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To support its commitment to going green, Moran Logistics has placed an order with Keltruck for 15 Scania compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles, with delivery throughout 2023. This adds to Moran’s first order of two CNG vehicles from Keltruck, which went on the road in 2021.
Moran decided to purchase CNG vehicles for its Lidl contracts, as Lidl is encouraging its hauliers to use more environmentally-friendly fuel alternatives. The vehicles were initially purchased as a trial, but due to excellent driver feedback Moran has now placed this new larger order. Due to their specialist requirements, Moran has trusted Keltruck to maintain both gas vehicles at its Willenhall location, on a Scania three-year Repair & Maintenance package.
“The CNG vehicles are suited to the work we do with Lidl, based on the products we deliver, and the fuel infrastructure for filling up near Lidl locations is not an issue,” said Dean Roberts, General Manager at Moran Logistics.
“We have a long-standing relationship with Scania, but still underwent a selection process to ensure we partnered with who we saw as the most suitable for our needs whilst supporting us to meet our sustainability target,” said Dean. “This was supported by listening to recommendations from Lidl, as to how CNG fits in with both their roadmap and ours for using renewable energy.”
The CNG vehicles are solely used for refrigerated transport and have Ecogen fridges supplied by Hultsteins, a Swedish and British manufacturer specialising in diesel-free transport refrigeration.
Ecogen is a truck-powered hydraulic generator powered via the engine drive PTO. When combined with a traditional transport refrigeration unit, the system becomes a clean (hybrid), electric-powered refrigeration unit.
“More customers are looking for their logistics partners to demonstrate that they are taking responsibility for the elements under their control within the supply chain,” said Dean. “At Moran Logistics we are committed to look for efficiencies throughout our entire operation, to help reduce our carbon footprint, whilst maintaining the highest delivery standards. Efficient, renewable energy vehicles support this green policy.”
Keltruck Account Manager Calum Crooks, who took the order for these vehicles, commented: "Scania offers the widest range of alternatively-fuelled vehicles on the market today, and I had the pleasure of working with Moran Logistics to help provide this environmentally-friendly fuel alternative for their business."
The two gas vehicles – Scania G cabs, normal roof (G20N), 13l 410bhp, 4x2 CNG vehicles – are part of a range of vehicles and developments from Scania that are driving the shift to a sustainable transport system. Moran has also invested in driver comforts, including a leather steering wheel, premium driver seat, and premium seven-inch radio.
“The gas truck is much quieter compared to a diesel truck, the ride is smoother and more comfortable from a driver’s point of view, and there is an extra bonus that the interior looks nicer and is easy to handle and drive,” said Maxine Maltby, Operations Manager at Moran Logistics. “One of our drivers who has previously driven a LNG truck also mentioned that refuelling is easier with the CNG vehicle, as the process is straightforward and quick.”
Established in 2006, Moran Logistics is an expert in multi-temperature controlled transport and warehousing, handling 16,000 deliveries per week. Its operating philosophy is founded on maintaining the highest level of quality service in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible. See moranlogistics.co.uk.
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30 whole days of self portraits! I'm amazed that I haven't missed any yet!
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Cooperation to Counter Illicit Trafficking of Nuclear or Other Radioactive Materials. A side event organised by the Permanent Missions of Lithuania and Jordan at the International Conference on Nuclear Security: Commitments and Actions. IAEA Vienna, Austria. 8 December 2016
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
Contractors at JAXPORT have securely fastened two, 260-ton cryogenic liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks onto their foundations at Crowley Maritime Corporation’s new shore-side fueling facility on Talleyrand Marine Terminal.
The tanks arrived at Talleyrand in March aboard the BBC Chartering vessel, Moonstone, from Hamburg, Germany. Highly trained stevedores from port partner Seaonus loaded the tanks onto a specialty 26-axle trailer for transport to their permanent location on the terminal.
Owned by Eagle LNG, the tanks will provide greener, more environmentally friendly fuel to Crowley’s Commitment Class ships, which are among the world's first combination container - Roll-On/Roll-Off (ConRo) ships powered by LNG, under construction for the Puerto Rico trade lane.
Jacksonville is leading the clean fuel revolution with JAXPORT tenants investing millions in ships and equipment as pioneers in the use of LNG as a preferred fuel source for the maritime industry.
As part of our commitment to make information as accessible as possible, NHS England's inaugural Annual General Meeting was held in public at the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre in London on 12th September 2013.
The Board received reports on business from the previous year and opened up their conversation to questions from the public.
Various workshops and seminars held earlier throughout the day brought together partners from across the world of health care, including the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sectors.
Twitter was used during the entirety of the event, for delegates and participants to feed back their views as it unfolded. Workshop themes and hashtags included...
- Call to action – #CallToAction
- End of life care – #endoflifecare
- 7 day services – #7DayServices
- Health Inequalities/health equality – #healthequality
- Transparency and Participation – #transparency
A separate recording of each agenda item will be published on YouTube.
In recognition of his commitment to local service, retired businessman Philip Henry Abbott receives BC’s newest honour: the Medal of Good Citizenship. Known to most as Bud, the big-hearted Cranbrook resident was active for years in worthy causes, community theatre and has sung regularly at local seniors homes for over 40 years.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016IGR0013-000856
Climate Leaders Summit 2009. Climate Leaders Summit opening Commitment Session.
(from left):
Premier Mike Rann, South Australia;
Premier Jean Charest, Quebec;
President Nasheed, Maldives;
Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland;
Shai Agassi, CEO and Founder, Better Place;
H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco;
Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme.
Climate Leaders Summit 2009.
Climate Leaders Summit Opening Commitment Session.
(from the right):
President Nasheed, Maldives;
Steve Howard, CEO of The Climate Group;
Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme;
H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco;
Shai Agassi, CEO and Founder, Better Place;
Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland;
Premier Jean Charest, Quebec.
Rewards
Castleford Bridge
Designed by Renato Benedetti of McDowell Benedetti and constructed by Costain, the bridge was opened in 2008. At the opening event Wakefield Council Leader, Peter Box said: " This is an historic moment for Castleford as we open this wonderful new bridge. It represents the culmination of strong partnership working and an unwavering community commitment to help bring such a project to fruition. I'm also delighted that even before being opened it has been short listed for such a prestigious award. The bridge will be a positive new focus for visitors to Castleford. It will help us attract new interest to the town and open up the potential of the town's riverside area."
Alison Drake from Castleford Heritage Trust added: "Since the beginning when we first chose Renato this has been a goal for the community to achieve. It is about connecting the community with the river and river side. The design has fulfilled all our ambitions."
In 2009 the bridge won the RIBA CABE (Royal Institute of British Architects & the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment) Public Space Award.
Sarah Gaventa, Director of CABE Space who sat on the judging panel, believes this bridge has succeeded in pushing the very definition of public space. “No one could have imagined before, that a bridge could offer as much as a street, public square, or park. It is a true public space because it can be used and enjoyed by everyone.’
The award recognises the valuable contribution that a well-designed public realm makes to the quality of the built environment.
Terry Hodgkinson, chair of Yorkshire Forward said: "Promenades are more usually associated with Victorian times in our seaside towns rather than Castleford. But Renato (Benedetti] has designed not only a river crossing, but a place to wander, to meet and greet and to reflect on the town's past and to vision it's future on a piece of creative modern art that is fit for a 21st Century Castleford. It is there for the benefit of all, to enjoy and savour. Yorkshire Forward is delighted to have been a part of the strong partnership that has delivered this iconic renaissance project."
The stunning S-shaped bridge across the River Aire links the north and south parts of the town from the bottom of Sagar Street as it meets Aire Street on the south, to the rows of houses on Duck Island at Mill Lane, to the north. The bridge will serve as an alternative to the 200 year-old Victorian road bridge 100m further downstream.
Materials used to construct the bridge include untreated Cumaru timber for the bridge decking and handrail, stainless steel for the balustrades, tension cables, bench panels and a central grille in the timber deck to mark the midpoint of contra-flexure.
The bridge is the first major bridge in the UK which is fully Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified. The curved Cumaru timber boards have been sourced from sustainable forests in Brazil and were chosen for their durability (Cumaru is two and half times the density of oak). The decking area is 524m2 and if laid end to end the boards would stretch a distance of 8km. The boards run longitudinally along the bridge and over the benches (with anti-slip strips on the edge) and are fitted together by a unique concealed clamped-fixing system, tailor made for the project. This system avoids invasive drilling and minimises disruption to the bridge’s slender deck and streamlined form. It presents the maximum timber surface to walk on, while allowing the wood to expand, contract and weather naturally.
Lighting is embedded under the Cumaru handrails, which run the 130m length of the bridge. Balustrade posts are curved to reduce climb-ability and a series of stainless steel marker plates which sit flush with the deck and rise up from the benches, create arm rests to define personal space and to dissuade skateboarders from edge ‘grinding.’
The understated engineering is subtly innovative and integral with the construction methodology. Four identical 26m curved spans are joined by three 9m support spans, two curved and the third straight (at the central point of contra flexure). The continuous spanning structure consists of two 500mm x 400mm box beams, with one box beam increasing in depth to 1000mm, to provide the additional strength required for each long span. This extra structure rises above the deck in a gentle curve to create generous benches in a wave-like rhythm over the length of the bridge, minimising overall bridge height while maintaining the 1 in 100 year estimated flood water-clearance required by the Environment Agency.
The three white bridge supports also minimise visual impact and disruption of river flow. Twinned double steel columns branch off foundation caps in a ‘V’ formation spreading the load at bridge level. The base of these columns is permanently below water to emphasise thinness. Twinned stainless steel fins cantilever off the main spanning beams, between which bearers for the timber decking are fixed. The structural timber deck is unfinished Cumaru boards that span ±800mm between the bearers. Every element contributes structurally to ensure the overall profile is as thin and refined as possible.
Rock for Dimes Halifax - A Night to Remember!
The Cunard Centre rocked at the Ninth Annual Rock for Dimes! The theme was 'Tribute Bands' and over 500 guests got to hear a unique take on Matchbox 20, Bon Jovi, Alanis Morrisette, David Bowie, The Commitments and Fleetwood Mac. Over $30,000 was raised, bringing the total raised in Halifax to well over $200,000.
Red C, Project 501, Terminal Road, Sophie's Choice, Sound Castle and The Goldilocks Effect were the competing bands, performing in front of Heartsparks music therapist Anna Plaskett, musician John Mullane of InFlight Safety and Q104’s Tom B, who once again pulled double duty as judge and the evening’s MC.
It was a very close contest, but Terminal Road, comprised of members of the Nova Scotia Department of Justice, was declared the event winner.
Rock for Dimes Halifax benefits March of Dimes Canada's Conductive Education® (CE) Nova Scotia Program, an innovative program that blends elements of education and rehabilitation to improve the independence, mobility and confidence of children with disabilities, and has proven especially beneficial to children with cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and developmental apraxia.
As well, for the second year, March of Dimes Canada provided $15,000 to help a woman living with a disability retrofit a vehicle to become wheelchair accessible. Vehicle modifications allow people living with disabilities the freedom of mobility, access and community participation that so many of us take for granted – but modifications can be prohibitively expensive, and out of reach for those with limited or fixed incomes. Kimberley Lovett is the grateful recipient of funding from the Istvan and Barbara Haas Vehicle Retrofit Fund. Click here to read more about Kimberley.
We want to thank all our sponsors, including our national sponsors Long & McQuade, Airgo Medical, Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund, League of Rock and Agency59, our platinum sponsor Stewart McKelvey, gold sponsor McInnes Cooper, as well as our local sponsors.
Thank you to all the bands, volunteers, judges and attendees. It was an amazing night and we look forward to seeing everyone next year for the 10th Anniversary in 2015!
This year we are pleased to have Lucy Siegle participate in Jakarta Fashion Week. Lucy is a UK writer and broadcaster with a passion for sustainable fashion who appears in and executively produced the international documentary The True Cost of Fashion. She is also a British TV reporter and journalist for the BBC and ITN. Since 2004 she has written hundreds of newspaper columns for the Observer magazine, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper on eco living. She has been described as an agony aunt for the environment and the Carrie Bradshaw of Eco. She has extensive experience as a dynamic speaker on the fashion industry and other eco conundrums including her sold out Sydney Opera House talk, in 2013 and have also extensive experience chairing and debating with the great and good of fashion, including Anna Wintour. Her 2011 book, To Die For: is fashion wearing out the world? (Harper Collins) showed Lucy’s commitment to reforming the fashion industry. She is also co-founder of sustainable style project The Green Carpet Challenge with Livia Firth and helped to launch a collection of bags with Gucci using the world’s first certified zero-deforested leather from the Brazilian Amazon. She is Visiting Professor to London College of Fashion.
As part of Lucy’s participation, the British Council has organised several activities to share Lucy’s expertise around the issue of sustainable and ethical fashion to the Indonesian fashion industry. This includes joining the Sustainable Fashion Forum, where Lucy will speak alongside representatives from Badan Ekonomi Kreatif (Indonesian Creative Economy agency, Indonesian designers and the London College of Fashion Dian Pelangi residents, Nelly Rose Stewart and Odette Steele. The Forum will be hosted by Dewi Magazine and chaired by Editor in Chief Leila Safira. The event is a chance to reach the public, students, fashion practitioners and designers as well as government policymakers to ask the question about what role sustainability will play in the booming growth of the Indonesian fashion industry.
While walking to "Music in the Park" to try to capture an image for the Chaffee art Gallery photo contest I spotted the Rutland Fire Dept taking a little rest between fires.
I never made it to the park. This was a rare capture.
My annual weekend trip to London, which gives me Saturday afternoon, evening and Sunday morning out and about wandering where ever I want to go. My daughters (and a coach load of ladies) are on the trip so I do have some other commitments on Saturday evening. Travelling at the beginning of November we were earlier than previous years so, although the decorations were in place, London wasn't as colourful as previous visits. I had decided to walk across to Little Venice as it isn't far from our hotel at Marble Arch and I hadn't been before. Having walked along the canal at home all summer chasing wildlife I wasn't impressed by a canal in London, it was windy so no reflections in the water and I left fairly soon. I'd seen Paddington Rail Station on the map not far away so I headed there. I got my camera out for the first time, it was fairly quiet and there weren't any restrictions on cameras (as far as I could see) I made eye contact with quite a few of the staff and smiled and nodded, as I would back home, and got quite a pleasant reception, no worries about me and my backpack and camera. I was pleasantly surprised at how clean the station was. I did a nine mile circle taking in Hyde Park , Piccadilly, Regent Street and Oxford Street. The London to Brighton run was on the following day so Regent Street was shut with many of the cars and loads of other transport related stuff on display. It was busy and the light was going so I didn't bother taking many photos. The cars were leaving Hyde Park just down the road from our hotel at dawn on Sunday but I couldn't muster enough enthusiasm to walk down even though I was up early. I grabbed some window and people shots on Oxford Street. Some of the Christmas displays were already in place, most notably Selfridge's, some of the displays were behind temporary work barriers as a new pavement was being laid and I couldn't get to the window, I decided to go back on Sunday morning and climb over them-which I did, Oxford street was very quiet just after 8.00 am and I got my shots.
On Sunday I walked a ten mile circle out to the Thames South Bank, on to the Shard and Tower Bridge. I went across in to The City and wound my way back to Hyde Park. We had really good journeys both ways and the coach driver did the journey home without a break, he was able to get back to the depot and park up inside his 4 1/2 hours driving time which I think is a first in 16 years. I walked home from Slaithwaite and rounded my weekend mileage to twenty miles, this is the furthest I've walked since I had reconstructive surgery on my right foot at the end of February. I wasn't particularly fired up for the trip after one of the most difficult years I can remember-and that's saying something-so I struggled to find something to get enthused about which is probably why I didn't take any photos at Little Venice and very few at Regents Street.
Climate Leaders Summit 2009.
Climate Leaders Summit Opening Commitment Session.
Premier Jean Charest, Quebec.
I've never had my wedding band off. When it got too small for my fingers (because clearly the band shrank - my fingers certainly COULDN'T have gotten fatter) I bought a silver chain and have worn it around my neck. Last night in my sleep I broke the chain and I had to be without it all day. No sir, I don't like it. I felt out of sorts, and I caught myself reaching for it to spin between my fingers often. I think my wife probably thinks its a nice gesture but I don't think she really understands how much it means to me to have it with me all the time. So tomorrow I'll put it on another chain until I can get this one fixed, because the day is just wrong without it.