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Port of Melbourne invests in rail infrastructure

Manufacturer's Monthly

Improving rail access to the Port of Melbourne was a legislated condition of the port lease negotiated between the Victorian government and the port’s new owners in 2016. It will also form a crucial part of the Victorian government’s plans for a short- haul rail network connecting freight hubs in Melbourne’s north and west to the port.

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UK commercial vehicle output continues growth with best July for six years

SMMT

to 8,097 units in the best July since 2016 and eleventh consecutive month of growth. Output in July was the highest for the month since 2016, 1 and rounded off the best performing first seven months to a year in a decade, 2 with 58,693 CVs built in Britain so far this year. CV production July 2016: 8,794 units.

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Monster trains: US rail firms face heat over major environmental disaster

E&T

The unions claims that record rail profits have come at the expense of the environment, human health and the wider economy, with the rail industry moving 20 per cent less freight last year than it did in 2016. At the same time as soaring profits say unions, the efficiency of rail freight has fallen.

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Packer Fastener Celebrates 25 Year Anniversary

Fastener News Desk

The family of companies now also includes Packer Freight – a freight brokerage and logistics company; and Albolt Manufacturing – a manufacturer of specialty fasteners. 2016 From the state capital to the brat capital, Packer Fastener opened a location in Sheboygan. from its National Sales department.

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Watt a development: How commercial vehicle dealers are creating EV friendly facilities

SMMT

truck servicing facility at the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT), the UK’s largest, centrally located intermodal rail and road freight terminal, home to many large scale logistics companies. DAF also has a new £3.2m

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Will autotech ventures race east in 2024?

Robotics Business Review

Autotech promises unfulfilled In 2016, John Zimmer the co-founder and president of Lyft, wrote a 16-page whitepaper predicting that the majority of rides on his network would be autonomous by 2021. Last October, GM disclosed its billion-dollar purchase of the startup lost over $730 million during Q3 2023.

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Top Legal Issues Facing the Manufacturing Sector in 2023

Foley

CBP regulations place the burden for accuracy in the importation and payment of duties on the importer of record – not the broker or freight forwarder, as some importers mistakenly believe. Coordinate with Customs Brokers & Freight Forwarders. 2016), aff’d, 924 F.3d § 2069(c). 7 See 16 CFR Part 1119.