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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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Joseph Marah, right, an international student from Sierra Leone who resides in Marshall, Service-Learning Commitment 2015.
Climate Leaders Summit 2009.
Climate Leaders Summit Opening Commitment Session.
Premier Jean Charest, Quebec.
The nurse Maria Stromberger volunteered to serve in Auschwitz in order to be able to assist there the prisoners. Through her life-threatening commitment she succeeded to give many people a bit of humanity and help, some of them she even enabled to survive.
Maria Stromberger was born on March 16, 1898 in Metnitz/Carinthia. In the thirties she came to her sister in Bregenz where she worked for many years as a nurse in Mehrerau sanatorium. After the start of the war, she was assigned to a Carinthian hospital, where her soldiers reported inhumane conditions and specifically about the persecution of Jews and concentration camps in Poland. Voluntarily and despite concerns from her sister, she volunteered to work in Poland, saying, "I want to see what it's like, maybe I can do something good."
Through a hospital for infectious diseases in Królewska Huta (Königshütte), her way led directly to Auschwitz, where on 1.10.1942 she took up her duties as head nurse in the SS area. After some time Stromberger managed to gain the confidence of the prisoners. She started to care for them by using illegal food and life-saving medicines. Soon Maria Stromberger among the inmates became known as the "Angel of Auschwitz". However, such on-going assistance did not go unnoticed by the camp's personnel, leading her into several life-threatening situations. Her supervisor, Dr. Eduard Wirths, but always supported her and kept her from discovery. Soon Stromberger also came into contact with the camp's resistance movement, for which she smuggled important information out of the camp. Thus, the first illegal leaflet, which in Vienna drew attention to the conditions in Auschwitz, was based on
evidence delivered by her. She carried mail and important items into the camp, including two revolvers and ammunition.
Towards the end of the war, the situation for Maria Stromberger became more and more dangerous, and the tremendous mental strain troubled her health. To save her from grasp by the political department, Dr. Wirths with a fake morphine addiction diagnosis at the beginning of January 1945 initiated the admission in a detoxification centre in Prague, so that her survival was assured. Finally, she returned to Bregenz and was there detained in the spring of 1946 by the French occupation authorities because of her activity in
Auschwitz. It was not until the statements of former inmates that the charges were untenable, so that she was released from prison in September.
In her job, Maria Stromberger did not want or could not work after the terrible experiences anymore. She started as a laborer in a textile company in Bregenz. In 1947 she testified in Warsaw in the trial against former camp commandant Rudolf Höss, with Hermann Langbein she was in correspondence, by the Federal Congress of the KZ-Verbandes (Concentration Camp Association) she was appointed in 1955 honorary member. In Vorarlberg, on the other hand, she remained beyond her death, on Mai 18, 1957, for a long time completely unknown. Regarding her actions in Auschwitz, Maria Stromberger himself wrote: "What I did, was human obligation and unfortunately only a drop in the sea". In fact, given the widespread terror and monstrosity of Auschwitz, her deeds were only "a drop in the sea"; her help, her humanity and also her active support of the resistance in the camp did not prevent the mass murder. What she has accomplished, however, goes far beyond mere human obligation. Completely independent, only obliged to her conscience, Maria Stromberger voluntarily went to the hell of Auschwitz, in order to be able to help under tremendous hardships and in the greatest mortal danger where help was most needed.
Die Krankenschwester Maria Stromberger meldete sich freiwillig zum Dienst in Auschwitz, um dort den Häftlingen
beistehen zu können. Durch ihren lebensgefährlichen Einsatz
gelang es ihr, vielen ein bisschen Menschlichkeit und Hilfe
zukommen zu lassen, manchen ermöglichte sie das
Ăśberleben.
Maria Stromberger wurde am 16. März 1898 in Metnitz/Kärnten
geboren. In den Dreißigerjahren kam sie zu ihrer Schwester nach Bregenz, wo sie viele Jahre als Krankenschwester im Sanatorium Mehrerau arbeitete. Nach Kriegsbeginn wurde sie in ein Kärntner Lazarett dienstverpflichtet, wo ihr Soldaten über unmenschliche Zustände und konkret über Judenverfolgung und Konzentrationslager in Polen berichteten. Freiwillig und trotz Bedenken ihrer Schwester meldete sie sich zur Arbeit nach Polen mit der Begründung: „Ich will sehen, wie es wirklich ist, vielleicht kann ich auch etwas Gutes tun.“
Über ein Infektionsspital in Królewska Huta (Königshütte) führte sie ihr Weg direkt nach Auschwitz, wo sie am 1.10.1942 ihren Dienst als Oberschwester im SS-Revier antrat. Nach einiger Zeit gelang es Stromberger, das Vertrauen der Häftlinge zu gewinnen. Sie begann für sie zu sorgen, indem sie illegal Nahrungsmittel und lebensrettende Medikamente
besorgte. Bald war Maria Stromberger unter den Häftlingen
als „Engel von Auschwitz“ bekannt. Solche fortwährende Hilfeleistungen blieben allerdings auch dem Lagerpersonal nicht verborgen, sodass sie mehrmals in lebensbedrohliche
Situationen geriet. Ihr Vorgesetzter, Dr. Eduard Wirths, trat
allerdings immer wieder für sie ein und bewahrte sie vor der Entdeckung. Bald kam Stromberger auch mit der lagerinternen Widerstandsbewegung in Kontakt, für die sie wichtige Informationen aus dem Lager schmuggelte. So basierte das erste illegale Flugblatt, das in Wien auf die Zustände in Auschwitz aufmerksam machte, auf von ihr überbrachtem
Beweismaterial. Sie beförderte Post und wichtige Utensilien ins Lager, darunter auch zwei Revolver samt Munition.
Gegen Ende des Krieges wurde die Lage für Maria Stromberger immer gefährlicher, auch gesundheitlich machte ihr die ungeheure psychische Belastung mehr und mehr zu schaffen. Um sie vor dem Zugriff der politischen Abteilung zu bewahren, bewirkte Dr. Wirths mit einer gefälschten Morphiumsucht-Diagnose anfangs Jänner 1945 ihre Einweisung in ein Entziehungsheim in Prag, sodass ihr Überleben gesichert war. Schließlich kehrte sie nach Bregenz zurück und wurde dort im Frühjahr 1946 von den französischen Besatzungsbehörden wegen ihrer Tätigkeit in
Auschwitz verhaftet. Erst die Aussagen ehemaliger Häftlinge belegten die Haltlosigkeit der Vorwürfe, sodass sie schließlich im September aus der Haft entlassen wurde.
In ihrem Beruf wollte oder konnte Maria Stromberger nach den entsetzlichen Erlebnissen nicht mehr arbeiten. Sie begann in einer Bregenzer Textilfirma als Hilfsarbeiterin. 1947 sagte sie in Warschau im Prozess gegen den ehemaligen Lagerkommandanten Rudolf Höss aus, mit Hermann Langbein stand sie im Briefverkehr, vom Bundeskongress des KZ-Verbandes wurde sie 1955 zum Ehrenmitglied ernannt. In Vorarlberg hingegen blieb sie lange Zeit über ihren
Tod am 18. Mai 1957 hinaus völlig unbekannt. Über ihr Handeln in Auschwitz urteilte Maria Stromberger selbst so: „Was ich
tat, war Menschenpflicht und leider nur ein Tropfen im Meer“. Tatsächlich war ihr Tun angesichts des umfassenden Terrors und der Ungeheuerlichkeit von Auschwitz nur „ein Tropfen im Meer“; ihre Hilfeleistungen, ihre Menschlichkeit und auch ihr aktives Unterstützen des Widerstandes im Lager verhinderten den Massenmord nicht. Was sie geleistet hat, geht jedoch über bloße Menschenpflicht weit hinaus. Völlig eigenständig, nur ihrem Gewissen verpflichtet, hat Maria Stromberger
sich aus freiem Willen in die Hölle von Auschwitz begeben, um unter ungeheuren Strapazen und in höchster Lebensgefahr dort helfen zu können, wo Hilfe am nötigsten war.
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“Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.”
― Bell Hooks
Climate Leaders Summit 2009.
Climate Leaders Summit Opening Commitment Session.
Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland.
Opening of the Scientific and Technical Programme of the International Conference on Nuclear Security: Commitments and Actions. IAEA Vienna, Austria. 6 December 2016
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
Climate Leaders Summit 2009.
Climate Leaders Summit Opening Commitment Session.
Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme.
Yesterday at Blogher '10 I had the pleasure of meeting one of my favorite photographers, Stephanie Roberts. She asked me what I liked to shoot and I told her I'd been having trouble focusing. She suggested I start a 365. When she did hers, she was able to look back and see how much she loved documentary photography.
If you've been following me over the years, you know this is something I'm afraid of due to my ability to start projects and never finish them. It occured to me while we were talking that if I ever plan to really take this seriously, I have to learn to commit. Force myself to.
So, here we go! A photo a day for one year.
Stephanie's site: www.littlepurplecowphotography.com/
Climate Leaders Summit 2009.
Climate Leaders Summit Opening Commitment Session.
H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco
Opening of the Scientific and Technical Programme of the International Conference on Nuclear Security: Commitments and Actions. IAEA Vienna, Austria. 6 December 2016
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
BC’s commitment in the #BCTECH Strategy to improve access to capital is paying off as BC tech companies taking advantage of the Province’s venture capital programs to reach new levels of growth.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016MIT0052-002648
Segolene Royal, Former President of the Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes addressing in the presence of Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group during the event of "Moving from Commitment to Action with NDCs in Africa" at the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) - Africa Day, on November 16, 2016, in Marrakech, Morocco.
NEW LONDON, Conn. -- The Class of 2015 received their Second Class shoulder boards during a Commitment Ceremony May 17, 2013. The Commitment Ceremony is a key transition for cadets as they assume greater levels of leadership in the Cadet Corps. It also affords the Class of 2015 the opportunity to reaffirm their commitment to our service by reciting the Oath of Office. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory J. Mendenhall.
For anyone who was at State Theatre New Jersey on Sunday, October 23, excitement was in the air! The day marked the kickoff to our 2016-2017 Classical Season with our Classical Season Celebration, honoring Peter and Maggie Stavrianidis for their unwavering support and commitment to the mission of State Theatre New Jersey. In addition to an incredible performance by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, with Seong Jin-Cho, winner of the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition, event guests were treated to a pre-performance cocktail reception and post-performance dinner. We were also delighted to welcome Alicja Tunk, Deputy Consul General of Poland, as our special guest for the day. Thank you to everyone who attended and supported our 2016 Classical Season Celebration!
BC’s commitment in the #BCTECH Strategy to improve access to capital is paying off as BC tech companies taking advantage of the Province’s venture capital programs to reach new levels of growth.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016MIT0052-002648
Letter from Lawrence Alma-Tadema to Mr Frith, 12 March 1896
Alma-Tadema laments a commitment in Birmingham, preventing him from voting at his London private member’s club, the Athenaeum. Although the identity of the recipient is unconfirmed, it is likely to be the artist William Powell Frith (1819-1909). Convivial and out-going, Alma-Tadema was an active member of several London clubs. At the Athenaeum he and fellow painter Edward Poynter (1836-1919) renovated the décor of several of the rooms.
Transcript of Letter from Lawrence Alma-Tadema to Mr Frith, 12 March 1896:
My dear Mr. Frith
I should like nothing better than
to vote for you next Monday
Unfortunately I am on duty
in Birmingham on that day
I shall try to run round at the
Athenaeum to put my name
down and show some good will
at least
Yours sincerely
L Alma Tadema
Commitment of the "lady nurses".
Compromisso das damas enfermeiras.
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Climate Leaders Summit 2009.
Climate Leaders Summit Opening Commitment Session.
Steve Howard, CEO of the Climate Group.
The commitment to finding inspiration from nature is a disciplinary stance with a rich heritage and one of the most conflicted metaphors in the history of architecture. Postdigital Natures of Planet B questions this approach by exploring ambiguous overlaps and interfaces between the natural, the virtual, and the built environments. Through a series of reconfigurable architectural components, the project explores a variety of interfaces between the aforementioned domains. Paired with virtual overlays, various 3D-printed structures highlight contemporary potentials of novel, renewable, recyclable and regrowable materials in conjunction with robotic fabrication. In the project, organic shapes and metabolic ambience interact with each other. The integration of non-human agents—both flora and fauna—further questions the role of spacemaking in the Anthropocene. Together the proliferation of all those components establishes a positive, colorful, postdigital vision of Planet B.
Photo: tom mesic