Transportation

Obama Launches Fuel Standards for Trucks and Buses

Obama Launches Fuel Standards for Trucks and BusesBig-rig trucks will be required to reduce fuel consumption by about 20 percent by model year 2018, under heavy-duty vehicle efficiency rules unveiled by ...

August 9, 2011

TTSI Plans 100 Zero Emission Truck Purchase

TTSI Plans 100 Zero Emission Truck PurchaseTrucking firm Total Transportation Services Inc. looks set to buy 100 zero emission trucks for heavy-duty hauling purposes from Vision Motor Corp. The haulage company signed a ...

August 2, 2011

EL Pro UPS, FedEx Report Efficiency Gains

UPS, FedEx Report Efficiency GainsUPS and FedEx have released sustainability reports within days of each other, with UPS showing a 3.3 percent reduction in fuel consumed per ...

July 29, 2011

DHL Launches ‘Carbon Dashboard’ Emissions Tracker

DHL Launches ‘Carbon Dashboard’ Emissions TrackerDHL Global Forwarding has launched the GoGreen Carbon Dashboard, a service for its freight customers to track carbon emissions in their supply chain. The ...

July 29, 2011

K Line LNG Ship Cuts CO2 40%, Nitrogen 90%

K Line LNG Ship Cuts CO2 40%, Nitrogen 90%Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, a Japanese shipping giant, is building a car carrier whose nitrogen emissions are up to 90 percent lower than those ...

July 28, 2011

Hydrogen Fueling Stations Could Reach 5,200 by 2020

Hydrogen Fueling Stations Could Reach 5,200 by 2020More than 5,200 hydrogen fueling stations for cars, buses and forklifts will be operational by 2020, up from just 200 stations in 2010, ...

July 20, 2011

Sustainability Software Briefing: Serious Energy, Viridity, Sprint, Enxsuite, Bonneville Power

Sustainability Software Briefing: Serious Energy, Viridity, Sprint, Enxsuite, Bonneville PowerSerious Energy has launched a new release of its SeriousEnergy Manager enterprise energy-efficiency management platform. SeriousEnergy Manager 3.1 (pictured) includes powerful building intelligence reporting capabilities, advanced ...

July 20, 2011

First Ever GHG Rules Agreed for Ships

First Ever GHG Rules Agreed for ShipsThe UN’s maritime agency has adopted the first mandatory greenhouse gas reduction rules for the shipping industry. The agreement by 55 of the world’s ...

July 19, 2011

San Francisco Grabs Title of ‘Greenest’ City

San Francisco Grabs Title of ‘Greenest’ City San Francisco grabbed the mantle of 'greenest' major city in the US and Canada Green City Index, with New York, ...

July 5, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Clean Air Transport, Maritime Emissions, Fracking Bans

Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Clean Air Transport, Maritime Emissions, Fracking BansA top EPA official said the agency will unveil its final Clean Air transport rule next week, the Hill reports. Draft regulations released ...

July 1, 2011

Software Briefing: Gridpoint, 1E, SCI, Norwegian Cruises

Software Briefing: Gridpoint, 1E, SCI, Norwegian CruisesSmart grid technology supplier GridPoint Inc. has announced the release of utility management software GridPoint Energy Manager. The software complements existing hardware and service ...

June 30, 2011

Fleet Briefing: GM to Meet 56.2 mpg; FedEx Adds 4,000 Green Vehicles; Toyota Prius PR Slips

Fleet Briefing: GM to Meet 56.2 mpg; FedEx Adds 4,000 Green Vehicles; Toyota Prius PR SlipsGM has become the first major US automaker to commit itself publicly to meeting the Obama administration’s 56.2 miles per gallon fuel efficiency ...

June 29, 2011

SmartWay Rolls Out Dray Truck Initiative

SmartWay Rolls Out Dray Truck InitiativeThe Environmental Protection Agency is launching a new program, under its SmartWay Transport Partnership, designed to cut pollution from trucks servicing U.S. ports. The ...

June 24, 2011

CSX Achieves 8% GHG Cut Early

CSX Achieves 8% GHG Cut EarlyFreight rail company CSX Corporation today announced that it has beaten a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by eight percent per revenue ton ...

June 7, 2011

ABS Develops Tanker Energy Efficiency Plan

ABS Develops Tanker Energy Efficiency PlanThe American Bureau of Shipping has helped Maran Tankers Management to develop, review and revise an enterprise-wide efficiency management plan which ABS says could ...

May 31, 2011

UPS, Live Nation to Offset Travel and Shipping Emissions

UPS, Live Nation to Offset Travel and Shipping EmissionsUPS and Live Nation Entertainment has struck a partnership to offset the carbon emissions from ticket shipping and musician travel. The multi-year sponsorship alliance is ...

May 24, 2011

Fleet Briefing: GM to Open VE Plant; 60% Would Consider a PEV; New Steel Cuts Life-Cycle Emissions by 70%

Fleet Briefing: GM to Open VE Plant; 60% Would Consider a PEV; New Steel Cuts Life-Cycle Emissions by 70%General Motors broke ground Tuesday for the $269.5 million addition to the facility housing its two-mode hybrid and heavy duty transmission operations. The electric motor ...

May 20, 2011

Maersk, BP, ABN Amro Call for Maximum Efficiency

Maersk, BP, ABN Amro Call for Maximum EfficiencyRio Tinto, Maersk Line, Cargill and BP Shipping are among the maritime giants calling on the industry today to build and convert ships ...

May 17, 2011

Electric Garbage Trucks Roll in France

Electric Garbage Trucks Roll in France The first electric garbage trucks are hitting the streets ...

May 17, 2011

Fleet Briefing: Nissan Leaf Torture Test, Fossil Fuel ‘Greener’ than Biofuel, Oil Price Predictions

Fleet Briefing: Nissan Leaf Torture Test, Fossil Fuel ‘Greener’ than Biofuel, Oil Price PredictionsAutomotive manufacturer BYD has received an order for what it says will be the world’s largest all-electric bus fleet. The buses will serve the ...

May 13, 2011