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Verallia enhances sustainability with Metrocargo

Logistics Business Magazine

The project, which involves the railway terminal in Borgo San Dalmazzo (Cuneo) and Verallia plants in Gazzo Veronese (Verona), Villa Poma (Mantua) and Lonigo (Vicenza), was studied and carried out thanks to the commitment of Sibelco Italia with the essential support of multimodal transport operator Metrocargo Italia.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

Category Key. Western Europe selects container standards for rail, also intended for ship and truck. to Houston, where the shipping containers are loaded onto trucks. With the growth of transpacific trade, McLean teams with Southern Pacific Railroad to build the first double-stack train car. Here’s how it happened.

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How to Get Your Forklift License: The Ultimate Guide [New in 2020]

Conger

What do I need to study? Because in this post, we’ve put together everything you need to know to get trained, certified, and land your first forklift driving job. Chapter 2: Where to Get Forklift License Training: All Your Options Explained. Chapter 3: Forklift Training Topics: A Sneak Peak at What You’ll Learn in Class.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Category Key. Western Europe selects container standards for rail, also intended for ship and truck. to Houston, where the shipping containers are loaded onto trucks. With the growth of transpacific trade, McLean teams with Southern Pacific Railroad to build the first double-stack train car. Here’s how it happened. .

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How to Operate Your Distribution Truck Fleet at Less Cost

Logistics Bureau

If your company operates a distribution fleet, you’ll know that the costs of running trucks for customer deliveries are continually increasing. There are ways and means to reduce excess expenditure in fleet operation , and you can separate them roughly into three categories.

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Ocean Ports Lead the Way in Logistics Technology Advancements

Material Handling and Logistics

The Port of Virginia serves as a case study in how the nation’s ports are adapting to the needs of the new economy. Estimates for annual port traffic growth for the foreseeable future are between 3-5%, including bulk and liquid categories. The North American continent was discovered by sea-faring explorers. ports doubled from 17.9

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This Week in Logistics News (February 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

A study of over 1,000 industry decision-makers found that 76 percent of today’s supply chain operations are experiencing notable workforce shortages, with 37 percent of respondents characterizing the resource shortage they face as high to extreme. And within the sector, the warehousing and storage category has added the most jobs.