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Electrification

Featured In Food Logistics: The Quest Continues For Alternative Fuels

In addition to the benefits offered by some alternative fuels such as lower costs, smaller carbon footprints and reduced emissions, fleet managers also have to consider the available fueling infrastructure, tax credits and incentives.

Public Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling stations like this one in New Berlin, Wis., are starting be built in more areas as the infrastructure for alternative fuels continues to increase.

Fuel Efficiency

EPA, DOT Propose Greenhouse Gas And Fuel Efficiency Standards For Heavy-Duty Trucks

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles currently account for about 20 percent of GHG emissions and oil use in the U.S. transportation sector, but only comprise about five percent of vehicles on the road.

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DOT Grants Agriculture 2-Year Waiver From Hours Of Service Rule

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)

The National Pork Producers Council, on behalf of other livestock, poultry and food organizations, this spring asked the FMCSA to renew the waiver and to extend it for the two-year maximum allowable under federal law.

Van, Reefer Rates Hold Firm

DAT Freight & Analytics

Rates in all three equipment categories held firm on the heels of big increases during the first week of June.

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Benchmark Study Finds Room For Improvement In Food Transport Safety

American Trucking Associations (ATA)

One of the survey’s key findings was the cost of temperature violations.

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How Sysco Manages Grain-Fed Beef Exports: An Inside Look

Dan Chase, Sysco Corp.’s senior director of logistics and outbound marketing, leads a seven-person team that gets an order, secures the product from the plant, and then preps the beef for its final destination.

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Spot Truck Load Rates Weaken As Capacity Increases

DAT Freight & Analytics

The national average rate for reefers stayed at $2.12 per mile, with both the average line-haul rate and the fuel surcharge unchanged.

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Freight Capacity For Vans And Flatbeds Loosens In Early April

DAT Freight & Analytics

Reefer load-to-truck dropped by 20 percent while spot reefer rates remained flat.

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Dot Foods Seeks To Attract Women To Warehouse Jobs To Meet Demand

Food-distribution giant Dot Foods Inc., has formed "Women of the Warehouse" to try and help attract women to jobs traditionally held by men.

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The 2015 Food Logistics Champions

These ‘rock stars of the supply chain’ are driving their organizations and our industry forward.

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Fleet Management

ProMat Attendee Comments On Drone For Yard Management System On Trade Show Floor

Drones will become a standard tool for the material handling industry. Here's why.

Jim Hobbins, an account representative at Arbon Equipment Corp.

Striking Brazil Truck Drivers Disrupt Grain And Meat Shipments

Access to the country's main poultry exporting port of Itajai in Santa Catarina has been blocked since Friday, affecting meat packers BRF SA and JBS SA, a port spokesman said.

Brazilian truckers strike In protest of rising fuel taxes.

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