Last week I came across a video of 3 trucks, each transporting a 54 meter long blades up a mountain in China. It is a sight to behold. The blades were installed in a windpark on Baoding Mountain in the Yunnan Province in China. A Windpark on a Mountain And why not? You just have to be bring the parts […]
No matter what the mode of transport is, somebody will always want to be the fastest. Naturally this also goes for trucks. Maximum truck speeds around the world Trucks are built for power and endurance and not for speed. And in most countries they aren’t allowed to go very fast, for obvious reasons. Speed limits vary per country. In the Netherlands, […]
I have said it before, and I will say it again. I love Infographics. Good ones, that is. As of today I have collected 473 of them on my Infographic board on Pinterest, so the one in this article will be 474. Emerging Technologies Shaping the Future of Logistics The global logistics market is estimated to be worth about $4 […]
It has been a while since I shared the Logistics Market Snapshot from the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics with you. So, sorry if you missed it. It is back again! 🙂 This month’s edition, which can be downloaded by clicking the picture below, features several interesting figures. The Freight and Transportation industries are going up, as you can see […]
Concrete that absorbs a whopping 600 liters of water per square meter per minute! You have to see it to believe it. Luckily Tarmac, the company that has invented this permeable concrete system called Topmix Permeable, has made a video. Through the voids in the concrete the water can be transported to drainage systems where it can enter the ground […]
I love infographics. I have said it before, I will say it again. I love infographics. I keep a collection of Supply Chain and Logistics related infographics here. Friday last week I got a nice e-mail from Raine, who works at Arwald Tanker Trailers, with a cool infographic enclosed, which you can find below. The history of the tank trailer is […]
I know we are still a few days away from the weekend, but I had to share it. This must be one of the best looking trailers I’ve ever seen. It’s a new tank trailer of Dutch brewery Heineken, which has just hit the roads in the Netherlands. The add says: “NEW! The 30,000 Liter Can”. Image via the Heineken […]
Road Safety. An important theme for anybody in any country, but in some countries definitely more than others. Samsung has launched a safety initiative to solve one of the (literally) biggest safety hazards on the road: the Truck. Let me start with saying that the hazard has nothing to do with the driver of the truck, but with the size of […]
Each month the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics publishes a Logistics Market Snapshot with key Logistics and Supply Chain figures and statistics. Included are several Freight Indexes, Industrial Vacancy and Rent Rates and general economic indexes. Please find some statistics below, or click the image to download the full snapshot. The USDOT’s freight transportation services index rose 1.7% in […]
