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Canada's TransForce Acquires XPO Logistics' Truckload Business for $558 Million

The deal transfers about 3,000 tractors, 7,500 trailers and 29 locations to TransForce, which is Canada’s largest trucking company and has expressed interest in expanding its U.S. truckload business.

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Carbon Footprint

EPA, DOT Finalize Phase Two Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

New standards address second-largest segment of U.S. transportation in terms of emissions and energy use.

The final standards are expected to lower CO2 emissions by approximately 1.1 billion metric tons, save vehicle owners fuel costs of about $170 billion, and reduce oil consumption by up to two billion barrels over the lifetime of the vehicles sold under the program.

Maryland Governor Pitches Plan to Deepen Howard Street Tunnel at Port of Baltimore

Although the newly deepened port of Baltimore is one of just a handful that can accommodate giant ships moving through the newly widened Panama Canal, the Howard Street Tunnel bottleneck limits how quickly cargo can move through the port.

The tunnel, dug in the 1890s, was built to accommodate trains of that era. It does not have enough clearance to allow the passage of double-stacked freight containers, so cargo coming out of the port moves at half the pace that it can leave other facilities.

Software Solutions

Survey Reveals Fleets Aren't Monitoring OBC Data to Identify Cost Savings

Fleet Advantage, LLC

While 70 percent of industry professionals regularly monitor onboard computer (OBC) data for driver logs and dispatching, only 6 percent utilize it to gain insight on fuel consumption.

The survey also revealed that 33% of respondents cannot quantify operational savings using OBC reporting.

Featured in Food Logistics: Watch Your Back!

Warehouse employees are far more likely to sustain back, muscle, repetitive motion or other ergonomic injuries than they are to experience other kinds of work-related injuries

Warehouse workers in safety gear inspecting packages near a forklift in a logistics facility

Electrification

Otto and Budweiser Deliver First Shipment by Self-Driving Truck

Otto shipped a truckload of Budweiser from Fort Collins, Colo., to Colorado Springs last Thursday with the driver monitoring from the truck's sleeper berth for the entire two-hour journey.

Transportation experts predict the earliest applications of autonomous technology will be in self-driving trucks, not cars. The technology is best suited to the relative predictability of long hauls on highways, rather than busy city streets with many distractions.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Egypt Changing Suez Canal Toll Payments to Compete with Panama Canal

Under the proposed early payment plan, Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Co. and CMA CGM would receive a discount, potentially making the Suez route more attractive route than the Panama Canal.

Aerial view of a cargo ship loaded with colorful shipping containers navigating the Suez Canal through desert landscape

FDA’s New Food Recall Program SCORE Hits the Ground Running

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The FDA created a team of key senior leaders called SCORE to get involved with the most challenging recall situations, those complicated by issues as the nature of the product, the scope of available evidence, and the company’s response.

Hand pointing to red 'Food Safety' banner surrounded by health and safety-related terms including virus, cleanliness, and hazards.

Carbon Footprint

Farm and Dairy Groups Call Dannon's Anti-GMO Pledge 'Marketing Fluff'

American Farm Bureau Federation

Dannon says its “pledge” to consumers commits the company to sustainable farming practices around its milk supply and includes the conversion of an estimated 80,000 acres of farmland to produce non-GMO livestock feed.

Red tractor spraying crops in expansive green agricultural field with organized row patterns

US Foods Acquires Save on Seafood Amid Announced Layoffs

Florida-based Save on Seafood provides frozen whole fish, fish fillets, shrimp, shellfish, lobster, octopus, and other specialty items like shrimp burgers to grocery stores and restaurants in the Southeast.

US Foods delivery truck driving on highway at dusk with illuminated headlights

Russia Forced to Stockpile its Bumper Wheat Crop

While shipments so far have disappointed, Russia’s still managing to reach markets it didn’t sell to last season, partly because a poor crop in France has hurt exports from the European Union’s biggest grower.

Red tractor spraying crops across expansive green agricultural rows in a rural farming landscape

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