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The Transportation Revolution: Takeaways from CLX Logistics’ 6th Annual Customer Conference

Talking Logistics

Last month, I had the opportunity to speak at CLX Logistics’ 6th Annual Customer Conference in Philadelphia. Mark Chrencik, Director of Operations at CLX Logistics (a Talking Logistics sponsor), kicked off the conference with a market update where he covered various trends in the industry, including fuel prices and linehaul rates.

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Is the Transportation Market Heading into Unprecedented Territory?

Talking Logistics

If you’ve attended any logistics conferences lately, or just tried covering a load in recent weeks, you know that the tide is turning in the transportation market. Those were just some of the questions I discussed with Mike Finn, VP of Transportation at Kenco Group in a recent episode of Talking Logistics.

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Penske Logistics Receives U.S. EPA SmartWay Excellence Award

Penske Move Ahead

The awards were handed out at the 2019 American Trucking Association’s Management Conference and Exhibition in San Diego. Sarah Dunham, EPA’s director of the office of transportation and air quality: “These awardees are the top two percent of environmental performers among all of our SmartWay Partners.

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Penske Logistics Receives U.S. EPA SmartWay Excellence Award

Penske Move Ahead

The awards were handed out at the 2019 American Trucking Association’s Management Conference and Exhibition in San Diego. Sarah Dunham, EPA’s director of the office of transportation and air quality: “These awardees are the top two percent of environmental performers among all of our SmartWay Partners.

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Penske Logistics Receives Freight Carrier Excellence Award from U.S. EPA SmartWay

Penske Move Ahead

Penske received the accolade at the 2018 American Trucking Associations (ATA) Annual Management Conference & Exhibition in Austin, Texas. Since 2004, SmartWay Partners have avoided emitting more than 103 million tons of air pollutants (NOx, PM, and CO2) contributing to cleaner air and healthier citizens, while saving more than 215.4

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The Origin of Freightera’s Green Mission: DotCom Magazine’s Interview with Zhenya Beck

Freightera

Their California dream was over, and in 2004 they decided they were going to move to Vancouver to protect their son’s health. By being in the midst of the transportation industry we actually could do something meaningful about it. Ten years later, they founded Freightera. ‘’By It is our vision.

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U.N. agency sees 4 percent growth in maritime trade

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The report, written before this week’s announcement of the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Mexico-Canada Agreement, is available for free download. ). The report said total maritime trade volumes reached 10.7 billion tons in 2017, an increase of 411 million tons or 4 percent, half of which was dry bulk commodities.