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Logistics News
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Saturday, 12 July 2008 |
 Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW) today yesterday that its three primary operating companies, Con-way Freight, Con-way Truckload and Menlo Worldwide Logistics, received the highest fuel efficiency and environmental performance score for 2007 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) SmartWayTM Transport Partnership.
The companies each received a Shipper Index Factor (SIF) of 1.25, the highest possible score awarded under the EPA program. The rating signifies that the companies are utilizing the largest number of commercially available fuel savings strategies, while continuing to actively evaluate and consider promising new savings methods and emerging technologies. Higher scores make carriers and logistics companies more attractive to freight shippers and support their carbon emission reduction strategies. Companies achieving the highest score are also granted exclusive rights to use the trademarked SmartWay logo.
Con-way Freight, Con-way Truckload and Menlo Worldwide Logistics Rated ’Outstanding’ |
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Railroad News
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Saturday, 12 July 2008 |
 Union Pacific Railroad’s legendary steam locomotive No. 844 will pull a special train marking the 100th anniversary of the first Frontier Days, as well as a fundraising special for the Cheyenne Depot Museum between Cheyenne, Wyo., and Denver, Colo. The excursions will celebrate railroad heritage on Union Pacific.
In order to get in position to pull this year’s Frontier Days special train, No. 844 will move to Denver’s Union Station from its base in Cheyenne, Wyo., on Thursday, July 17. On Friday, July 18, the locomotive will be on public display at Union Station.
The "Denver Post Frontier Days Special" will make a round trip on Saturday, July 19, between Denver and Cheyenne. This is the 17th annual operation of this special train in as many years. Special trains have carried passengers to Frontier Days’ activities as far back as 1908. The trains operated each year for invited guests only until 1970, with a time out for WWII. In 1992, the Frontier Days special train was resumed, though as a public event. The 20-car passenger train is sold out for this year’s trip. |
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Aviation News
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Saturday, 12 July 2008 |
 The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] this week delivered a Next-Generation 737-800 to Toronto-based Sunwing Airlines.
The third new Next-Generation 737 to be delivered to Sunwing and the first to be operated on lease from lessor Aviation Capital Group (ACG), the airplane is equipped with performance-enhancing Blended Winglets, which improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions by up to 4 percent.
"The delivery of this Next-Generation 737-800 enhances our fleet with the most cost-efficient single-aisle airplane available" said Mark Williams, president of Sunwing Airlines. "The addition to our fleet of yet another state-of-the-art Boeing aircraft will allow us to continue our expansion and serve even more customers from more Canadian centers across the country" The new airplane will go into service immediately on the carrier’s coast-to-coast domestic program and will serve Sunwing’s routes to the U.S., Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico. |
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Cargo News
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Saturday, 12 July 2008 |
 Enhances Global Capabilities for Life Science and Healthcare Industry
DHL Global Forwarding, the world’s leading air and ocean freight service provider, continues to enhance its global capabilities for the life science and healthcare industries by expanding its network of Envirotainer QEP certified sites. The proper and expert handling of the ’Envirotainer’ - a temperature and humidity-controlled air cargo container - is critical to successfully transporting climate sensitive products. DHL has enhanced its capabilities for meeting the temperature-sensitive requirements for customers at additional airport facilities in the U.S., Canada and Europe where the majority of volumes are transported for the life science and healthcare industries.
DHL leads the development of cold chain solutions, including temperature controlled package handling, in-transit visibility to shipments and best-in-class controlled environments for cold chain storage. |
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Maritime News
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Saturday, 12 July 2008 |
 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, MS - Jul 2008: The Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO) Major Shared Resource Center (MSRC) will house a powerful new IBM (NYSE: IBM) supercomputer that will be used principally to support the oceanographic modeling and analysis needs of researchers at the Department of Defense.
The supercomputer, a Power 575 Hydro-Cluster, has a peak speed of 90 teraflops (90 trillion floating-point operations per second), making it one of the most powerful systems in the Department of Defense. The NAVO MSRC is one of four Department of Defense High Performance Computing MSRCs established under the auspices of the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program.
"The Power 575 supercomputer is specifically designed for the type of computationally intensive work undertaken by NAVO" said Dave Turek, vice president of deep computing for IBM. "This system will enhance DoD research efforts and significantly enhance the ability to perform detailed oceanographic modeling and weather forecasting that will help keep the naval fleet and commercial shippers out of harm’s way" |
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