Topic: Sustainability

The purchase price was around $1.99 billion (USD), and it is expected to be made official in the first half of 2023, with Trimble acquiring Transporean from software and services investor and Transporean’s majority shareholder, Hg.

Achieving visibility will be the first vital step toward circularity.

Broken, stressed, strained, and out of sync. All have been featured in recent headlines describing the condition of logistics and supply chain operations.

ALAN advises preparation for residents at risk, asks members of aid network to be ready to help, as Ian threatens Florida.

Rail carloads—at 242,633—saw a 3.4% annual gain, and intermodal containers and trailers——at 268,941—saw a slight 0.3% annual decrease.

Earlier this month, the Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) appointed by President Biden—and focused on resolving a labor dispute between Class I rail carriers and 12 U.S.-based rail labor unions on reaching labor accord—issued recommendations to help further quell further rail-related supply chain disruptions.

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A pair of prominent Washington-based business groups -- the National Retail Federation (NRF) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- respectively sent letters this week to President Biden, calling on the White House to work with Class I rail carriers and 12 U.S.-based rail labor unions on reaching labor accord.

Rail carloads—at 229,857—were off 3.1% annually, and intermodal containers and trailers—at 263,517—slipped 5.5%.

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As usual, California is leading the way to cleaner air around ports with a new program expected to generate $90 million in new fees from trucks entering and leaving California’s two largest ports. Effective April 8, the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will start collecting a $10 per TEU ($20 for containers longer than 20 feet) fee on loaded import and export containers as they enter or leave container terminals.

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The Biden administration is moving to lessen emissions from heavy trucks and buses in the first federal effort to eliminate smog and pollution from those vehicles since 2001. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is drawing up rules that would remove smog-forming nitrate oxide (NOx) emissions by up to 90% by 2031. The new rule would cover buses, light-duty delivery vans, tractor-trailers and other heavy trucks.

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Going back to when the fee was initially rolled out on October 25, POLA and POLB said that the ports have seen a cumulative 70% decline in the amount of aging cargo on their docks, a tally which has trended up going back to the initial announcement of this fee.

December’s reading—at 236—was off 3% compared to November, a month which matched October in setting a record for the number of loads moved by motor carriers in a month, according to DAT. And national average truckload spot van and reefer rates saw gains for the seventh consecutive month, with the average van rate hitting the $3 per mile mark for the first time. What’s more, van and refrigerated (reefer) truckload freight rates each set new records, up 21.9% and 29.5%, respectively,...

UPS CEO Carol Tomé discussed issues that will shape 2022 and beyond during the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s State of American Business video conference on January 11. Issues she covered included economic trends and global competition to policy challenges and opportunities.

Rail carloads—at 917,787—increased 2%, or 17,996 carloads, annually, and intermodal containers and trailers—at 1,028,039—were off 9.6%, or 108,705 units.