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Business Continues to Grow for Third-party Logistics Companies

July 1, 2015

Revenues for U.S. 3PLs, which provide services ranging from booking truck drivers to managing warehouses, rose 7.4 percent to $157.2bn last year, faster than the 2.8 percent growth in logistics spending overall, according to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, which recently released its annual State of Logistics report.

Supply Chain, Logistics World Found 2014 Best Year Since the Great Recession, Report Says

June 29, 2015

CSCMP, Penske Logistics

In 2014, the supply chain industry experienced its best year since the Great Recession, according to the State of the Logistics Report issued annually by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and sponsored by Penske Logistics.

Heavy-Medium-duty Truck Market in China Lags in Sales Compared to Those a Year Ago

June 26, 2015

ACT Research

China's heavy and medium truck and tractor markets remained soft in the first quarter of 2015. Total sales (domestic and export) were just over 135,000 heavy trucks and tractors in Q1'15, compared to approximately 162,000 units sold in Q4'14, a decline of more than 33 percent year over year and 16 percent quarter over quarter. This was reported in the most recent China Commercial Vehicle Outlook, jointly published quarterly by ACT and China's State Information Center (SIC). The Outlook includes an overview of the China economy and a review and forecast of China's heavy and medium-duty truck and bus markets, as well as analysis of OEM market shares within China.

EPA, DOT Propose Measures to Reduce Truck Bus Pollution

June 24, 2015

EDF

New "clean truck" standards have been proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation to improve fuel economy and reduce pollution from the nation's freight trucks and buses.

Van, Refrigerated Truck Rates Hold Firm in U.S.

June 22, 2015

DAT

U.S. average rates on the spot truckload market remained elevated during the week ending June 13, according to DAT Solutions, which operates the DAT network of load boards. Rates in all three equipment categories held firm on the heels of big increases during the first week of June.

Money Sought to Train Truck Drivers in UK

June 22, 2015

RHA

Whilst welcoming the positive news of rising employment in the United Kingdom, the chief executive of the Road Haulage Association, Richard Burnett, has warned that a chronic skills shortage continues to affect the UK road haulage industry.

Use of Renewable Energy at Highest Rate in More Than 80 Years

June 3, 2015

Maritime Executive

In 2014, renewable energy accounted for 9.8 percent of total domestic energy consumption. This marks the highest renewable energy share since the 1930s, when wood was a much larger contributor to domestic energy supply.

Transportation Industry Drives Toward Non-Petroleum Energy

June 1, 2015

Time

The transportation sector is moving away from oil slowly but surely. Driven by growth in the use of biofuels and natural gas, non-petroleum energy now makes up the highest percentage of total fuel consumption for transport since 1954, according to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Climate Benefit of Natural Gas Trucks Limited if Methane Not Reduced in Overall Fuel Production, Study Says

May 27, 2015

Environmental Defense Fund

Shifting from diesel fuel to natural gas to power the nation's heavy-duty commercial trucking sector would achieve widely promised climate benefits only if widespread emissions of heat-trapping methane across the natural gas value chain are reduced, according to a new study coauthored by researchers from Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.