The water levels on the Rhine hit critically low levels this week, which threatened to send the cost of transporting and handling a range of oil and chemicals even higher after several months of rising costs. Freight and logistics costs ...
Tags: Rhine, transporting, Oil, Petchem
Having ventured into the color LED market with its traffic light products in 1998, leading LED manufacturer Lumileds has come a long way with its color LED designs. A week ahead of Lumileds LUXEON C Color Line launch, the company website ...
Tags: Lumileds, LUXEON C, color LEDs, architectural lighting
While Ford has made inroads into increased usage of aluminum sheet in its vehicles, it is still "too early" to expect additional steel-to-aluminum announcements from other major automakers such as Toyota and General Motors, Sean Stack, CEO ...
Tags: Ford, aluminum sheet, Steel
On October 29, customers from Shandong, Henan and Hebei, etc. were invited to the production base of Shaanqi Commercial Vehicle Group to set a brand new experience for truck users. Shaanqi Truck operators had opportunities to take a closer ...
Tags: Shaanqi Truck, Trucks
In an effort to promote its brand image and public recognition as well as explore new markets both at home and abroad, Beiben Heavy-duty Truck Group Co., Ltd. Attended 118th Canton Autumn Fair held at China Import & Export Commodity ...
Tags: Heavy-Duty Truck, Beiben
Beware exhibitors: After 12 years in the trade show industry, I’ve finally been introduced to the consequences of a mixed shipment. We were hit with “special handling” (aka drayage) charges because of this mixed shipment. ...
Tags: exhibitors, trade show, Budget
Light trucks play a pivotal role in the Chinese medium- and short-distance logistic service market. Along with the constant expansion of the market, The Chinese light truck sales has been exceeded one million units during recent years. With ...
Tags: Light Truck, Truck
So far, China has become the world's largest coating production and consumption country. In 2014, China's coating output reached 16,482 kt, accounting for 38% of the global total and consisting of 5,357 kt of construction coatings and ...
Tags: Coating Industry, Coating, Paints
On Oct. 13, China’s first automatic cargo trucks were immediately delivered after they went off the assembly line at Shanqi. Equipped with the best power assembly and AMT, the vehicle is able to meet Beijing V emission standard and ...
Tags: cargo trucks, automatic trucks
Volvo Trucks’ individual front suspension can now be specified in combination with Volvo Dynamic Steering. “This is an entirely unique combination that gives the driver perfect steering feel and driveability,” says Kristin ...
The Safe Logistic Tour Exhibition of Hazardous Chemicals in China came to Nantong on 24 September 2015, hosted by China National Chemicals and Light Industry Material Logistics Association. It has higher requirements on trucks to ...
Tags: logistic transportation, Chemicals
After the delivery of 16x8 special chassis, a new Tatra truck with 12x6 chassis, specially designed for a German company rolls out to the market. Redesigned to the customer's requirements, namely, the truck must be low in body height, but ...
Tags: Tatra truck, chassis
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced that Honeywell’s Solstice Liquid Blowing Agent (LBA) won the 2015 Polyurethane Innovation Award. Honeywell’s winning entry, ...
Ontario is set to become the first Canadian state to allow testing of self driving cars on public roads, starting January 1st 2016. The Canadian Ministry of Transportation said that at present around 100 companies and institutions are ...
Tags: self driving cars, Connected Vehicle, Automated Vehicle
During the national holiday, a grand ceremony was held in Suzhou to mark the delivery of a fleet of Shanqi heavy trucks. As the new batch of environmentally friendly vehicles, these trucks will be used to transport dregs at various ...
Tags: Eco-Friendly Trucks, Shanqi, Weichai engines, Fast gearboxes