The warehousing and distribution company Performance Team – A Maersk Company, has placed an order for 16 Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 trucks. The deal marks the largest commercial order of the North American zero-tailpipe emission model to date. When put into service, all 16 vehicles will be carrying regional… Read more »
Volvo Trucks’ largest order ever of electric trucks to Californian logistics company
Volvo Trucks North America customer Quality Custom Distribution (QCD), a national food service logistics supplier, will deploy 14 Volvo VNR Electric models in its Southern California last-mile delivery routes. For Volvo Trucks the deal represent the largest single purchasing commitment of electric trucks to date. Volvo Trucks will deliver the… Read more »
Schneider Sees Fuel Efficiency Gains with New Detroit DD15 Gen 5
The enhanced Detroit DD15 Gen 5 engine is helping Schneider (NYSE: SNDR), a premier provider of trucking, intermodal and logistics services achieve fuel efficiency gains and meet sustainability initiatives. Schneider has been working with Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) through development and running Freightliner’s Cascadia equipped with the DD15 Gen… Read more »
Kalmar and Maher Terminals extend decades-long partnership with large straddle carrier order
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is to deliver a further order of next-generation electric (NGE) straddle carriers to Maher Terminals LLC for use at their marine container terminal in New Jersey, USA. The order for 42 machines was booked in Cargotec’s Q4 2020 order intake with delivery scheduled for Q3 of… Read more »
GM Launches BrightDrop, a New Business That Will Electrify and Improve the Delivery of Goods and Services
General Motors announced today a new business, BrightDrop, which will offer an ecosystem of electric first-to-last-mile products, software and services to empower delivery and logistics companies to move goods more efficiently. These BrightDrop solutions are designed to help businesses lower costs, maximize productivity, improve employee safety and freight security, and… Read more »
Kalmar’s hybrid RTGs to support sustainable growth for Total Terminals International at the Port of Long Beach, California
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has completed a deal with Total Terminals International, LLC (TTI) to supply a total of six hybrid rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) equipped with a suite of Kalmar SmartPort process automation solutions. Valued at approximately USD 13 million (EUR 11 million), the order also includes a two-year… Read more »
First Heavy Duty Fuel Cell Electric Trucks Set for Delivery to Pilot Program Customers at Ports of L.A. and Long Beach
The future of heavy-duty trucking will arrive at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach this month. The first two fuel cell electric heavy duty Class 8 trucks built under the Zero and Near Zero Emissions Freight Forwarding (ZANZEFF) project sponsored by the state of CA are preparing for… Read more »
A-SAFE TrailerKerb Wins Award
Baltimore, Maryland-based A-SAFE Inc. has been given a New Product of the Year award by Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) magazine for TrailerKerb, a temporary barrier (or kerb) that provides resistance when forklift trucks get close to the edge of flatbed trailers during loading and unloading operations at the dock…. Read more »
Daimler Truck Financial Launches Keep the World Moving Finance Program for New Freightliner and Western Star Trucks
Daimler Truck Financial (DTF) and Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) are making it easier than ever to purchase the trucks on which the world depends with the introduction of the Keep the World Moving finance program. Named to pay homage to Daimler Truck’s global purpose and designed for the drivers… Read more »
Volvo Trucks in North America demonstrate electric heavy duty trucks
At an exclusive event at the TEC Equipment dealership in Fontana, California, Volvo Trucks offered a first look at its North American Class 8 battery-electric project trucks. In Europe, Volvo Trucks recently started sales of electric trucks for urban transports and demonstrated electric concept trucks for construction operations and regional… Read more »
