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Magline, Inc. Celebrates 75 Years
Magliner brand portfolio is exclusive to equipment used for material handling.
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A container ships passes Pfalzgrafenstein castle in the middle of the river Rhine in Kaub, Germany, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. The Rhine carries low water after a long drought period.
Material Handling
Shippers Prepare for Worst as Rhine Levels Near Critical Low
Shippers have been forced to split cargoes into multiple shipments because the historic drought has sapped the thoroughfare of water.
August 15, 2022
In this photo provided by Wabtec, a completed modernized Union Pacific locomotive is prepped for delivery at Wabtec's Fort Worth plant in Fort Worth, Texas, in October 2021. Union Pacific will spend more than $1 billion to upgrade 600 of its old diesel locomotives over the next three years and make them more efficient, but regulators still want it to do more to cut pollution from its engines.
Material Handling
Union Pacific to Spend $1B to Upgrade 600 Old Locomotives
But regulators still want it to do more to cut pollution from the engines.
July 27, 2022
Amazon's custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian.
Material Handling
Amazon Rolls Out Rivian Delivery EVs
The custom vehicles are made at Rivian’s factory in Illinois.
July 22, 2022
Trucks line up to enter a shipping terminal at the Port of Oakland, Oakland, Calif., Nov. 10, 2021.
Material Handling
Trucker Protest Shuts Down California Port
Hundreds of truckers have blocked cargo operations in a protest of a state labor law.
July 21, 2022
A cotton field in Lubbock, Texas.
Material Handling
How to Retool Cotton
Cotton breeders are using genetic insights to make the crop more sustainable.
July 13, 2022
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New EMH G-Series Crane Kits Enhance Trolley Adjustment
September 7, 2022
A University of Washington team created a new tool that can design a 3D-printable passive gripper and calculate the best path to pick up an object. The researchers tested this system on a suite of 22 objects, which are shown here.
How to Help Assembly-Line Robots Shift Gears and Pick Up Almost Anything
July 29, 2022
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June 28, 2022
UPS worker Dyghton Anderson peddles an eQuad electric bike in a bicycle lane while delivering packages, in New York, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Delivery giant UPS is going back to the future in its latest way to get packages to the doors of its millions of customers. The company is considering launching a fleet of pedal- and battery-powered cargo cycles for deliveries in some of the country's most congested cities.
UPS Tests Tiny Battery-Powered Cycles in Congested Cities
June 15, 2022
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August 4, 2022
New Lithium SAFEFlex Chargers from Green Cubes Technology.
Material Handling
New Chargers Designed for Lithium Batteries in Material Handling Equipment
Efficient charging of multiple trucks can lower utility costs.
April 20, 2022
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Material Handling
Types of AGVs — and How To Choose the Right Ones for Your Company
A closer look at automated guided vehicles and the technology behind their unique applications.
March 25, 2022
An army zodiac secures the entrance of a new section of the Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt, Aug. 6, 2015. Cash-strapped Egypt increased transit fees Tuesday, March 1, 2022, for ships passing through the Suez Canal, one of the world’s most crucial waterways, with hikes of up to 10%, officials said.
Material Handling
Suez Canal to Increase Fees for Ships
It includes increased costs for tankers carrying oil and petroleum products.
March 23, 2022
Two workers weld metal inside the Interpipe Steel plant in Dnipro, Ukraine, Thursday, March 10, 2022.
Material Handling
How Weapons Get to Ukraine
And what's needed to protect vulnerable supply chains.
March 16, 2022
Oil
Material Handling
Oil Companies Join Fight Against U.S. Nuclear Waste Facilities
The Permian Basin Coalition has called on Congress to block the storage projects.
March 14, 2022
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks to the media during a visit to the Georgia Ports Authority's Megarail facility, on Dec., 17, 2021 in Savannah, Ga. Clogged U.S. ports are being given access to nearly $450 million in federal money from President Joe Biden's new infrastructure law, part of the administration's recent stepped-up efforts to ease supply chain congestion and lower prices for American consumers.
Inventory Management
U.S. Ports to Receive $450M from Infrastructure Funds to Ease Congestion
The grants are aimed specifically at reducing bottlenecks.
February 23, 2022
In this undated photo provided by the Portuguese Navy, smoke billows from the burning Felicity Ace car transport ship as seen from the Portuguese Navy NPR Setubal ship southeast of the mid-Atlantic Portuguese Azores Islands. The ship's crew were taken by helicopter to Faial island on the archipelago, about 170 kilometers (100 miles) away on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. There were no reported injuries.
Material Handling
Fire Subsides on Adrift Cargo Ship
The Felicity Ace is carrying more than 4,000 luxury vehicles.
February 22, 2022
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Material Handling
DoL Proposes Rule to Update Powered Industrial Trucks Standard
Applying to general industry and construction, the agency says the proposal is to ensure that rules reflect current industry practice and technology.
February 17, 2022
Five ship to shore cranes and gangs of longshoremen work to load and unload the container ship CMA CGM Laperouse at the Georgia Ports Authority's Port of Savannah, Sept. 29, 2021, in Savannah, Ga. The Port of Savannah has added another month to its streak of record cargo volumes amid a surge that’s forced U.S. seaports to scramble to meet demand. The Georgia Ports Authority reported nearly 480,000 container units of imports and exports moved across Savannah’s docks last month. That’s an increase of 4% compared with January 2021, when cargo volumes were already unusually high.
Material Handling
Port of Savannah Reports Record Cargo Volumes for January
Business has been booming at U.S. seaports.
February 14, 2022
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, to examine expanding broadband access, focusing on the Department of Commerce broadband programs in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Material Handling
U.S. and Japan Reach Deal to Make Most Steel Imports Tax-Free
The U.S. trade representative said the agreement will put the countries in a better place to compete against China.
February 8, 2022
If you put it on a pallet, Icon Robotics can automate it.
Material Handling
How to Solve Palletizing Labor Pains & Process Nightmares with Robotic Automation
If it's on a pallet, this company can automate it.
February 3, 2022
A woman wearing a mask to protect from the coronavirus walks past parcels gathered near delivery tricycles in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. Chinese state media say parcels mailed from overseas may have spread the omicron variant of the coronavirus in Beijing and elsewhere, despite doubts among overseas health experts that the virus can be transmitted via packaging.
Material Handling
China Says Omicron May Have Spread Via Packaging
Though health experts doubt that is possible.
January 18, 2022
A cargo ship sails through the town of Ismailia, Egypt, March 30, 2021. Egypt’s Suez Canal said Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, that its annual revenues reached $6.3 billion last year, the highest in the crucial waterway's history.
Material Handling
Suez Canal Revenues Hit All-Time Record
More than 20,000 vessels flowed through the canal last year.
January 3, 2022
Tu Simple
Material Handling
Autonomous Trucker Logs First No-Human Road Test
The truck went 80 miles with no human on board and no human intervention.
December 29, 2021