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

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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.

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

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Industry groups say the measure that passed the state’s legislature would upend road transport business across the state, WSJ’s Jennifer Smith reports. There are exemptions in AB-5 for some job classifications, including construction trucking, but that is a carve-out for Teamsters, Rajkovacz told the Sacramento Business Journal.

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Amazon Leasing Air Cargo Space, Delivering by Drone

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According to Bloomberg, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) is projecting air cargo sales will decline by $52 billion in 2023 to $149.4 vice president of innovation and automation, in a statement. billion, which is $48.6 billion more than in 2019.

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

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Descartes Showcases Logistics Technology Platform Innovations at Global User and Partner Conference. 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.