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Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
Are you a long haul driver that loves kids and wants to spend more time teaching young ones about life and the trucking industry of the United States of America? You can spend more time with the kids of America by becoming the next Trucker Buddy of the Month. This is your chance to have a positive affect on the lives and future of children in the United States of America and prove once again how much the truckers of America care about doing the right thing. The kids will fall in love with your stories about working out on the roads and highways of America and you could be setting the stage for some of these children to become another caring transport trucker of America in the years ahead.
Drivers out on the roads providing trucking services for firms around North America taking part in the Trucker Buddy of the Month program will be visiting classrooms throughout the school year to talk to the kids and keep them updated on their transport adventures. They get to take a positive hand in teaching the kids, encourage them to learn, and even provide a few rewards to the kids that show the greatest interest in learning. Every year they add more transport truckers to the Trucker Buddy program, so if you want to take part, this could be your year and chance to contribute to the well-being and future of kids in America.
If you’re a flatbed trucking professional that wants to take part in the Trucker Buddy of the Month program, you’ll have to go through a screening process, and then you’ll be matched with a class of children. You’ll work with the teacher and talk to the children about the job of transporting freight to destination in the United States of America, and pass on some of the knowledge about life you have picked up out on the roads and highways of America.
Tags: flatbed trucking, long haul, trucking services
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
American freight forwarders have been taking care of the paperwork required for the transport of large and heavy wind turbines in the United States of America in the past few months. Wind turbines have been moving around America a lot more in recent times and at present about 10 percent of America’s energy needs are supplied by wind turbines transported along the roads and highways of the United States. These giant pieces of machinery require trucking services designed to do this particular job and if the energy agencies of the United States have their way, America’s transportation services will be transporting a lot more wind turbines in the months and years ahead in the century of the environment.
Transporting these huge wind turbines requires seven transport vehicles each to do the job of transporting to destination. According to the transport professionals taking these wind turbines to destination this is a specialty service that’s growing in popularity around the United States of America. One complete wind turbine contains three tower sections; a nacelle containing a turbine’s generator, gear box and electrical apparatus; and three huge blades that are probably a little different to load safely. All of this transporting of wind turbines in America has created a niche market for the transport of these huge and heavy pieces of equipment, according to many freight shipping professionals currently transporting these wind turbines to destination. A niche market that they think is gaining momentum and could in a few years time be a normal job for the transportation services of America.
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Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Professionals in the long haul business that are still hoping for a second Windsor-Detroit border crossing shouldn’t give up hope and might want to add their voice to the fight for this transport route, according to many transport professionals in the middle of the debate surrounding this affair. The Detroit River International Crossing project is still alive and a deal could still be reached that would allow this project to continue to completion in the days and months ahead in the century of the environment in the United States of America. Professionals in the middle of the debate surrounding the Detroit River International Crossing project indicate that lots of work needs to be done, but that support for a second crossing is still strong, and we could still see some movement on this idea by the end of 2010.
North American flatbed truck drivers that support the idea of a second Windsor-Detroit border crossing will be happy to hear that this idea is still alive. There are certainly elements in the transport administration of Michigan that appear to still support the building of the Detroit River International Crossing, but opposition can still be heard among the the voices. Last week, both houses of the Michigan legislature approved a Michigan Department of Transportation budget bill, which provides extended funding for more research and planning on this idea. Officials on the Canadian side of the border also appear to be committed to the building of the Detroit River International Crossing project and this will certainly be a major force in the desire to get this project built in the days and weeks ahead in the century of the environment. One thing is for sure, the volume of trucking services that will be traveling along the transport route this new crossing would service, are going to increase in the years ahead.
Tags: flatbed truck, long haul, trucking services
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Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
American shipping firms looking for a new tool to help them when trying to determine steel and aluminum wheel alternatives available on the market should check out Alcoa Wheels 2.0 version of CalcuLighter. Sources around the transport industry indicate that Alcoa Wheels CalcuLighter is an easy-to-use on-line tool designed to help transport professionals trying to decide on the type of wheels they want to use. This tool apparently generates instant financial information, calculating fuel, payload, scrap value and wheel maintenance information that can help transport professionals find the wheels they need. Sources report that CalcuLighter 2.0 compares the N.A.D.A. official Commercial Truck Guide trade-in value and carbon emission data to help transport professionals determine the best wheel to invest their money in.
CalcuLighter 2.0 allows users to input fleet profiles, including the number of tractors and trailers in the fleet, and select the wheel alternatives they think are best to take a look at. The results users obtain changes constantly as new information is entered and users can also print out the results they obtain and file them away for future use, when buying additional tires for your trucks conducting trucking services. The new version of CalcuLighter also includes interface enhancements, along with all the statistical data reflecting the recent changes in the transport industry and the purchase of wheels, due to CSA 2010.
Long haul professionals that want to check out CalcuLighter 2.0 should contact Alcoa Wheels directly, or take a look on Alcoa Wheels website, for more information on where to find CalcuLighter 2.0. This decision could be the move that saves you money on truck tires and a new tool to help you as you travel down the road in the United States of America in the century of the environment.
Tags: long haul, Shipping, trucking services
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
The problems in the French freight carrier industry have been in the headlines a lot lately and today it was reported that four stevedoring companies operating in the Port of Le Havre were fined by the French regulatory agency for what they deem as unfair competition tactics in their business operations at the port. Apparently, the agency thinks the groups involved have been meeting to agree on some aspects of business that could give the firms involved a significant business advantage in the Port of Le Havre.
The truth of this affair could likely be told in the weeks and days ahead and it could be trying times for the four stevedoring companies involved and the French freight carrier industry. There could always be additional business consequences involved for these companies and at the very least they’re going to be under the microscope for awhile. Exactly, what the additional business consequences could be we’ll probably hear about in the months ahead and we can be sure the French regulatory agencies will be watching every move the companies involved in this affair make in their future business affairs in the Port of Le Havre and probably anywhere they do business in France.
The fines applied this time appear to be more symbolic than substantial and it could be the French agency just wants to send a strong message to the four companies involved and others in the French freight carrier industry that this kind of stuff will not be tolerated? The French agency stopped short of applying some fines to parties that some think were involved in this affair, so maybe some sanity is starting to appear in this affair and we’ll see business in the Port of Le Havre return to normal.
http://www.ifw-net.com/freightpubs/ifw/ind…tm_medium=email
Tags: freight, freight carrier, freight forwarders, freight moving, freight shipping, freight transport, heavy haul, moving freight, shipping freight, trucking companies, trucking services, Trucking transport
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
Trailer trucking firms looking at the Unified Carrier Registration fees they’ll have to pay in the calendar year under the new proposals are probably wondering how this is going to affect them during a time when they’re already hauling a tough financial road? Reports by many carriers indicates that they’ll be paying as much as double the fees they paid in previous calendar years and many think this additional cost could create new problems for many of America’s and North America’s trucking transport firms. Especially, for large trucking services firms this could mean some major changes in the financial landscape and future of the company, and this of course is making some trucking professionals doubt the wisdom of the increases at this time in the trucking industries history.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has indicated in statements that it was forced to increase the United Carrier Registration fee at this time in order to provide states with the money they’re expecting under the Single State Registration System. This statement must provide little comfort to the trucking firms that will have to pay the increased fees, since in the end they’ll have little choice but to pay, if they want to continue to conduct business. At least the fees are less than the original numbers the FMCSA was throwing at trucking firms in the start of this affair, which for some trucking firms must be a positive sign. They can still expect a rather large bill in the days ahead from the FMCSA and this is probably going to stick in their throat for a few days.
http://www.todaystrucking.com/news.cfm?intDocID=23849
Tags: freight, freight forwarders, freight moving, freight shipping, freight transport, heavy haul, moving freight, shipping freight, trailer trucking, trucking companies, trucking services, Trucking transport
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Is it time for shipping companies to begin ordering new container transport vessels? There appears to be a cut-throat competition going on between shipyards competing for the latest round of new containership orders that might be an opportunity for some shipping companies to save a bit of money? The competition appears to be getting a little hotter lately as there have been reports of investigations into competition complaints.
One particular complaint centers on moves by one Greek shipping interest to raise the money it needs for new vessels by using European taxpayers money to pay for the vessels. The intensity of this dispute appears to be rising at the moment and this situation could become pretty heated in the days and weeks ahead. This affair appears to be a political hot potato at the moment in European circles, so we can probably expect some tippy-toeing to be going on around the events concerning this company. The investigation appears to be going full steam ahead though and we can certainly expect to hear something on this front in a few days.
We should probably expect more shipbuilding yards to join the competition for new container transport ships being built around the world. The volume of new ships being ordered has increased recently according to many in the freight carrier industry and a feeding frenzy of a type could begin shortly. What all this means for the world’s freight shipping industry is the question? Will the volume of containers that needs to be transported go up and is the business of shipping containers going to return to levels of old in 2010?
http://www.tradewinds.no/archive/;jsession…1+ship+purchase
Tags: container transport, freight, freight carrier, freight forwarders, freight moving, freight shipping, freight transport, heavy haul, moving freight, shipping freight, trucking companies, trucking services, Trucking transport
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Bulk oil shipments are taken by the large tankers of the world’s oil freight carriers to destinations around the world in some of the largest vessels ever to float on the oceans blue. Bulk tankers of this type are used to transport bulk liquids of many different kinds to market, including hazardous and potentially lethal bulk liquids that are used to power the world’s industries.
China has been making moves designed to make the country as self-sufficient in the future as possible. Part of this plan is a desire to control the domestic and international flow of bulk oil into the China. China has recently made a few choices that have a few freight carrier industry analysts thinking that China is moving toward purchasing the new tanker capacity it needs to make sure at least 40 percent of the bulk oil imported into China is transported on tankers owned or controlled by Chinese shipping interests.
Towards this end many in the worldwide freight carrier shipping industry think that there are Chinese shipping companies currently planning to increase the size of what’s already one of the world’s largest bulk tanker fleets by as much as five times its present size in order to handle this job. This means Chinese shipping interests that are planning on bowing to government pressure in this goal are going to have to order a bushel full of new tankers. At present the new orders haven’t been seen on the books of the world’s shipyards, but if China is going to move toward the goal of transporting a large percentage of the imported oil it uses to power its industries, it will have to get started on this job soon.
http://www.tradewinds.no/archive/?action=s…w+hong+kong+arm
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Friday, April 30th, 2010
There’s apparently a belief in parts of the world that more needs to be done to reduce the carbon wheel-print of North America’s trailer trucking industry. The latest report on this subject, titled Freight Trucks and Climate Change Policy Mitigating CO2 Emissions, even suggests that the governments of North America need to get to work in partnership with the trucking transport industry on reducing the carbon emissions of the trucking services industry of North America. The belief exists that not enough is being done to help the trucking industry reduce its carbon wheel-print and more needs to be done on all sides to move the trucking industry down the road to carbon sustainability a little further.
There could be some truth to this statement, but we could probably always do more and we do have to keep the trucks moving as we are trying to make the business of freight trucking a little greener for the health of the future of the trucking industry. We do have to control our emotions and make sure any changes we make are going to be useful for achieving the goals we have in mind. Solutions can cause additional problems in the trucking industry that we just don’t need at this time in history, so we do need to make sure any change we do make is going to do the job. The trucking industry of North America can no longer afford to think in terms of a North American industry and we must take into account the activities of all of the trucking industries around the world.
The good news is that we have started the trucking industry down the road to reducing carbon emissions, but obviously we still have lots of work to do, before the work is going to be complete. If we make sure we study the ideas we have implemented and alter our future plans using the facts we collect during the journey the job should be a lot easier.
http://www.todaystrucking.com/newscenter.c…&intDocID=23665
Tags: freight, freight forwarders, freight moving, freight shipping, freight transport, heavy haul, moving freight, shipping freight, trailer trucking, trucking companies, trucking services, Trucking transport
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Friday, April 30th, 2010
Container transport vessels berthed at the ports of the world could be using more shore power in order to reduce the carbon propeller-print and emissions of the world’s ports. It was reported that last month Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) conducted tests to see if they could feasibly use shore power for container transport ships at berth. The tests were apparently successful enough that the company is apparently going ahead with plans to power vessels at berth using shore power. The number of ships that are normally at berth according to the designers means that the use of shore power could significantly improve the air quality of Shanghai.
There will certainly be many ports of the world that will be watching what happens with this plan by the Shanghai International Port Group. If the results of the plan are as successful as the designers hope, we can certainly look forward to seeing more container transport vessels sitting at berth in the ports of the world being powered using shore power. There of course is going to be a few problems with power generation standards around the world. The various container transport vessels of the world can have varying voltage and frequency requirements with the power they use in comparison to the electrical supplies of the various ports of the world. This means that a system will have to be developed that will allow all vessels to use the various power frequencies and voltages of the various ports around the world.
This could mean that another industry will be created to design and manufacture the technology and systems that the container shipping industry needs to make use of shore power around the world. In the end though, the container shipping industry will be a little greener and this is the best part of this idea.
http://www.worldcargonews.com/htm/w20100424.236574.htm
Tags: container transport, freight, freight forwarders, freight moving, freight shipping, freight transport, heavy haul, moving freight, shipping freight, trucking companies, trucking services, Trucking transport
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