Transportation
UPS Composite Van ‘Will Be 40% More Efficient’
UPS is testing a composite-body diesel van that it hopes will be 40 percent more fuel efficient than a traditional aluminum vehicle.
The shipping ...
YRC To Save Fuel With Synthetic Motor Oil, Skirts
Logistics provider YRC Worldwide is planning to save over 100,000 gallons of fuel per year through measures including wind skirts and the exclusive use ...
CVS Unveils Carbon Reduction Goal
CVS Caremark has announced a goal of reducing carbon intensity by 15 percent by 2018, from a 2010 baseline, according to its ...
Maersk CO2 Down 5%, Report Says
Maersk Line cut its CO2 emissions by 4.6 percent in 2010, but says it still emitted “a considerable amount”.
The Danish shipping company emitted ...
Environmental Enforcement: Koo’s Shipping Company to Pay $1m for Dumping Into Sea
Taiwanese firm Koo's Shipping Company S.A. has pleaded guilty to dumping oily waste into an American Samoan harbor, the U.S. Department of ...
Fleet Roundup: DHL, Ryder, Kia, Stagecoach, More
Here’s a round-up of the latest environmental fleet news.
DHL is introducing 30 electric vans and 50 hybrid trucks to its Manhattan fleet in ...
Alstom Power Discusses Energy Management, Sustainability
Alstom Power's Laurent Demortier, SVP Power Automation & Controls, presents fleet-wide energy management solutions for renewable ...
Cardinal Health Gets Highest EPA Transport Score
Cardinal Health, a $99 billion health care services company, has earned the top score in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) SmartWay Carrier Partnership.
The ...
Cargill Buys Giant Kites to Cut Carbon
Shipping company Cargill plans to use giant sails to reduce its fuel consumption.
Cargill signed an agreement with Hamburg-based SkySails GmbH & Co. to use ...
Shipping Fleet ‘to Cut Emissions in Half’
Danish shipping company Maersk Line plans to build a fleet of container ships that it calls the world’s largest and most energy efficient.
The Triple ...
FedEx Opens First Green Data Center
FedEx has opened its first environmentally friendly data center, the company has announced.
The shipping company opened the data center adjacent to ...
Genetically Modified Ethanol Corn Approved
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will deregulate a variety of corn genetically engineered to facilitate ethanol production, the agency has announced.
The USDA’s ...
DHL to Pay $80,000 Stormwater Fine
DHL Express has agreed to pay an $80,000 penalty over charges of contaminated stormwater discharge at its former hub in Wilmington, Ohio.
The courier company will pay the fine (pdf) to resolve violations associated with ...
Does Your Green Company Buy Green?
It may seem like a silly question but after working with some of the oldest and greenest companies in the country, as ...
How to Combat Logistics Inefficiencies in Your Organization
We all know that transport bears much of the carbon footprint blame in the average company’s supply chain. However, do we know how ...
Honda Rolls Out Global Supply Chain Guidelines
Honda is expanding its environmental purchasing guidelines to cover all its suppliers around the world, the company has announced.
The car maker said its ...
Home Charging an Obstacle, But THINK Makes Corporate Sales
Almost a fifth of drivers are likely to consider buying an electric vehicle (EV), but the home charging costs may keep many from ...
U.S. Can Reduce Transporation GHG by 65%, Report Says
"Reasonable actions" in the realms of technology, policy and consumer behavior could deliver up to a 65 percent reduction in greenhouse gas ...
Supply Chain Chiefs: Sustainability Isn’t Key
Chief supply chain officers do not see sustainability as a key challenge in 2010/2011, according to a survey by research firm ...
Port of Seattle Rolls Out Truck Emissions Rules
All trucks hauling freight from the Port of Seattle must have engines from 1994 or later, under rules in effect from ...
