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EU should mandate electric freight trucks by 2035, say Unilever and Maersk

E&T

The firm first announced its intentions to produce such a vehicle in 2017 , although it has only become a commercial reality this month. As a cargo owner, we’ve made some great progress on limiting our emissions through critical efficiencies and reducing how many trucks we have on the road, but as an industry we can do more.

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U-Freight supports TAPA’s supply chain security efforts

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

The news that cargo thefts at unsecured locations in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region accounted for 173 or 85.1 percent of incidents reported in November 2017, is further evidence of the need for diligence in supply chain security, says international freight forwarding and logistics company, U-Freight.

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Hydrogen, EVs may both be winners in new energy future

Plastics News

Because of weight differences, a fuel-cell truck on a 350-mile run can carry about 38,000 pounds of cargo compared with 33,000 pounds for a battery electric truck, according to Michael Roeth, executive director of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency.

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Coca-Cola in Mannheim: new returnable glass line from KHS optimizes highly complex sorting processes?

Dinesh Mishra

In 2021 a freight network was set up with DB Cargo that links 13 sites with one another, allowing 1.7 In 2017 KHS installed a non-returnable PET line with a capacity of up to 42,000 bottles per hour in Mönchengladbach on the Lower Rhine. Where this isn’t possible, the beverage producer is relying more and more on the railroad.