Macrogen has introduced new temperature-controlled package, Easybox, for customers in the gene and genome analytics service industry. The new premium temperature-controlled packaging option will be provided for shipments through express ...
Lost revenue and frustrated customers are all too common for Australian SME who don’t successfully manage post and shipping services at Christmas, research commissioned by FedEx Express has found. The poll of 1,000 consumers and 400 ...
Tags: Christmas, online shopping, shipping
FedEx has joined Southwest Airlines to buy out Red Rock’s entire eight-year jet fuel inventory — key milestone for project construction. Red Rock takes waste biomass from forests and sawmills, and using a proprietary process, ...
The Sherwin-Williams Company's Board of Directors has elected Matthew Thornton III to the Board of Directors. Thornton is senior vice president, U.S. Operations, FedEx Express, the world's largest express transportation company and a ...
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Less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight System will increase general rates and charges by 5.4 percent later this month. Rates will go up by about 5.4 percent effective March 24, but the effect on specific lanes and shipments will vary. ...
Tags: Freight, Transportation, Auto Parts
FedEx Freight will increase shipping rates by about 3.9 percent, effective. The rate change is for FedEx shipments within Canada, Mexico and the US, including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Additional changes ...
Tags: FedEx, Transportation
FedEx Trade Networks said it has named Jack Muhs its new CEO. Muhs has worked at FedEx Corp. since 1984, the company said in a Feb. 10 statement. He previously was a senior vice president at FedEx Express, overseeing its U.S. export ...
Tags: FedEx, U.S.export business, forwarding solutions, Transport Topics
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor has partnered with FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx, to test its new Nissan e-NV200, a 100% electric compact cargo vehicle, under real world conditions in Washington, DC. Nissan e-NV200 is the second ...
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Parcel carrier FedEx Express will begin testing the Nissane-NV200 all-electric van as part of an arrangement between parent company FedEx Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. FedEx will test the van in the Washington, D.C., area, where it will be ...
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A hybrid-electric delivery truck leaving a FedEx distribution center in Charlotte, N.C. The “hydrogen economy” just got a nice push from the Obama administration, which is now partnering with the private sector to facilitate a ...
Tags: hydrogen economy, fuel cells, transportation sector, fuel vehicles
FedEx Express is hybridizing some of its electric delivery trucks. The Memphis, TN-based company is taking part in a US$3 million project being funded by the US Department of Energy. The other participants are Kansas City, MO-based Smith ...
Tags: FedEx Express, electric delivery trucks, Plug Power, hydrogen fuel cell
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced over $7m in funding for projects that bring cost-effective, advanced hydrogen and fuel cell technologies online faster. This investment will be used for four projects in Georgia, Kansas, ...
Tags: Fuel Cell Technologies, Auto Parts
Parcel carrier FedEx Corp. said its income grew 14% in its fiscal second quarter, driven largely by improvements in its Express airfreight unit. Net income was $500 million, or $1.57 per share in the quarter ended Nov. 30, compared with ...
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XL Hybrids, Inc., developer of a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed specifically for class 1 to 4 commercial fleet vehicles, today announced that it has raised $3 million in a pre-Series C debt financing round from WindSail ...
Tags: Electric Powertrain, XL Hybrids
FedEx is planning to withdraw over 80 aircraft and buy a smaller number of more modern, fuel efficient models as part of its reorganisation and environmental drive. It is reported that 10 aircraft will be retired immediately and 70+ more ...