sole Irish trader of Kerstner Cool Jet Kits, the chemically-free insulation product. Mattie is also an agent for Coldchain Refrigeration supplying all over the west of Ireland.

The Thermo King Sterling: Low cost operation for chilled and frozen trailer applications
When choosing a new temperature controlled transport refrigeration unit, operators take a number of factors into consideration: is it up to the job, what kind of after-sales service does it come with and, most importantly, how much will it cost me?

Farmers storm QK Meats and block delivery trucks
A group of angry farmers prevented trucks from entering and exiting the premises of QK Meats in Naas, Co. Kildare in a row of the importation of cheap Brazilian beef.

Skeath's secret
Mark Skeath has been running his own successful national and international refrigerated transport company for the past eight years. He gave an overview of the companyÕs operations to John Loughran.

Phillips opts for Thermo King
Sean Phillips of North Surrey Haulage has become the first person in the UK to buy the revolutionary new MOPACC from Thermo King.

Culina expands direct daily deliveries to Northern Ireland
UK transport and logistics specialists Culina Logistics is building up a considerable client base in Northern Ireland, the company has reported.

Thermo King and Cold Chain join forces
Thermo King and Cold Chain Instruments Ltd have jointly developed a new range of temperature recorders that are available exclusively through the Thermo King dealer network.

Parripak chooses Thermo King
Parripak Foods, one of the fastest growing vegetable and garlic processors based in the UK, has recently purchased three new Thermo King units, a V-700 50 max which will be used to deliver chilled prepared vegetables, a TS500 and a Thermo King Sterling.

Culina expands direct daily deliveries to Northern Ireland
UK transport and logistics specialists Culina Logistics is building up a considerable client base in Northern Ireland, the company has reported.

PDQ chooses Thermo King
Ice sculptures are just some of the many time critical, temperature sensitive items transported by refrigerated courier company, Pretty Darn Quick.

Monty on the move with Connolly acquisition
Northern Ireland’s largest haulage operator has expanded its operations, through the acquisition of Connolly Transport.

A day in the life
It is a well known fact that in order to provide the best possible service, a manufacturer must fully understand the needs of the customer.

Fowler Welch Coolchain chose Thermo King
Fowler Welch Coolchain, specialist distributor of fresh produce, horticulture and chilled foods, has recently taken delivery of 75 new trailers equipped with the Spectrum SL unit from Thermo King.

English truck driver has lucky escape
A truck driver had a near miraculous escape on Sunday (March 13) when he ploughed into a building after swerving to avoid a car.

Stirlingshire Vending teams up with Thermo King
Stirlingshire Vending Ltd, located in Linlithgow Scotland, has recently taken delivery of two new vans fitted with Thermo King V-100 refrigeration units with the new Direct Smart Reefer.

Thermo King Trac-King improves security for Haywards
Oswestry-based Haywards Transport has just completed the fitting of Thermo King’s GSM/GPS remote satellite monitoring system Trac-King, to its entire fleet of temperature-controlled trailers with SL-400e refrigeration units.

Bannerman Transport chooses Thermo King
Bannerman Transport, based at Tain in the Highlands of Scotland, has recently taken delivery of a new trailer which has been fitted with a Thermo King Sterling refrigeration unit, supplied by Thermo King Northern in Scotland.

Gone fishing
O'Cathain Iasc Teo is one of Ireland's premier producers of fresh and frozen pelagic and demersal fish. John Loughran visited the company at its Dingle, Co. Kerry headquarters.

Thermo King is preferred choice for ACC Distribution fleet expansion
ACC Distribution, wholly owned by the Cooperative Group, has recently taken delivery of 15 new vehicles with Thermo King TS-600 refrigeration.

A whole spectrum of solutions
Thermo King is launching Spectrum, a new series of multi-temperature trailer refrigeration systems.

Cool Running
South West Refrigeration as the title suggests specialises in the sale, installation and maintenance of transport refrigeration systems from its base in Castletroy, Limerick. General manager Richie Ryan told Irish Trucker business is positively booming.

Thermo King Cryogenics - now available in Multi-Temp!
Thermo King has just taken its groundbreaking cryogenic technology a step further, with the addition of a fully cryogenic truck unit with multi-temperature capabilities to its range.

Thermo King keeps the “Cream of Cornwall” cool
Rodda, famous for its delicious Cornish clotted cream, has recently taken delivery of a new temperature controlled Mercedes 18 tonne vehicle fitted with Thermo King’s TS 500 refrigeration unit, supplied by Marshall Thermo King.

A benchmark of success
Thermo King is the acknowledged world leader in transport refrigeration systems employing more than 5000 people worlwide and generating annual revenues in excess of $1 billion. John Loughran visited its 15,400 square metre facility in Galway which is now recognised as the company’s benchmark manufacturing facility.

MJ Quinn Ltd - A company with a cool attitude to refrigeration
M J Quinn Ltd., specialise in the design and manufacture of high quality refrigerated bodies from its state-of-the-art premises in Athenry, Co Galway. John Loughran discovered that while this progressive family run business has its roots planted firmly in a bygone era, it is very much a contemporary success story.

Thermo King’s new enhanced SL Range - offering more for less
In keeping with its commitment to making its customers as competitive as possible by lowering whole-life costs, Thermo King is enhancing the SL range for trailers. From February 2002, customers will notice the new names: SL-100e, SL-200e and SL-400e.

Frigoscandia choose Thermo King’s R: COM Remote Data Downloading
Frigoscandia Distribution, the leading European supplier of logistics services for frozen food, has recently taken delivery of ten new Chereau-built reefers, fitted with Thermo King SL-300 refrigeration units with R:COM automatic data downloading facility.