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What’s in Your Fertiliser Shed? Switch to liquid pays off
Farmers Weekly Andrew Brice has switched to using liquid nitrogen fertiliser from solid this season on his north Kent farm to improve accuracy, to get his applications on earlier in the season and to help the environment.…
West Coast Swapping Diesel for Biofuels
The West Coast’s growing demand for renewable diesel and biodiesel fuel will drive petroleum diesel usage there next year to the lowest level in more than a decade, according to the U.S. EIA.
June Class 8 Orders Continue Rebound
North American Class 8 truck orders experienced a year-over-year increase for the second month in a row during June, ACT Research reported.
Rumsey succeeds Linebarger as chair of Cummins
Jennifer Rumsey, who became CEO of engine maker and technology provider Cummins Inc. a year ago, also will chair the company following the retirement of her mentor and vocal fan, Tom Linebarger. The mutual admiration between…
Is IMO 2020 shipping regulation worsening global warming?
It is scorching out there. High-temperature records are being broken daily. Oceans off some shores are as hot as bathwater. What is to blame? The list of culprits and possible culprits includes fossil fuel emissions, natural…
NMFTA council developing API road map for end-to-end data
The Digital LTL Council, a division of the National Motor Freight Traffic Association Inc. (NMFTA), said Wednesday that it is developing an end-to-end application programming interface road map to cover the full shipment…
Monthly Cass report suggests freight market bottom may be near
In a freight market where the seemingly permanent prevailing question is, “Are we at the bottom, and if not, when is the bottom?,” Cass Freight Index data continued to report weak numbers but with some suggestion that a…
How ice and coal hauling led to burgeoning cruise business
FreightWaves Classics is sponsored by Old Dominion Freight Line — Helping the World Keep Promises. Learn more here. Every week, FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of…
Ryder rolls out mobile vehicle maintenance service
Ryder System Inc. on Wednesday officially rolled out a retail mobile maintenance service through which technicians will provide routine, scheduled and federally mandated vehicle maintenance at a customer’s site. The service,…
FMCSA Leasing Task Force Begins Work
Members of a federal truck-leasing task force began outlining plans for discussions on how to evaluate potential predatory commercial and motor carrier lease agreements.
