Eric Dyson explains the basics of logistics and why it is important to your company.
The term, “logistics,” and its actions originated with the military. In the war theater, …
It is well known that carrying unnecessary weight in a vehicle increases its fuel consumption. However, by how much has been debated for some time.
In May 2010 AEA …
5 March 2012 —
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Jason Mathers, Environmental Defense Fund
Fuel prices are back on the rise and companies are taking stock of opportunities to reduce costs and exposure to oil price spikes. The future trends in freight growth also …
4 Feb. —
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Dominic Scholfield, Mint Green Sustainability
Dominic Scholfield returns with part 2 on the elephant in the room in transport efficiency.
So, to recap part one, if we try to ‘fix’ transport without thinking about overall …
Money is tight right now, but it's great to see funding offered up to support the UK's emerging technologies in the low-emission vehicle industry.
The Niche Vehicle R&D …
22 Nov. 2012 —
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Derek McCreadie, City of York Council
City of York council (CYC) are extremely keen to improve air quality in York by reducing emissions from one of the key frequent users of the city – the bus fleet. Currently …
Things are moving fast on the aviation front and this was brought home during the recent seminars delivered by the Environment Agency and Department for Transport during the …
27 March 2012 —
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Brittany Taylor, 2degrees
DHL’s scenario study Delivering Tomorrow begins “How do we shed light on the black box we call the future?” The answer, they suggest, is by asking the right questions at the …
21 Nov. 2012 —
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Vanessa Delgado, 2degrees
UPS, the largest express carrier and package delivery company in the world, has become the latest member of an industry-led, voluntary scheme to measure and ultimately reduce …
27 April 2012 —
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Brittany Taylor, 2degrees
Listen to our webinar recording, Reducing Emissions in Logistics: The EPA SmartWay Program.
Freight transportation comprises a huge portion of the transport and logistics …