US rail board proposes emergency powers to keep freight moving
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board proposed a rule change that aims to bring immediate relief for shippers facing poor rail service, asserting that the agency…
Road freight sector urges ENVI to include structural and financial needs in EU ETS-road
The European road freight transport sector, including road goods transport operators, express delivery operators, freight forwarders and importers and exporters, call on members of the…
deugro expands its supply chain management system deugro visiotrack with a new feature to measure the carbon footprint of global transports
deugro visiotrack users are now able to view the emissions of their shipments worldwide at any time at the press of a button.
Angry railroad customers and employees take grievances to US regulators
Union Pacific Corp., CSX Corp. and other big U.S. railroads that slimmed down to please investors are now facing customers angered by poor service and…
Time to take charge of lithium battery moves
Amid a number of recent fire incidents affecting container transport, ro-ro ships and air cargo movements allegedly involving lithium batteries, international freight transport insurer TT…
Most combined-cycle power plants employ two combustion turbines with one steam turbine
Natural gas is the most prevalent energy source used for electricity generation in the United States. Of the 491 gigawatts (GW) of natural gas-fired electric-generating…
Sasol calls force majeure on chemicals exports following floods
Sasol Ltd. declared force majeure on some chemicals exports following catastrophic rains in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province earlier this month.
Tasma starts as the new Director International Freight Forwarding at Broekman Logistics
As of April 1st, Martijn Tasma has started as Director of International Freight Forwarding at Broekman Logistics.
EU, India agree to set up trade and technology council
The European Union and India plan to launch a joint trade and technology council on Monday in an effort to deepen cooperation between the two…
Freight throughput in the Port of Rotterdam decreased by 1.5% in first quarter
In the first quarter of 2022, 1.5% less freight passed through the Port of Rotterdam than in the same period last year: 113.6 million tonnes…
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