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This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Marten Transport Ltd. Shippers are under enormous pressure to cut transportation costs and seem not to be satisfied with the massive fuel surcharge reductions racked up over the past year and a half.”. Analysts at Stifel Inc. downgraded the stocks of four trucking companies earlier this week — USA Truck Inc., Hub Group Inc.,

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Transportation Trends: What’s Ahead for Trucking with California’s Gig Economy Bill?

PINC

It didn’t take long for trucking industry officials to jump into the conversation around California’s new gig-economy law. Industry groups say the measure that passed the state’s legislature would upend road transport business across the state, WSJ’s Jennifer Smith reports. Port Trucking Implications. While many U.S.

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Ryder Places First Medium-Duty Electric Vehicle Order with Chanje Energy and Begins to Roll Out Charging Stations

Supply Chain Network

NYSE: R), a leader in commercial fleet management , dedicated transportation , and supply chain solutions , announced today it has started to take delivery of 125 medium-duty electric panel vans, the first of their kind in North America, now available for lease or rent. Miami, November 2, 2017 —Ryder System, Inc. About Ryder. About Chanje.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

The company’s North American truckload volumes increased eight percent in the quarter, and its average truckload rate per mile charged to customers (excluding fuel) increased about 1 percent in Q4 2012 compared to Q4 2011, while its truckload transportation costs increased approximately two percent (excluding fuel). million, up 18.2

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Flatbed Rates Set Another Record

DAT Solutions

Demand for flatbed transportation has been off the charts for much of 2018. DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 179 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $45 billion in real transactions.

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Will the Nuclear Power Sector Make a Resurgence? Part One

Enterra Insights

And, in a hotly debated decision, Germany has decided to “keep two of its three remaining nuclear power plants operational as an emergency reserve for its electricity supply, … delaying the country’s plans to become the first industrial power to go nuclear-free for its energy.”[3] Fear, Waste, and Cost. Nuclear Waste.