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Tanker Endorsement Regulations: Are You Driving Illegally?

Trinity Logistics

In order to do this, the FMCSA changed the definition of a “tanker,” which, in turn, has changed the requirements for which drivers are required to hold a “tanker endorsement” on their CDL. All states began enforcing this regulation in July 2015. . The FMSCA finally pushed a hard deadline of July 2015 for enforcing the law.

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Autonomous Robots, Data Intelligence

Logistics Business Magazine

With an array of high-quality 3D depth cameras and sensors, the robot autonomously navigates the warehouse using lidar technology to capture high-definition 3D scans of the space as well as any labels and barcodes on pallets, parcels or products. The range of height allows it to scan warehouses of any shape or size.

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Tanker Endorsement Regulations: Are You Driving Illegally?

Trinity Logistics

In order to do this, the FMCSA changed the definition of a “tanker,” which, in turn, has changed the requirements for which drivers are required to hold a “tanker endorsement” on their CDL. All states began enforcing this regulation in July 2015. The FMSCA finally pushed a hard deadline of July 2015 for enforcing the law.

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Creative Safety Supply: Kaizen Training and Research Page

The Lean Thinker

It may well be that that confusion originates from the same term having similar but different definitions depending on the context. According to Steve Spear (and other researchers), Toyota’s definition of “standard” is quite different. Anyone who asserts there is has, by definition, closed their mind to the alternatives.

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Top Trends in Freight Forwarder Digitization

Freightos

For previous years’ reports: 2015 , 2017 , 2018. The results show progress over previous years, with nearly all forwarders providing an online form (90% compared to 70% in 2015). This year’s Freightos mystery shopper study looked to answer these questions. . Keep reading for the highlights OR. Download the full report here.

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Air Freight Explained: Calculating Costs and Price Trends

Freightos

International Air Freight Shipping: Definition. Definitely not the greenest way to ship. Air freight usage is growing slowly, with less than 1% growth in 2015 among the world’s top freight forwarders, according to Transport Intelligence. in 2015, down from 5% in 2014. In 2015, it moved 2.1 In 2015, it saw $3.8

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E-Commerce and the Apparel Retail World

Apparel Logistics

Sixty-nine percent of Americans shop online regularly, according to a 2015 online shopping report from market intelligence agency Mintel. However, if you broaden the definition of e-commerce to include using the internet for researching products and services before purchasing, that number jumps to 81 percent, according to Retail Today.