Category: Fuel & Oil

FHWA Highlights Efforts to Reduce Pollution, Combat Climate Change, and Improve Resiliency in Communities Nationwide

FHWA Highlights Efforts to Reduce Pollution, Combat Climate Change, and Improve Resiliency in Communities Nationwide

| April 29, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration advances climate goals through recent infrastructure projects The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) celebrated several recent actions of the Biden-Harris Administration to advance climate goals through historic investments in infrastructure. FHWA is taking an active role in combatting climate change by reducing transportation-related emissions, funding resiliency projects to protect communities […]

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Q2 TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index: Parcel surcharge changes wring out additional revenue, LTL and truckload rates hold steady

Q2 TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index: Parcel surcharge changes wring out additional revenue, LTL and truckload rates hold steady

| April 28, 2024

Out-of-cycle parcel pricing actions drive greater yields, while rates in truckload and LTL stay flat as carriers hang on for freight cycle fundamentals to improve AFS Logistics, an industry-leading third-party logistics (3PL) provider, and TD Cowen announce the second quarter (Q2) 2024 release of the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index, a snapshot with predictive pricing for […]

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Voltera Secures $9.6M Federal Grant to Electrify Major US Ports: Savannah, Los Angeles and Long Beach

Voltera Secures $9.6M Federal Grant to Electrify Major US Ports: Savannah, Los Angeles and Long Beach

| April 28, 2024

The grant from the Federal Highway Administration will be used to develop zero-emission vehicle charging infrastructure for heavy-duty electric trucks at Voltera’s sites near Savannah, GA and in Wilmington, CA Voltera, a leading developer, owner, and operator of charging infrastructure for zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) fleets, announced that its owned sites near the ports of Savannah […]

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JJX Logistics Reduces Fleet Emissions by 17% and Achieves Industry Safety Accreditation with Samsara

JJX Logistics Reduces Fleet Emissions by 17% and Achieves Industry Safety Accreditation with Samsara

| April 25, 2024

Real-time fleet visibility and monitoring enables international haulage firm to ensure safety and security of drivers and cargo International haulage company JJX Logistics has improved the safety and sustainability of its fleet operations by implementing advanced AI solutions from Samsara, the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud. The move has enabled JJX Logistics to achieve a 17% reduction […]

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Range Energy and DB Schenker Announce Pilot of Electric-Powered Trailer Platform

Range Energy and DB Schenker Announce Pilot of Electric-Powered Trailer Platform

| April 25, 2024

Pilot agreement demonstrates commercial traction for implementing sustainable transportation equipment in existing commercial trucking operations Range Energy (Range), the company bringing powered trailers to the commercial trucking market, has signed a pilot agreement with DB Schenker, a global leader in logistics services, to deploy its electric-powered trailer. During the pilot, Range trailers will be implemented and evaluated […]

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Port Houston Awarded Nearly $27 Million For Clean Truck Program

Port Houston Awarded Nearly $27 Million For Clean Truck Program

| April 25, 2024

Grant Investment is Pivotal in Reducing Air Emissions The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration announced that Texas was awarded a $26.9 million grant for the Port Houston new clean truck program to help reduce air emissions. Port Houston’s CLEANSTACS Program (Catalyzing Lower Emissions with Alliances and New Systems in Trucking and Community Sustainability) […]

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