Carriers that offer less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping have been among the hardest hit by the most recent economic downturn, with thousands of small companies filing for bankruptcy in the past few years. But many LTL carriers that have survived so far are betting that a new pricing strategy could save the industry. Until recently, most LTL … Read more
UPS announced that for the first time in the company’s 107-year history, it will operate all air and ground pickup, delivery and sorting networks on Black Friday. The day after Thanksgiving, which this year falls on Nov. 28, is traditionally one of the biggest shopping days of the holiday season. Online retailers, hoping to cash … Read more
More than $6.8 billion in bonds earmarked to fund the first expansion of the Suez Canal in its 145-year history have sold out in just 10 days, according to officials from the Central Bank of Egypt, the bonds’ issuer. The money will be used to fund a country project that will nearly double the capacity … Read more
A reachstacker manufactured by the Swedish heavy equipment maker Kalmar recently set a new world’s record for load lifting. Nicknamed “Super Gloria”, the heavy duty reachstacker lifted a load of more than 220,000 pounds during a demonstration before a group of VIPs at the companies multi-assembly unit in Lidhult, Sweden, on Friday, September 12.. A reach … Read more
Toyota Industries Corp. announced Friday that it is purchasing the forklift operations of Tailift Co., a Taiwanese maker of forklift and machine tools. The acquisition is aimed at increasing sales in China and other emerging markets, the Japanese machinery maker said in making the announcment. Under the deal, Tailift will spin off its forklift operations into a new … Read more
Chicago Pneumatic — a manufacturer of construction equipment — has added two new dealers in the Eastern European nation of Estonia in order to expand its presence in the region. Melker Baltik OÜ, which will distribute handheld compaction equipment and handheld hydraulic tools, and Alas Kuul AS, which has been appointed to handle sales of … Read more
Here’s a special sneak preview of some of the stories you will find this week on the Bahrns blog: The US Postal Service wants to deliver the products you order online and it has made some bold moves to prove it. But will it be enough to keep the US mail from becoming obsolete? In … Read more
Not that long ago, people were talking about whether or not the US Postal Service would still be around in a few years. Now the postal service is making big moves to ensure not only that it will survive, but that it will claim a large part of the growing business-to-consumer delivery market. On August … Read more
A few years back, Apple made headlines when it introduced the world to Siri, the talking personal assistant who came standard with every iPhone 4S. Siri was an artificial intelligence program that could answer simple questions such as the temperature outside or help you make a phone call or send a message to other iPhone … Read more
A solar energy company based in the UK has introduced the first-ever lighting tower that uses the power the sun to illuminate a lighting tower that can be operated at zero cost indefinitely. Developed over a period of three years, the new SMC Solar-2 lighting tower generates more power each day from its solar panels … Read more
