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Where Forklift Lithium Batteries Will Make Gains | BSLBATT
Following many decades of engineering evolution around the only power-source technology (the lead-acid battery), electric lift trucks and forklifts have finally adopted a new power source: Industrial lithium-ion battery…
Trucking Conditions Expected to Remain Negative – Fleet Management
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) deteriorated in September to a -2.35 reading from a near-neutral -0.25 in August.Graph: FTR Weaker freight rates and an end to the sharp drop in diesel prices…
Great Lakes, Seaway Announce ‘Green’ Corridor Initiative
CLAYTON, N.Y. — Under an initiative announced at a United Nations climate gathering in November, preliminary plans are in the works for a “Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System Green Shipping Corridor Network.”The…
What is Variant?
I'm a current driver with Variant under US Xpress. And I can tell you Variant isn't like any other company. I have been doing this work since 2007 everything from oil fields where your not sure you will have a job…
Arvato Supply Chain Solutions expands to Australia
Guetersloh/Sydney – Arvato Supply Chain Solutions opens its first warehouse in Australia. The new site in Villawood, the Greater Sydney area, has a 4,000-square-meter warehouse area and a capacity of more than 3,000 pallet…
Party Goals Split in Divided Congress
The results are in. House Republicans and Senate Democrats won enough seats in the midterm elections to claim majorities in their respective chambers, setting up a divided Congress until the 2024 election.The Republican…
Buttler named head of Daimler Truck’s global autonomous technology group
Daimler Truck announced the appointment of Joanna Buttler as head of its global autonomous technology group, effective immediately. She leads the company’s global autonomous technology strategy, including vehicle programs,…
New IMO carbon intensity rule short on enforcement: Maersk
New energy ratings for ships to be imposed next year are a meaningful step toward decarbonizing the maritime industry and should not be a “box-ticking exercise,” according to Maersk. Source link
You can see the metaverse from here
The metaverse is one of the most hyped new technologies of recent years, but it’s too early to say what role it might eventually play in logistics operations. One problem: The concept is still so new that the very definition…
Quantix Adds 140 Trucks Following Acquisitions – Fleet Management
Quantix's new trucks (not pictured) will service customers around the Gulf Coast.Photo: Quantix Quantix purchased the assets of five fleet companies: Dobbins Enterprises, C&S Express, Chancelor…
