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REPS Funded to Turn Roads into Power Plants

Austrian cleantech startup REPS has secured US$23.6 million in equity financing to expand deployment of its Road Energy Production System, a technology designed to convert vehicle traffic into electrical energy. The company said its patented system captures mechanical energy generated when vehicles brake or slow down and converts it into electricity using road-embedded infrastructure installed beneath traffic lanes. REPS is initially targeting ports, logistics hubs, industrial sites and other high-traffic freight corridors ... [+]

Long Beach Asks: ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’

The Port of Long Beach is offering a US$1 million incentive to the first oceangoing vessel to commercially bunker methanol at the Southern California gateway, marking one of the most aggressive efforts yet by a North American port to accelerate adoption of lower-carbon marine fuels. Approved ... [+]

CEVA Adds Fagioli to Boost North America Reach

Freight specialist CEVA Logistics has completed its acquisition of heavy-lift, specialized haulage group Fagioli Group, as part of its strategy to expand end-to-end project cargo capabilities across North America. The deal, finalized on March 31, follows regulatory approvals and positions CEVA as a dominant force in ... [+]

Artemis Restructure Enters New Breakbulk Phase

The successful return to Earth of the Artemis II crew in April signalled a shift in North American heavy-lift transport, from a "test-flight" cadence to a high-volume, industrial-scale logistics operation. However, as NASA announced a massive strategic pivot in its operational aims, the demand for North ... [+]

Technip Energies Employs deugro for US Project

French oil and gas engineering group Technip Energies called on project forwarder deugro recently for a complex U.S. industrial project, involving nearly 50 individual shipments from seven countries. This vast breakbulk operation featured more than 6,600 cubic meters of critical equipment and required precision and collaboration ... [+]

Data Center Surge Drives Heavy-lift Strategies

AI’s explosive growth has brought a breakneck rush to build new data centers across North America, but the surge in capital spending is colliding with physical limitations, forcing rapid change in the breakbulk sector. An estimated 17 gigawatts of AI capacity are under construction in the ... [+]

UNCTAD: Non-Tariff Impact Bigger Than Tariffs

A new report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development warns that regulations, technical standards and other non-tariff measures are becoming a greater obstacle to global trade than tariffs themselves, adding new complexity and costs across international supply chains. The report, Invisible Barriers: The ... [+]

Geopolitics, Fuel Costs Shock MPV Outlook, MSI

The multipurpose and heavy-lift shipping sector is entering a period of near-term volatility driven by geopolitical disruption and fuel cost escalation, even as longer-term fundamentals remain broadly supportive, according to analysis led by Justin Archard, who oversees the latest Market Sentiment Index (MSI). The second quarter ... [+]

Carriers Results Show Lower Rates, Higher Risk

Three major ocean carriers’ latest results point to a market that is no longer being lifted by pandemic-era pricing, even as geopolitical disruption continues to complicate network planning, costs and customer service. A.P. Moller-Maersk, Ocean Network Express and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, or “K” Line, each reported ... [+]

Latin America Faces ‘Constant Volatility’, Maersk

Container shipping and logistics trends across Latin America are becoming increasingly shaped by supply chain digitalization, infrastructure investment and mounting geopolitical uncertainty, according to Maersk’s latest regional market assessment. In its May Latin America market outlook, Danish shipping and logistics group A.P. Moller - Maersk said ... [+]

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