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Automotive World
The Head of the United Nation's Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Cristiana Figueres, has called to "unite the transport sector worldwide in the push towards climate neutrality" and connect "the patchwork of policies we can expect from at least 189 different national climate action plans designed for different national circumstances."
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The Globe and Mail
The Ontario government will spend more than $7-billion over four years on a sweeping climate change plan that will affect every aspect of life — from what people drive to how they heat their homes and workplaces — in a bid to slash the province's carbon footprint. Ontario will begin phasing out natural gas for heating, provide incentives to retrofit buildings and give rebates to drivers who buy electric vehicles.
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Progressive Railroading
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded its outlook for the North American rail industry to "negative" from "stable," as railroads face deep and long-lasting declines in freight volumes, the firm announced.
The weak industry conditions will likely continue through at least the third quarter, according to a Moody's press release.
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The Globe and Mail
Canada's two major railways are slashing expenses and eyeing more layoffs amid a slump in freight made worse by the fires in Northern Alberta.
Canadian National Railway Co. has laid off 1,200 people from its staff of about 23,000 and parked 400 locomotives or 20 per cent of its fleet. Jean-Jacques Ruest, CN's marketing chief, said there are "probably more layoffs" to come.
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Progressive Railroading
The city of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, is studying the feasibility of constructing a new rail bypass that would allow freight trains to avoid traveling through the city's downtown area, which was the site of a devastating oil train disaster that killed 47 people three years ago.
City officials called on the public to comment on this first phase of the feasibility study, which has been underway for about nine months.
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Truckinginfo
Trailer orders increased in the month of April, gaining 15 percent over the previous month thanks to the dry van and refrigerated trailer markets, according to the latest numbers from FTR and ACT Research.
Total trailer orders for the month hit 15,800 units, which is down 12 percent compared with last April, according to FTR. ACT Research released a preliminary estimate of 17,200 trailer orders using different metrics, but the percentage gain month-to-month was similar. For the past 12 months, there have been 289,000 units and backlogs are now down 7 percent year-over-year.
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Truck News
The Truck Training Schools Association of Ontario (TTSAO) said that it believes great strides have been achieved with the recently proposed Mandatory Entry Level Training standards, but that the standard still needs work before it can fully endorse them.
The TTSAO, and other industry subject matter experts from various carriers, training institutions and insurance fields were on the task force to provide their input and feedback on the standards.
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Truckinginfo
Did you see it on a network newscast recently — that scrap-hauling rig tipping over on New York's Tappan Zee Bridge? The spectacular footage probably made every newscast in the world.
Yes, it was Friday the 13th, and this incident was definitely unlucky for the truck driver and the thousands of people who got caught in the long traffic delay as pieces of metal and the rig itself blocked all northbound lanes of the busy I-87/287 bridge that spans the Hudson River north of New York City.
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Truck News
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) announced that is participating in a new trucking industry initiative to help commercial drivers find available truck parking.
Beginning later this summer, truck drivers who need to stop and park his/her rig can use a mobile app called Park My Truck to find available parking spaces. The app is being developed by the Truck Parking Leadership Initiative, of which ATRI is a key member along with the NATSO Foundation, and the American Trucking Associations.
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Air Cargo World
Earlier this year, Deutsche Post DHL CEO Frank Appel vigorously defended the performance of its troubled Global Forwarding, Freight, division amid rumors that it might be sold at a fire-sale price. Today, Appel's defense was solidified yet again with the announcement that Tim Scharwath, former global head of air logistics at Kuehne + Nagel (K+N), would take over as CEO of DHL Global Forwarding (DHL-GF).
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Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
With five new services calls added to Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT) since May of 2015, container volume has surged by 130 percent to 277,303 TEUs for the first three months of 2016, as compared with the same period a year ago. This growth follows an 80 percent expansion in container traffic at CMIT in 2015 over the year prior, to 724,768 TEUs.
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Cargo Business
Hapag-Lloyd AG, Germany's top container shipping line, will join five Asian carriers to
create a new vessel-sharing alliance to help combat a chronic glut in capacity that has kept freight rates low.
Called simply "The Alliance," other partners will include Japan's Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Mitsui OSK Lines, Nippon Yusen KK, South Korea's Hanjin Shipping and Taiwan's Yang Ming Marine, according to a Hapag-Lloyd statement.
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