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    DHL Global Forwarding joins EPA Smartway Transport Partnership
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    DHL's Global Forwarding division has joined the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) SmartWay Transport Partnership. SmartWay is a collaboration between the EPA and the freight industry that was created back in 2004 with the aim of significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air ...

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    Nissan introduces a hybrid Cabstar in Hannover
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    Nissan is going to the 62nd Hannover Motor Show with a new hybrid model aimed at the freight market: the mid-series Cabstar. This truck gets a hybrid powertrain by adding a lithium-ion power pack (codeveloped with NEC) to the standard 3.0-liter ZD30 150hp diesel engine. The coupling of the motor ...

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    European truckers on strike because of high fuel prices
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    digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/European_truckers_on_strike_because_of_high_fuel_prices'; Blocked borders, fuel pumps running out of gasoline, supermarkets that don't get fresh produce supply ... these are just a few of the consequences of a strike by Spanish and French truckers against ...

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    New barge technology applied to reduce inland navigation emissions
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    Let me tell you the story of the Victoria, a barge that produces 80 percent less NOx, 99 percent less SOx and 98 percent less particulates than standard barges on its travels. Oh, and the CO2 production levels are also about 5 to 15 percent less. How did the Victoria manage to accomplish this? ...

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    Green Logistics: Sustainable logic via efficient freight transport
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    Road freight transport contributes significantly to pollution levels and there have been a slew of initiatives to reduce this environmental impact recently. Freight transport also impacts roads. If you happen to live near a port, like me, you know what I mean.So these days, the city of Valencia, ...

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    Nation's largest ports attend "Faster Freight - Cleaner Air" conference
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    Port representatives from around the U.S. are currently attending the third Faster Freight - Cleaner Air (FFCA) conference which examines technologies and processes designed to reduce the environmental impact of all sectors of the goods movement industry (rail, trucking, marine, off-road equipment ...

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    Green train technology needed to keep air clean
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    Railway operator BNSF Railway Co. is considering building a new railway hub at the Southern California Logistics Airport, which is projected to remove hundreds of trucks off the road thanks to rail's massive freight capabilities. The rail hub would process approximately 50,000 freights cars in the ...

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