Truckload shipping

Truckload shipping is the movement of large amounts of homogeneous cargo, ... carrier is a trucking company that generally contracts an entire trailer-load to a single customer. This is as opposed to a less-than truckload (LTL) company that generally mixes freight from several [more...]

Date: 2008-07-16 10:05:33
Blog: Sing and smmile exports...

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Study Finds Large Cargo Ship Soot Emissions 2x Previous Estimates; Tugboats Are Top Emitters Per Unit of Fuel

Tugboats at work in Alameda Harbor, California. Click to enlarge ... , and tugboats emit nearly twice as much soot for the amount of fuel used than other commercial vessels ... vessel, Ronald H. Brown, the team measured black carbon emitted by tankers, cargo and container ships [more...]

Date: 2008-07-09 17:36:38
Blog: Green Car Congress...

USA Cool Hunter Newsletter (15 Oct)

CNEWS The Cool Hunter - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit us today: http: ... of luxury yachts you are more likely to look out onto imposingly large freight and cargo ships [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 14:35:43
Blog: Spam me! Send me your s...

Our military is like...

...this parallel universe in America. We civilians are largely clueless about it, and yet it's the most significant institution in our country ... shadow of the real global network: intermodal cargo shipping. Planes, ships, and trucks form an endless conveyor belt which relentlessly moves real, solid things. Our military is the master of logistics [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 06:44:51
Blog: HawaiiThreads.com - The...

Foggy Morning Train

Yesterday morning I was driving into town and it was extremely foggy ... carry coal, freight or containers. The containers are either from or placed on large cargo ships [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 15:57:00
Blog: Iowa Grasslands...

The Three Different Types Of Airplanes

You may be wondering why there are so many different types of airplanes for sale. What makes them different from each other? ... , a few of these planes are a little unusual-looking.Sometimes private shipping companies and the postal ... seats are removed and large containers full of cargo go in their place. Experimental aircrafts [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 05:12:55
Blog: All about Online Vehicl...

New Law Buoys U.S. Efforts to Make Ocean-Going Ships Cleaner

cargo ship carrying ocean freight U.S. agencies have taken another step forward in implementing a key international agreement to reduce air ... emissions – known as MARPOL Annex VI - from large diesel-powered, ocean-going vessels. Under [more...]

Date: 2008-07-22 20:38:41
Blog: Red, Green, and Blue - ...

I believe they know what they are doing - in a large coalition with forces not allied beforeRussia denies stolen, missing nuke claimscould they be exported via cargo ships to "friendly nations" such as Venezuela ... and Venezuela have no plans of attacking anybody, they cooperate on the basis of international law [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 20:02:00
Blog: THE SIGNS OF THE TIME...

Idea #5: Disruptive Logistics Marketplace for Remnant Shipping Capacity

Or some such title. Agree, sounds boring. But every day planes, trains and automobiles travel throughout Europe with a common cargo: nothing ... to start with some of the large national trains or air freight providers for initial liquidity ... . Then, become the standard “first check” for folks who need to send cargo on the cheap and don’ [more...]

Date: 2008-05-28 21:10:34
Blog: Max Niederhofer...

How To: Take Down Somali Pirates

seized a Ukrainian vessel smuggling 33 T-72 tanks to Sudan, the U.S. Navy rushed a large Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Howard, to keep an eye on the arsenal ship, and perhaps intervene if the pirates attempt to unload the lethal cargo. But in future pirate fights (and there will be future pirate fights, since the problem is only growing) [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 12:00:55
Blog: Danger Room - Wired Blo...

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