J.E. Fortin celebrates 90th birthday with a new Freightliner Cascadia J.E. Fortin Inc. has celebrated its 90th anniversary and did so by unveiling its 426th truck, a 2013 Freightliner Cascadia equipped with a Detroit DD15 engine. The ...
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United Parcel Services Inc. (UPS) is the latest shipping company to raise its freight services by an average of 4.9 percent, effective Dec. 30. The higher rates, which will cover ground, air and international services, come amidst UPS and ...
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In lean economic times, organizations look for new ways to streamline operations, improve productivity, and gain a competitive edge. Typically, the first thing they might look at is the price of goods, materials, and supplies used. They ...
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China's leading train manufacturer, China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation Ltd. (CSR), announced on Sunday that it will produce two passenger locomotives for Turkmenistan, another step to occupy the niche in the central Asian ...
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Albany County’s recycling community is up against the glass. On Nov. 1, Ark Regional Services discontinued its glass recycling services, leaving the county without a means for recycling glass. But that hasn’t stopped many ...
A new consistent planning zone for Victoria’s major ports has been approved, in a move that is aimed at securing the future growth of the freight sector and its contribution to the state’s economy. Planning Minister Matthew Guy ...
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The Victorian Labor Opposition has released an ambitious transport revitalisation plan should it win government at the next election. The centrepiece of the plan is the scrapping of the East-West road tunnel project, the construction of ...
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has commemorated its first anniversary in South Australia having carried in excess of 2.5 million kg of cargo from the state since inauguration in November 2012. South Australian ...
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) is asking the government to consider modal equality under the proposed Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) scheme. CEO of the ARA Bryan Nye said there were considerable synergies between the intent of ...
Noel Perry of FTR Associates is holding up four fingers and one thumb. He had asked a room full of Ontario trucking executives, rhetorically, “how many dry van carriers or reefer carriers have the capability to bid - in a big way - on ...
US truck tonnage fell 2.8% month-over-month in October, but remained stronger than in the same month last year. The American Trucking Associations’ for-hire truck tonnage index grew 0.5% in September (revised down from the 1.4% ...
eBay Enterprise, an eBay Inc. company, announced that it has signed a multiyear agreement with Fifth & Pacific Companies, Inc., the designer and marketer of a portfolio of premium, global lifestyle brands. eBay Enterprise will provide ...
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A spike in the front-quarter CIF ARA c had eastern US coal export executives guessing Wednesday how much the out-of-the-money range for Central Appalachian thermal coal prices had narrowed. Platts assessed Wednesday the API2 Q1 2014 ...
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Those tasked with reducing their fleet's fuel consumption face many technology and training choices and a lot of calculations before they can select solutions that will be cost-effective for them. Recognizing this challenge, Natural ...
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Karachi—The cement industry sources wonder as to why cannot the Federal Board of Revenue keep taxation simple and easy instead of coming with policies that hurt the consumers, manufacturers and ultimately the national exchequer ...
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