Emissions

Port of New Orleans’ container-on-barge service has record year

In 2023, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) recorded 20,500 container moves through its container-on-barge service, the most since the program began in 2016.

This service — a collaboration with the Port of Greater Baton Rouge and Ingram Marine Group — forms the largest network of its kind in the U.S. It offers an alternative to road transport, transporting cargo to inland destinations via barges on the Mississippi River. It aims to cut back on some of the emissions associated with traditional...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-new-orleans-container-on-barge-service-has-record-year

SEC backs off on requiring companies to report scope 3 emissions

Tracking the full impact of greenhouse gas emissions down the supply chains of publicly traded companies will not be required by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency decided Wednesday.

Scope 3 emissions are those generated by a company in the supply chain two steps away from the reporting company, though it would not be dealing directly with those companies.  The initial rule proposed by the SEC would have required publicly traded companies to report their scope 3 emissions in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sec-backs-off-on-requiring-companies-to-report-scope-3-emissions

Professor urges standardization for shippers to track truck emissions

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Domestic Supply Chain Summit on Wednesday. 

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The challenge for shippers to track scope 3 emissions and select carriers that pollute less.

DETAILS: Alex Scott, associate professor of supply chain management at the Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee, joins FreightWaves to talk about the difficulties in measuring carbon emissions in the supply chain and how to get to net-zero emissions.

KEY QUOTES FROM SCOTT: 

On...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/professor-urges-standardization-for-shippers-to-track-truck-emissions

Altos ejecutivos del transporte marítimo piden fecha límite para construcción de barcos propulsados «solo» por combustibles fósiles

Según fuentes, durante la COP28, los Altos Ejecutivos del Transporte Marítimo Global se han unido para solicitar una fecha de término para las nuevas construcciones con combustibles fósiles.

Esta entrada Altos ejecutivos del transporte marítimo piden fecha límite para construcción de barcos...

https://fullavantenews.com/altos-ejecutivos-del-transporte-maritimo-global-piden-fecha-limite-para-construccion-de-barcos-propulsados-por-solo-combustibles-fosiles/?lang=es

California legislator has a fix for the flaws in problematic CARB harbor craft regulations

California state assemblymember Dr. Jasmeet Bains (D-Delano) is moving to rectify problems in California Air Resources Board (CARB) harbor craft regulations slammed as “unworkable” and “deeply flawed” by the American Waterways Operators (AWO), even before they went into force. AWO noted that, among other things, the CARB emission regulation mandates engine technology that is not available and is not certified as safe by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Now Dr. Bains has introduced Assembly Bill 1122, which...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/california-legislator-has-a-fix-for-the-flaws-in-problematic-carb-harbor-craft-regulations/

ConMet acquires maker of tractor-trailer gap-closing TruckWings

Tractor-trailer parts and components maker ConMet has acquired Truck Labs, the inventor of gap-closing TruckWings that create fuel savings through aerodynamics.

Truck Labs, founded in 2014 as XStream, will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Vancouver, Washington-based ConMet. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Becoming part of a major supplier could help Truck Labs move into OEM factories after operating mostly in the aftermarket.

Classic combination

“It’s classic in our industry. Some...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/conmet-acquires-maker-of-tractor-trailer-gap-closing-truckwings

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