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2008-09-04 China Port Industry Report, 2007-2008
China's port cargo throughput has continued to grow rapidly in recent years. In 2007, China's port cargo throughput rose to 6.41 billion tons from 2.21 billion tons in 2000 and the CAGR (compound annual growth rate) was 16.4% in the period 2000 to 2007. China's port cargo throughput in 2007 increased 15.1% against the year of 2006.
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2008-09-04 Oracle Transportation Management
Oracle Transportation Management delivers robust transportation planning and execution capabilities to shippers and third party logistics providers. It integrates and streamlines transportation planning, execution, freight payment, and business process automation on a single application across all modes of transportation, from full truckload to complex multileg air, ocean, and rail shipments.
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2008-09-11 RedPrairie Enhances Internationalized Shipment Capabilities in Transportation Management System (TMS)
New transportation management release allows intra-European moves, enhanced geocoding, and short sea shipment options.
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2008-09-11 Scania Receives Large Truck Order in Brazil
Scania (STO:SCVA)(STO:SCVB) is delivering 260 tipper trucks to the Brazilian company Odebrecht. The delivery includes driver training and on-board transport planning computers. It is the largest single truck order in the 51-year history of Scania Brasil.
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2008-09-11 Scania will deliver 400 city buses to Singapore
SBS Transit, Singapore’s leading public transport company, has ordered 400 Scania buses in addition to the 500 units ordered in 2007. With engines featuring exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) technology, these buses will meet both 2009 European emission standards (Euro 5) and the stricter enhanced environmentally friendly vehicle (EEV) standard. The delivery also includes Scania’s systems for logging and monitoring of vehicle performance data.
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2008-09-11 Directors from Brazil and Europe debate, at the Volvo Forum, freight transport safety
Directors of national and international organizations, gathering under them freight carriers, specialists and transport operators, will meet on September 4th, in São Paulo, to discuss “How safety can improve the image of the trucking industry”, the theme of the Volvo Traffic Safety Forum 2008.
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2008-09-11 Volvo voted the best company to work in Brazil
Volvo was recognized as the best company to work in Brazil, according to the survey carried out by Você S/A-Exame magazines, published by Editora Abril, in a partnership with FIA (Foundation for the Admistration Institute - Fundação Instituto Administração).
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2008-09-16 Best Practices in Logistics: A Supply Chain Digest Videocast Sponsored by i2
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2008-09-18 DHL Express Global CEO Testifies before House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Slowdown in Air Express Delivery Industry Requires Innovative Business Models.
Pending Airlift Service Level Agreement of DHL / UPS Supports Competition.
Excellent Customer Service Remains Key to DHL.
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2008-09-18 Volvo Group introduces fourth-generation hybrid solution
The Volvo Group is now introducing the fourth-generation hybrid solution on a broad front in buses, trucks and construction equipment. “Our hybrid solution for heavy vehicles is completely different from anything that has existed in the market to date,” says Leif Johansson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Volvo Group. “As a result of our volumes and resources, we have succeeded in developing a more standardized platform solution, which is a prerequisite for the hybrid technology’s ability to have a widespread commercial impact in the market for heavy vehicles."
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2008-09-19 An Industry Profile of the Trucking Market in South America: Understand Key Trends & the Competitive Landscape
Trucking in South America industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the trucking industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.
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2008-09-22 Scania and Sveaskog join in environmental effort
Scania is now running a training course in fuel-efficient driving for trucking companies that haul timber in parts of central Sweden for the Sveaskog forest product company. Results indicate that after training, the drivers can reduce their fuel consumption by 9 percent. For these truckers alone, this would represent 8,000 tonnes less carbon dioxide emissions each year.
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2008-09-23 BirdDog Solutions, Inc., Expands Offerings, Launches BirdDog Logistics Services, LLC.
ANDOVER, Mass. & OMAHA, Neb.In direct response to customer requests to add additional freight management capabilities to its suite of services, BirdDog Solutions is pleased to announce the formation of BirdDog Logistics Services, LLC (“BDLS”).
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2008-09-23 Volvo Trucks looks beyond Euro V with the launch of EEV engines
Volvo Trucks will start delivering its first FH and FM trucks with EEV (Enhanced Environmental friendly vehicle) engines during 2009. The new engines will help improve air quality by reducing particulates and smoke drastically, going beyond the requirements of Euro V. The first stage of Volvo’s EEV engine offer, based on an optimized D13 engine with SCR, will cover the majority of the D13’s current sales volume.
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2008-09-23 Advanced Alcolock from Volvo Trucks will reduce alcohol-related accidents across Europe
Approximately every third of the roughly 40,000 traffic-related deaths reported in the European Union each year can be directly attributed to alcohol. To promote safer driving and help reduce traffic fatalities, Volvo Trucks is introducing Alcolock. This optional, fully integrated solution requires the driver to take a breath test before the engine can be started.
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2008-09-29 The Allen Group Receives Approvals on Development Agreements & Infrastructure Funding by the City of Gardner & Johnson County for Logistics Park Kansas City
GARDNER, Kansas-The Allen Group, one of the nation’s leading Inland Port development companies, received final approval on Thurs., Sept. 25, from the Johnson County Board of Commissioners for a public infrastructure Plan of Finance supporting the new intermodal and logistics park development. This came on the heals of the City of Gardner’s approval of the same Plan of Finance, Annexation and Development Agreements supporting the creation of Logistics Park Kansas City (LPKC).
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2008-10-01 Volvo Trucks voted the strongest brand in Sweden
Volvo Trucks has been voted as having the strongest business-to-business brand in Sweden in its category. The ranking was produced by SIFO Research International and Superbrands Brand Council, consisting of independent experts in the fields of advertising, marketing and brand management.
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2008-10-01 Volvo Trucks reduces capacity in the European production system
Volvo Trucks is taking measures to downsize capacity in its European production system to meet the declining demand for trucks in the European market. As a consequence, the company will initiate negotiations with the unions regarding staffing level cutbacks of approximately 1,400 employees at the company’s plants in Ghent in Belgium, and Gothenburg and Umeå in Sweden. A cost-reduction plan will also be implemented to meet the lower sales levels and increasing raw material cost.
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2008-10-03 Modern Materials Handling Study Names Top Lift Truck Manufacturers
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2008-10-03 New Release for Popular TMW Imaging Application
Imaging Integrated with Three Enterprise Transportation Systems - TMWSuite, TruckMate and TL2000
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