Transportation
Fleet Briefing: GM to Meet 56.2 mpg; FedEx Adds 4,000 Green Vehicles; Toyota Prius PR Slips
GM has become the first major US automaker to commit itself publicly to meeting the Obama administration’s 56.2 miles per gallon fuel efficiency ...
SmartWay Rolls Out Dray Truck Initiative
The Environmental Protection Agency is launching a new program, under its SmartWay Transport Partnership, designed to cut pollution from trucks servicing U.S. ports.
The ...
CSX Achieves 8% GHG Cut Early
Freight rail company CSX Corporation today announced that it has beaten a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by eight percent per revenue ton ...
ABS Develops Tanker Energy Efficiency Plan
The American Bureau of Shipping has helped Maran Tankers Management to develop, review and revise an enterprise-wide efficiency management plan which ABS says could ...
UPS, Live Nation to Offset Travel and Shipping Emissions
UPS 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 ...
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 ...
Maersk, BP, ABN Amro Call for Maximum Efficiency
Rio Tinto, Maersk Line, Cargill and BP Shipping are among the maritime giants calling on the industry today to build and convert ships ...
Electric Garbage Trucks Roll in France
The first electric garbage trucks are hitting the streets ...
Fleet Briefing: Nissan Leaf Torture Test, Fossil Fuel ‘Greener’ than Biofuel, Oil Price Predictions
Automotive 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 ...
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 ...
