FedEx Corp. announced that, nearly seven months after restoring its money-back guarantee on its U.S.-based air services, it would remove it for the next peak holiday shipping season. According to a notice on FedEx's website, effective Nov. 1, the company will suspend the guarantee on nine air services, three of...
To the rescue, domestic intermodal?
Char of the week: Outbound Loaded Domestic Rail Container Volume – Domestic, International SONAR: ORAILDOML.USA, ORAILINTL.USA(source: Freightwaves) Since September 1, domestic intermodal container volumes have climbed by more than 7%, reaching their highest levels since December. This may not hint that rail ramp congestion is lessening, given the simultaneous drop...
Volvo sees a clear path to zero emissions from tailpipes by 2050.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE (AP) – Volvo Trucks North America President Peter Voorhoeve outlined the company's ambitions to deliver a fleet of zero tailpipe pollution trucks by 2050, with three tractors behind him — two powered by diesel and the third by batteries. Voorhoeve stated the proposal has three parts during a...