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Walmart boosting off-peak container processing in LA by up to 50%

Big-box retailers including Walmart, along with FedEx and UPS, have detailed plans to expand container operations at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to unclog a massive bottleneck at the country’s largest container terminal complex.

The details come ahead of a virtual meeting President Joe Biden is holding with port leadership and dock labor on Wednesday to discuss transportation challenges throughout the supply chain.

“Unlike leading ports...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/walmart-boosting-off-peak-container-processing-in-la-by-up-to-50

2021 Shipper of Choice profile: Samsung Group

Presented by FreightWaves, in partnership with ArcBest, the Shipper of Choice award recognizes the manufacturers, distributors and retailers that do the best job of keeping the American economy moving by fighting driver detention, providing accessible facilities and understanding what it takes to remove inefficiencies from the supply chain.

Among the top 25 Shippers of Choice for 2021 is … Samsung Group, which ranked 22nd. 

About Samsung Group

Korea Exchange ticker005930
HeadquartersSeoul,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2021-shipper-of-choice-profile-samsung-group

Competition intensifies for commercial vehicle battery makers

Moving beyond electric vehicles themselves, blank-check companies are targeting battery developers critical to the growing demand for zero-emission commercial vehicles.

The most attractive battery-making companies have track records and significant revenue, reducing the risk to investors. The special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) sponsoring their public debuts promise hundreds of millions of dollars for rapid scaling of the businesses.

Take Romeo Power Inc., founded in 2015 by expatriates...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/competition-intensifies-for-commercial-vehicle-battery-makers

FreightTech 25: No. 4 Platform Science grows collaborations

Growth stage fleet management software maker Platform Science entered several collaborations in 2020. It moved up six places to No. 4 on the FreightWaves FreightTech 25.

The biggest deal was with Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA). Beginning in 2021, its customers can use third-party telematics and connectivity services directly from their trucks without installing aftermarket hardware. Platform Science software will be built into DTNA telematics hardware at the factory. 

Platform Science’s...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/freighttech-25-no-4-platform-science-grows-collaborations-in-2020

Scrubber Fitted 12,000 teu F-type Containership Joins Evergreen

  • Ever Fortune is a new, 12,000 TEU class F-type containership.
  • Evergreen has taken delivery of five newly built 12,000 TEU class F-type containerships. 
  • The ship can carry 19 rows of containers on deck, with a capacity of 12,118 TEU in total.
  • It meets the stringent NOx Tier III emission standards set by the International Maritime Organization.

Evergreen Line proudly announced its fifth, new, 12,000 TEU class F-type containership, says a press release published on their website.

New F-type ship...

https://mfame.guru/scrubber-fitted-12000-teu-f-type-containership-joins-evergreen/

Platform Science makes RPM products available on Samsung Galaxy Tab Active devices

Samsung Galaxy tab

Platform Science and Samsung Electronics America have expanded their collaboration to now include the deployment of Platform Science’s Remote Platform Management (RPM) products on Samsung Galaxy Tab Active devices.

Fleets using the enterprise-level ruggedized Galaxy Tab mobile devices can now run the entire RPM product portfolio, which includes mobile device management (MDM), mobile application management (MAM) and device-to-vehicle connectivity all built into Platform Science’s open telematics...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/platform-science-makes-rpm-products-available-on-samsung-galaxy-tab-active-devices

Photos: Teekay’s First E-Shuttle Launched From G3 Floating Dock At Samsung

Aurora Spirit Launch_4

It was a proud moment, in late March when the first E-Shuttle, Aurora Spirit was launched from the G3 floating dock at Samsung. Next steps are to install the LNG tank, various VOC equipment and the BLS module, and then commence sea trials later this year.

Image Credits: teekay.com

Congratulations to everyone involved in achieving this important milestone on the agreed schedule and without any incidents.

The new and innovative shuttle tanker design will significantly reduce emissions and fuel...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/photos-teekays-first-e-shuttle-launched-from-g3-floating-dock-at-samsung/

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