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Daily Infographic: The logistics of turkey day
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Running on Ice: Gobble gobble, it’s turkey time
Hello, and welcome to the first Monday edition of Running on Ice. Just for this week we are moving to Monday instead of Friday because of Thanksgiving. Honestly, who needs another email to read on Black Friday?
We’ve swapped some of the cold chain news for more pressing news surrounding turkey this year. Without further ado, let’s get into it.
All thawed out
(Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)Thanksgiving is this week and for those who are celebrating and hosting this year, there is some good...
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Space Crew Take Off Thanksgiving With Spacewalk and Dragon Preps
Four Expedition 68 astronauts will relax on Thanksgiving day as three cosmonauts continue preparing for a spacewalk on Friday, reports NASA.
The International Space Station residents are also expecting a space delivery this weekend bringing new roll-out solar arrays and science experiments.
Crew goes into ThanksgivingThree NASA astronauts and one astronaut from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) spent Wednesday performing numerous research, cargo, and maintenance tasks. The quartet...
https://mfame.guru/space-crew-take-off-thanksgiving-with-spacewalk-and-dragon-preps/
Check Call: Getting turkey with it
Turkey Take
image: WeirdNutDaily.comTurkey Day is coming this week! Put those birds in the fridge now to defrost them in time to have a fantastic Thanksgiving turkey. In honor of the turkeys, I thought we’d take a look this week at what goes into getting the sheer volumes of turkeys to market at the same time.
Every year the U.S. consumes about 45 million turkeys — or 675 million pounds of turkey — during Thanksgiving. That’s one-fifth of all U.S. turkeys produced annually. Minnesota and North...
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Trucking offers many reasons to be thankful
It is hard to believe that it’s been nearly two years since the onset of the pandemic. Through all of the chaos and fears of the unknown, what’s even harder to believe is how the trucking industry overcame such adversity.
Here we are, nearing the end of 2021, and we’ve collectively found a way to rise to the challenge. The resiliency of this industry has provided us with many things to be thankful for. So with Thanksgiving just around the corner, let’s reflect not on the hardships, but on the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucking-offers-many-reasons-to-be-thankful
As traffic declined, truck speeds increased
If it seems like the world is moving faster than ever, that’s probably true. The pandemic has not slowed, and neither have trucking fleets on the nation’s roadways.
According to data compiled by Internet of Things company Samsara, trucking fleets are driving faster than ever. That has resulted in more miles per day as drivers try to keep pace with the demands of American consumers navigating through COVID lockdowns that have resulted in booming e-commerce business and essential goods shortages.
“O...
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A Surge In Cases During The Holiday Season In The US
- A record-high 96,039 Covid-19 patients were hospitalized in the US as of Monday evening.
- The intensive care unit bed capacity in the state might reach 112% by Christmas Eve.
- Health experts are asking the 1 million travelers dispersing across the country gathered with people outside their households over Thanksgiving week to get tested for Covid-19.
- November has been a month of unprecedented Covid-19 surge. More than 30% of all cases ever reported in the US happened just this month.
As the...
https://mfame.guru/a-surge-in-cases-during-the-holiday-season-in-the-us/
The Daily Dash: Diesel’s future under Joe Biden; will Trevor Milton sell his shares in Nikola?
The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, Nikola Motor Corp. founder Trevor Milton can begin selling his stock shares on Monday, potentially flooding the market with as many as 91 million shares. Plus, we explore the role political action committees play in furthering the agenda of transportation entities and diesel backers see silver linings in a Joe Biden administration.
Will he or won’t he?Nikola Motor Corp. (NASDAQ: NKLA) founder Trevor...
What would Thanksgiving be like without truck drivers?
Each November, families all across the United States gather around dining room tables to feast on comfort food and recite all the reasons they’re thankful. Typically, these annual gratitude lists include classics like family, friends and good food. Truck drivers rarely receive shoutouts, but what would the holiday be like without them?
Americans consume about 46 million turkeys — 1.4 billion pounds of poultry — on Thanksgiving alone, according to the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association. Unlike the...
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