Spills, drips and spatters are just common every day events around the shop in the long haul business, what counts is making sure you have the ability to clean up these little accidents as quickly and efficiently as possible. New Pig Corporation recently announced the introduction of smaller Pig Mat rolls the company believes are perfect for cleaning up the little drips, spills and splatters that occur around the shop on a daily basis.
Called Pig Universal Absorbent Mat Rolls and Pig Water-Repellent Oil-Only Absorbent Mat Rolls, these new smaller pig rolls allow users to quickly clean up little the fluids you don't want to leave just lying around the floor, or other surfaces, of the shop and reduces the amount of time required to complete the clean up job. Pig Mat is also free from dust and grit, so it doesn't end up in your vehicle, according to New Pig Corporation and some international shipping experts, or damage sensitive equipment, parts and tools. Pig Mat rolls even come with easy-to-tear perforations every ten inches along the length of the roll, which apparently makes it much easy to use this product.
Transport fleets in the trucking services business that want to check out New Pig Corporation's smaller Pig Mat rolls should contact the company directly for more information, or drop by a local dealer of Pig Mats to see what they have on hand. This could be your chance to save a little time and money and provide the mechanics around the shop with a product they might fall in love with.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Container Transport Vessels on the Way, Investing in container transport
The business on taking container transports to destinations around the world was hit hard during the previous twenty months of rough financial seas. Reports are that the volume of container transports being transported on the vessels of the world is heading up and the laid up capacity that shipping companies put on the side during the rough seas is being prepared to head back to work. Does this mean that shipping companies will soon be investing in another generation of the latest and greatest vessels designed to take containers to destination? Certainly this will be the case for shipping companies that think the volume of container transports they’ll be moving in 2010 and beyond is about to hit a high mark. The business of taking containers to destination does appear to have improved during the first few months of 2010 and if this is an indication of the rest of the year, then in a few months we should be smiling pretty and looking forward to a great 2011.
There are experts in the shipping industry that think the growth in container volumes is going to go up tremendously and this is going to mean that shipping companies could grow their fleets by as much as 12 percent in 2010. The experts are also forecasting a growth in the size of the fleets of shipping companies, of about 25 percent, by the end of the year.
The volume of containers being transported will have to go up quite a bit in the months ahead for many shipping companies to get on the band wagon and begin investing in new vessels. Hopefully, the volume of containers begins to increase in the days, weeks and months ahead and this leads more shipping companies to see a red horizon for the business of shipping and to begin investing in more vessels for the future. We’ll have to wait and see if this becomes reality in the months ahead, but at present this looks like lots of shipping companies are thinking the future looks rosier and this is great news for the business of shipping container transports to destination.
http://www.ifw-net.com/freightpubs/ifw/ind...20017768376.htm
There are experts in the shipping industry that think the growth in container volumes is going to go up tremendously and this is going to mean that shipping companies could grow their fleets by as much as 12 percent in 2010. The experts are also forecasting a growth in the size of the fleets of shipping companies, of about 25 percent, by the end of the year.
The volume of containers being transported will have to go up quite a bit in the months ahead for many shipping companies to get on the band wagon and begin investing in new vessels. Hopefully, the volume of containers begins to increase in the days, weeks and months ahead and this leads more shipping companies to see a red horizon for the business of shipping and to begin investing in more vessels for the future. We’ll have to wait and see if this becomes reality in the months ahead, but at present this looks like lots of shipping companies are thinking the future looks rosier and this is great news for the business of shipping container transports to destination.
http://www.ifw-net.com/freightpubs/ifw/ind...20017768376.htm
SAFESPOT for Safer European Roads, Making Europe's roads safer for trucking
The trailer trucking industry of Europe has turned down the road to European cooperative systems for road safety in Europe. Called SAFESPOT or Smart Vehicles on Smart Roads, SAFESPOT is being additionally funded to the tune of about 21 million Euros in this round of the plan. The idea is to add new technologies and systems to extend the senses of an owner operator trucking professional and all truckers in the industry, using systems that provide data and information on the environment and the truck that the driver is operating. This is of course similar in nature to similar initiatives in the United States that are currently undergoing testing in many of the busiest transportation corridors in the United States.
Europe has in recent years documented the fact that the amount of traffic on European roads increased by an estimated three hundred percent between 1970 and 2000 and by now this number has certainly gone up even further. In addition, about 40,000 people are killed and over 1.5 million people are injured on the roads of Europe each year and Europe wants to put a dent in this number and see if they can implement new ideas and systems that can reduce the number of incidents. There were no numbers on the percentage of the above numbers that are related to the trucking services industry, but hopefully in the years ahead, this kind of information will become available.
Europe started down the SAFESPOT roadway in 2006, and the plan gathers together over 50 entities from the academic, trucking transport industry and European road administration agencies. Plans are to continue down the SAFESPOT road until they reach their goal of making the roads of Europe safer for all users and this is going to be a tough road to haul that will take a few years to traverse. Europe is definitely on the road to a safer transportation system for all though and hopefully in a few years they’ll have a system in place that will teach the world a few things about making roads safer.
http://ec.europa.eu/research/headlines/new...9_08_24_en.html
Europe has in recent years documented the fact that the amount of traffic on European roads increased by an estimated three hundred percent between 1970 and 2000 and by now this number has certainly gone up even further. In addition, about 40,000 people are killed and over 1.5 million people are injured on the roads of Europe each year and Europe wants to put a dent in this number and see if they can implement new ideas and systems that can reduce the number of incidents. There were no numbers on the percentage of the above numbers that are related to the trucking services industry, but hopefully in the years ahead, this kind of information will become available.
Europe started down the SAFESPOT roadway in 2006, and the plan gathers together over 50 entities from the academic, trucking transport industry and European road administration agencies. Plans are to continue down the SAFESPOT road until they reach their goal of making the roads of Europe safer for all users and this is going to be a tough road to haul that will take a few years to traverse. Europe is definitely on the road to a safer transportation system for all though and hopefully in a few years they’ll have a system in place that will teach the world a few things about making roads safer.
http://ec.europa.eu/research/headlines/new...9_08_24_en.html
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Flag of Convenience, Trucking Style, TX Firm Plates in OR for Tax Credits, trucking transport, freight rates, interstate transport
Companies often have their official headquarters far away from their real home turf in order to take advantage of various rules, and trucking transport firms are no exception. A Texas trucking firm wound up using Oregon as their official home in order to take advantage of a state tax credit that paid 35% of the cost of energy-saving engine upgrades; over 700 of the firms trucks were outfitted with auxiliary diesel engines that take over during idling situations, with $4.5 million of the tab getting paid by Oregon taxpayers.
The firm had set up a token office in the state and plated their trucks in Oregon, but did less than 1% of their business in Oregon; quite a bit of the truck upgrades were done in El Paso, which didn’t please officials in Oregon. However, the firm was working under the letter of the law, as they used Oregon as a flag of convenience, much as ships will set up shop in Panama or Liberia or corporations will incorporate in Delaware. For $700/truck, firms will be more than happy to call Timbuktu home, if it means being able to have lower freight rates.
When you give out subsidies, you get more of what you’re subsidizing. The trick for regulators is to make sure they’re getting what they’re looking for, which wasn’t the case with the El Paso loophole-maestro. Since interstate transport is part and parcel of modern trucking, firms can plate their trucks in wherever locale it makes financial since to do so.
Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.s...exas_truck.html
The firm had set up a token office in the state and plated their trucks in Oregon, but did less than 1% of their business in Oregon; quite a bit of the truck upgrades were done in El Paso, which didn’t please officials in Oregon. However, the firm was working under the letter of the law, as they used Oregon as a flag of convenience, much as ships will set up shop in Panama or Liberia or corporations will incorporate in Delaware. For $700/truck, firms will be more than happy to call Timbuktu home, if it means being able to have lower freight rates.
When you give out subsidies, you get more of what you’re subsidizing. The trick for regulators is to make sure they’re getting what they’re looking for, which wasn’t the case with the El Paso loophole-maestro. Since interstate transport is part and parcel of modern trucking, firms can plate their trucks in wherever locale it makes financial since to do so.
Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.s...exas_truck.html
Pilots Strike Stalls Freight Movements, Lufthansa pilots' strike, trucking loads, trailer trucking, freight carriers
There are more trucking loads moving along the roads in Europe this week as the pilots strike has hit the ability of Lufthansa Cargo to move bellyhold cargo hard. All of the cargo that normally would have been moved by air is now being transported via other means and the trailer trucking industry is the beneficiary. Lufthansa Cargo has been able to make a few moves and they continue to move about 90 percent of the cargo they need to move using other pilots and the freight capacity of other airlines.
Freight carriers that were planning on moving freight using the cargo services of Lufthansa Cargo will need to make other plans for four days or implement the plans they devised to take care of these problems when they arise. The trucking industry can pick up the slack in the meantime, since the extra capacity is available for hire. The trucking firms of Europe can certainly use the extra business the strike is creating for them as we head further into 2010. They can use all the goods news and business they can get after a 2009 that probably has many companies and truckers thinking about making a career change if the opportunity becomes available in 2010.
This strike could continue to cause freight disruptions for months if the issues the pilots have continue to be a problem that the airlines fail to deal with. The trucking industry can certainly make up for the freight capacity shortfalls experienced, but the best solution is for both sides to come to an agreement they can both live with.
http://www.ifw-net.com/freightpubs/ifw/ind...tid=20017751168
Freight carriers that were planning on moving freight using the cargo services of Lufthansa Cargo will need to make other plans for four days or implement the plans they devised to take care of these problems when they arise. The trucking industry can pick up the slack in the meantime, since the extra capacity is available for hire. The trucking firms of Europe can certainly use the extra business the strike is creating for them as we head further into 2010. They can use all the goods news and business they can get after a 2009 that probably has many companies and truckers thinking about making a career change if the opportunity becomes available in 2010.
This strike could continue to cause freight disruptions for months if the issues the pilots have continue to be a problem that the airlines fail to deal with. The trucking industry can certainly make up for the freight capacity shortfalls experienced, but the best solution is for both sides to come to an agreement they can both live with.
http://www.ifw-net.com/freightpubs/ifw/ind...tid=20017751168
Monday, March 8, 2010
Moving Trucks off the Roads of Europe, Evolution in the way freight is moved, trucking transport, trailer trucking, container trucking
There's a revolution of sorts changing the way freight is brought to destination in many regions of the worldwide freight industry and in some cases reducing the cost of moving freight significantly for trucking transport firms in Europe and beyond. An evolution of sorts as more and more trailer trucking is moved off the roads and onto the water in an effort to reduce road congestion and reduce total CO2 emissions.
The revolution is still picking up speed at the moment and more research still needs to be done to assure that the benefits for container trucking associated with the movement are correct, but the benefits appear to be real and substantial. The idea isn't going to be feasible for all situations, but for geographical areas with significant coastline and waterways, the idea would seem to have possible benefits.
One British firm that has had been leading the revolution to get the trucks off the roads when possible in the United Kingdom and Europe is Asda. Using the three-times a week coastal feeder service between Felixstowe and Teesport provided by PD Ports, Asda has reduced the total amount of miles transport trucks were on the roads of the United Kingdom by over 1 million miles during the time the service has been used and decreased CO2 emissions by around 2,000 tonnes. This is a significant reduction in the amount of trucks on the roads and CO2 emissions for Asda and the benefits are going to be difficult to quantify. Still, this trend is something you can expect to see more of in the worldwide freight industry in 2010 and beyond.
http://www.ifw-net.com/freightpubs/ifw/ind...tid=20017747360
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/the-envi...51140-25804263/
The revolution is still picking up speed at the moment and more research still needs to be done to assure that the benefits for container trucking associated with the movement are correct, but the benefits appear to be real and substantial. The idea isn't going to be feasible for all situations, but for geographical areas with significant coastline and waterways, the idea would seem to have possible benefits.
One British firm that has had been leading the revolution to get the trucks off the roads when possible in the United Kingdom and Europe is Asda. Using the three-times a week coastal feeder service between Felixstowe and Teesport provided by PD Ports, Asda has reduced the total amount of miles transport trucks were on the roads of the United Kingdom by over 1 million miles during the time the service has been used and decreased CO2 emissions by around 2,000 tonnes. This is a significant reduction in the amount of trucks on the roads and CO2 emissions for Asda and the benefits are going to be difficult to quantify. Still, this trend is something you can expect to see more of in the worldwide freight industry in 2010 and beyond.
http://www.ifw-net.com/freightpubs/ifw/ind...tid=20017747360
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/the-envi...51140-25804263/
British Freight Firms Recieve Backdated Bills, British container transport, freight carriers, container transport, freight rates
There are a few puzzled looks on the faces of British freight carriers operating in British ports after they recieved backdated bills from 2005 for millions of British pounds. The British government recently presented container transport firms that were operating in British ports back in 2005 with bills that were a result of a re-evaluation of the freight rates that firms were being charged back in 2005. There was no reason given for the re-evaluation, but there will certainly be questions in this area that will have to be answered, along with a host of other questions that were put to government officials by freight carriers that were presented with the backdated bills.
The discussion is starting to intensify over in Britain over this affair and you can expect more news on this, before any solution is found. At present the government has recieved the questions that concerned officials want answered, before things can go forward and the bills be paid. The questions are all normal ones that should be asked in situations like this one, like what kind of discussions the government has had with the container transport ports and the process the British government used to determine the amount backdated and such things. All important questions that the British government will probably take their time before answering. The answers are going to be carefully look at to make sure everything is in order and you can expect the British government to have all of their ducks in a row.
A puzzling situation for firms that have recieved the backdated bills, for sure, and a concerning one in the present financial storm blackening the skies above business opportunities for most firms considering the difficulty of finding money to pay the bills.
http://www.ifw-net.com/freightpubs/ifw/ind...tid=20017747349
The discussion is starting to intensify over in Britain over this affair and you can expect more news on this, before any solution is found. At present the government has recieved the questions that concerned officials want answered, before things can go forward and the bills be paid. The questions are all normal ones that should be asked in situations like this one, like what kind of discussions the government has had with the container transport ports and the process the British government used to determine the amount backdated and such things. All important questions that the British government will probably take their time before answering. The answers are going to be carefully look at to make sure everything is in order and you can expect the British government to have all of their ducks in a row.
A puzzling situation for firms that have recieved the backdated bills, for sure, and a concerning one in the present financial storm blackening the skies above business opportunities for most firms considering the difficulty of finding money to pay the bills.
http://www.ifw-net.com/freightpubs/ifw/ind...tid=20017747349
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