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Record Number of China-Europe Freight Trains

Logistics Business Magazine

To help with reduced shipping capacity due to the pandemic, over the last two months, the China-Europe freight train service has experienced a record peak in services. As of 6th May, the number of China-Europe freight trains originating in Xi’an reached 1,000 this year, 78 days earlier than the same period last year.

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AAR heralds Class I railroad positive train control implementation

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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) recently reported that Class I railroads have made significant strides in its efforts to implement positive train control (PTC) on 83.2% The objective of PTC systems is to prevent train-to-train collisions, overspeed derailments, and incursions into roadway work limits.

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AAR’s Hamberger lauds progress of Positive Train Control at House hearing

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As the late December deadline for the implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC) by United States railroads gets closer, the overall outlook for PTC looks encouraging. The objective of PTC systems is to prevent train-to-train collisions, overspeed derailments, and incursions into roadway work limits. not extended.

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Choosing Your Freight Shipping Method: Air, Land, or Sea

Ship Monk

The pallets are then loaded onto trucks or planes for shipment, or stowed in large shipping containers, which are transported by ship, train, or truck. Freight is the actual bulk goods that are being transported. Ocean freight is, however, the slowest method of transport and must enter the country through a major port.

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63rd Annual Food Shippers of America Conference

Carter Logistics

The conference was so successful that it required the use of a second hotel in Desert Ridge to handle the exceptional group of transportation and logistics professionals from the food industry. One such option, BNSF, attended with Intermodal trucking providers. Fleet Operations. Fleet Operations. Fleet Operations.

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MSC’s Driven Approach for Engaged Employees Leads to Workplace Success

Logistics Manager

MSC is also partial to this people first approach because they are still a family run business, and yet with over 490 vessels operating in 200 trade lanes worldwide, MSC is the world’s second largest container line in terms of capacity. They accomplish this by setting up training programs and methods to educate their staff.

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Door-to-door transport chains with Aliança and Hamburg Süd – LOGISTIK express News

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Intermodal transportation goes beyond the mere maritime transportation by developing an optimal door-to-door transportation chain and organising the appropriate modes of transportation for this worldwide. März 2018 08:03. Beitrag bequem vorlesen lassen: Read English text. Source: oevz.com/en.