Mercedes: Τα «αλλάζει όλα» λόγω Κίνας

Πτώση, κατά 4,5% στα 145,6 δισεκατομμύρια ευρώ  κατέγραψαν το 2024 τα λειτουργικά κέρδη της αυτοκινητοβιομηχανίας Mercedes, κυρίως λόγω της μείωσης της ζήτησης από την κινεζική αγορά, ανακοίνωσε σήμερα ο επικεφαλής…

Mercedes: Τα «αλλάζει όλα» λόγω ΚίναςΗ ΝΑΥΤΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ

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Torc Robotics starts 2025 with revamped strategy

Torc Robotics starts 2025 with revamped strategy
(Photo: Torc Robotics)

Virginia-based Torc Robotics, an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG, is entering 2025 with a revamped growth strategy focused on building out an autonomous hub in Texas while expanding its software footprint in Michigan. The expansion did come with a cost, namely the loss of the original testing location in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and its technology hub in Stuttgart, Germany, which are winding down during the first...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/torc-robotics-starts-2025-with-revamped-strategy

Daimler Truck’s GenH2 sets single-hydrogen-fill run record

BERLIN — The hydrogen-powered Mercedes-Benz GenH2 fuel cell semi returned to the German capital where it was introduced as a prototype three years ago. This is time it completed a record 650-mile (1,047-kilometer) overnight journey on a single fillup of liquid hydrogen.

Traveling the autobahns from Woerth am Rhein, the home of Daimler’s massive truck manufacturing complex that produces 500 primarily diesel trucks a day, to the German capital proved far easier than the final mile. A large red...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/daimler-trucks-genh2-sets-single-hydrogen-fill-run-record

Mercedes-Benz to benefit from new cargo service at Birmingham airport

Kuehne+Nagel, the world’s largest airfreight forwarder by revenue and volume, is establishing a cargo transfer facility at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama to support the expansion of its private air service and avoid freight congestion plaguing most large airports. One customer that potentially could enjoy substantial improvements in supply chain efficiency from the arrangement is Mercedes-Benz.

The move represents the company’s first presence in Alabama and its first...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mercedes-benz-to-benefit-from-new-cargo-service-at-birmingham-airport

FreightWaves Classics/Pioneers: Bertha Benz is first to drive “long distance” in an auto

Bertha Benz, her two sons and the Benz Model III. (Photo: Mercedes-Benz)

International Women’s Day, a global celebration of the economic, political and social achievements of women, began on March 8, 1911. Women’s History Month is a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture and society and has been observed annually in March in the United States since 1987.

To help celebrate Women’s History Month, FreightWaves Classics will profile a number of women who have made contributions to transportation.

The first woman to be profiled is Bertha Benz, a German...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicspioneers-bertha-benz-is-first-to-drive-long-distance-in-an-auto

Truck Talk: Marriage and divorce edition

This week, we’re looking at the final preparations before Navistar becomes part of TRATON SE and Daimler Truck escapes being lumped in with Mercedes-Benz luxury cars. Also, two views of fuel cells and hydrogen and a not-quite-Oprah-like giveaway.

Wedding gift

Getting married brings big changes. Sometimes one spouse brings college or other debt into a union. Something like that is playing out as Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) draws closer to its merger with Volkswagen AG’s TRATON SE (8TRA...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/truck-talk-marriage-and-divorce-edition

Alabama State Port Authority’s growth story transcends geographical luck

If you’re looking for hopeful economic news, look toward the Southeastern ports ⁠— specifically the Port of Mobile in Alabama. 

2021 is looking to be another strong year for the port’s containerized cargo growth, and it’s partly because transit times between Asia and the U.S. inlands are comparable via the Port of Mobile⁠ — an alternative gateway for international shippers to reach four major population centers in one day: the U.S. Gulf, East Coast, Midwest and Canada. 

The unprecedented...

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