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COP21 – Freight and Climate Change

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This Black Friday Shawn Simms was first in line at Best Buy in Nashville, TN to bag a Thanksgiving bargain – a Toshiba HDTV for $149.99. A quick check showed that shipping the TV from Taiwan to Nashville (ocean & trucking) led to about 6.7 The broader climate issue.and freight’s role. kg of carbon emissions.

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Will sub-zero temps stall trucking operations?

DAT Solutions

often suffer from all kinds of severe weather during the first quarter, impacting freight movements. So every winter event has a rate impact that can be plus or a minus depending on timing and severity. If freight needs protection from freezing, the shipper may need to change routing instructions. Large swaths of the U.S.