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Port strike will take two months for recovery, CN says, as wildfires dent earnings

Canadian Manufacturing

Lower consumer demand as well as disruptions caused by wildfires reduced freight service over the second quarter, especially for containers and lumber products, CN said. ports earlier this month halted freight flows through West Coast terminals. Softer demand, especially for container cargo, will likely continue into 2024, she added.

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Power to the people: hydrogen in transport

SMMT

As part of the UK Government’s zero emissions HGV and infrastructure demonstrator programme, HyHAUL will roll out 30 hydrogen fuel cell HGVs to haulage operators primarily operating along the M4 corridor by 2026, with further ambition to deploy 300 vehicles by 2030.