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Paper Transport Enhances Fleet With Platform Science Partnership
Paper Transport launched a collaboration with Platform Science to connect its trucks with digital services, the companies announced Nov. 14.Platform Science provides fleets with a unified technology platform that includes…
NY-NJ swept of more empties as West Coast diversions grow
The backlog of empty containers at the Port of New York and New Jersey continues to drop, allowing the port to better handle the increasing volumes of freight being diverted from the West Coast. Source link
Hauling fuel
I'm going to renew my hazmat next time I'm home after this hitch. The only good local jobs I can find in the DFW area is hauling fuel. Everything else either doesn't pay overtime, pays a low hourly wage like…
Next Generation Hooding Technology Meets Today’s Productivity and Transit Protection Needs
From pharmaceutical equipment to e-commerce merchandise, effectively packaging pallets for transit demands solutions as unique as your product. Shrink hooding, conventional stretch wrapping and stretch hooding are the three…
Applied Materials Forecast Indicates It’s Weathering Slowdown
Applied Materials Inc., the biggest maker of chip manufacturing equipment, gave a better-than-feared sales forecast for the current quarter as supply chain improvements help offset an economic slowdown.Fiscal first-quarter…
Atlas Van Lines promotes McConnell to president and COO
Moving company Atlas Van Lines announced that Ryan McConnell has been promoted to president and COO. Formerly the company’s vice-president of strategic planning, McConnell has more than 25 years of experience in the…
Trans-Pacific volume decline picks up pace in October
Plunging imports from Asia in October, normally one of the busiest months of the year, signals a continued “flattening” of eastbound trans-Pacific demand in the coming months, according to Ben Hackett, principal at Hackett…
Fleet Considerations for Building an EV Charging Strategy – Fuel Smarts
"Scaling Charging Infrastructure for Electric Trucks" panel at the Fleet Forward Conference. Left to right: Rob Hoysgaard of LeasePlan, Alec Cervenka of Kenworth, Brenden Harney of Proterra, Simon…
White House endorses global push for renewable fuels in trucks and buses
The Biden Administration has endorsed an international plan that would slash climate emissions from trucks and buses by requiring the sale of renewable-fuel vehicles, according to an announcement from the COP27 diplomatic…
Congress Eyes FY23 Spending Deal
For Democrats in control of both chambers of Congress through the end of the year, finalizing fiscal 2023 government funding legislation is a top priority during their post-election lame duck session.Congressional leaders…
