Andrew and Kevin are joined again by fellow Freight Intel Group member Seth Holm to discuss the state of the automotive industry and how quickly it can recover.
Special thanks as always to our friends at CarrierDirect for their research contributions.
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Daimler Truck AG is assembling its fuel cell expertise in a new subsidiary as a forerunner to a 50-50 joint venture with rival Volvo AB that will make fuel cell-powered backup systems for data centers and eventually hydrogen-fueled heavy-duty trucks.
“We will now bring together the great expertise and enormous wealth of experience from several decades of development work on fuel cells at Daimler – and combine it with the right know-how in connection with trucks,” Daimler Truck AG Chairman Martin...
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Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., JERA Co., Ltd., Toyota Tsusho Corporation, and Nippon Yusen Kaisha (hereinafter “4 companies”) promote LNG fuel supply business in the Chubu region through Central LNG Shipping Co., Ltd. and Central LNG Marine Fuel Co., Ltd.
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For doing this, a vessel for supplying liquefied natural gas (hereinafter “LNG”) fuel for vessels, which is under construction at Central LNG Shipping Co., Ltd. We are pleased to inform you that the LNG bunkering ship has...
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Container freight rates on East Asia-Southeast Asia routes have been weakening since March 2020, as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on supply chains and industrial output has materialised.
The pandemic began in late January 2020, but there was a time lag between then and the increasing lockdowns across the world.
The Shanghai Shipping Exchange showed that as of 24 April, freight rates between Shanghai and Singapore averaged US$165/TEU, a US$14 drop from the previous week. A US$16 drop was...
https://container-news.com/covid-19-hits-east-asia-southeast-asia-container-rates/
Toyota has been involved in the Energy Observer project from the start, because of hydrogen being at the very heart of this amazing journey. During a six-year odyssey, which started in 2017, the Energy Observer team is navigating the first energy-autonomous hydrogen boat around the globe.
The electrically propelled vessel of the future operates by using a mix of renewable energies and a system that produces carbon-free hydrogen from seawater.
In line with Toyota’s Environmental Challenge 2050,...
The “TOYOTA MARU No.10”
“K” Line: Japan’s first Pure Car Carrier “TOYOTA MARU No.10” Awarded “Ship Heritage” Recognition
July 23, 2019
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
Japan’s first Pure Car Carrier “TOYOTA MARU No.10” Awarded “Ship Heritage” Recognition
TOYOTA MARU No.10, which was owned and operated by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE), has been selected by the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers (JASNAOE) through their “Ship Heritage” project in recognition of it having been...
In the early 1950’s that great icon of manufacturing, Japan’s Toyota, almost went broke. With a failing economy, facing crippling union and labour market problems plus banks who would no longer provide funding, Toyota faced a brutal reality. Either re-invent itself fast, or close the doors forever.
That journey, and what came out of it which we now refer to as LEAN, or more correctly, the Toyota Production System, literally saved …
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The Kenworth T680 on-highway flagship was the featured Class 8 truck at a major, zero emissions trucking event that featured more than 100 participants from government, industry, local community and the media held Monday, April 22, at the Port of Los Angeles.
Kenworth Truck Company and Toyota Motor North America are collaborating to develop 10 zero-emissions Kenworth T680s powered by Toyota hydrogen fuel cell electric powertrains. The first new, jointly developed Kenworth / Toyota Fuel Cell...
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La carretilla eléctrica Traigo80 de Toyota Material Handling ha sido galardonada con el Premio Alemán del Diseño en el ámbito de ‘Diseño de producto excelente’. En realidad, la carretilla ya había recibido una mención especial en el año 2015, aun así el […]