pandemic effects

Truck Tech: ACTing up edition

The Advanced Clean Transportation Expo nearly doubled attendance from just eight months ago and the conversion of diesel trucks new and old to batteries and fuel cells emerged as an undeclared theme. Also, some evidence that in the still early days of Class 8 electric trucks, driving range matters more than battery weight.

An electric trucks blowout in Long Beach

Last August, the ACT Expo was the first, albeit heavily masked, in-person industry conference to see a significant turnout. In a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/electric-trucks-dominate-act-expo

GSCW chat: Port of Oakland works to increase export capacity

Head shot of Bryan Brandes, maritime director, Port of Oakland

This fireside chat recap is from Day 5 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Port of Oakland perspective on the pandemic and supply chain challenges

DETAILS:  

SPEAKER: Bryan Brandes, maritime director, Port of Oakland 

BIO: Brandes has spent 25 years in the maritime industry. He began his current position in June 2020. Before joining the port, he was vice president, Pacific Southwest Region Operations, for FlexiVan Leasing, an intermodal chassis leasing company. He...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-port-of-oakland-works-to-increase-export-capacity

Regulators weigh in on fight between tankers and container ships

A Texas law that has largely pitted the energy and container trades against each other at the Port of Houston has sparked interest from the Federal Maritime Commission.

In a letter sent Tuesday addressed to the Port of Houston Authority Port Commission and the Houston channel pilots board, Federal Maritime Commissioners Carl Bentzel and Louis Sola warned that the law, which is meant to promote safety in the Houston Ship Channel (HSC), “could severely hamper” the competitiveness not only of the...

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