carbon emissions

Still reeling from a new labor law that could reshape the way the trucking industry does business, carriers operating in California now have a pair of emissions regulations to contend with, one aiming to accelerate the transition to clean truck technologies, the other setting up a framework for a...

As the shipping industry prepares for the ground-breaking but costly introduction of IMO 2020 low-sulfur fuels by the start of next year, some leading voices believe more radical action is not only environmentally desirable but also commercially viable. The Getting to Zero Coalition. a partnership...

There is a lack of understanding of the freight transportation sector by carbon reporting publications. This causes misinformation and is based off assumptions about the freight transportation sector that are outdated.  Historically, the freight transportation sector was anything but transparent....

FreightWaves released an additional 53 carbon dioxide emission indices into SONAR. The full list of indices available to SONAR users can be found in the Knowledge Center here. The carbon dioxide emissions are all emissions made in the United States and are all separated by fuel type. These indices...

Over the last decade, much has changed in the context of last-mile delivery, prodded on by the rise of ecommerce and the evolution of consumer expectations enamoured by the idea of expedited delivery. This has led to a noticeable growth in the number of last-mile delivery vans coursing through city...

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) collects information on greenhouse gas emission to monitor their potential impact on the environment. It monitors carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)—the primary greenhouse gas emitted by various activities throughout the world—released by power source...

Canadian company dynaCERT has secured an order from a Mexican conglomerate for its HG1 carbon reduction systems for trucks in Mexico. As part of the order received through its dealer KarbonKleen, dynaCERT will provide 100 of its carbon-cutting HydraGEN HG1-45B units to the Alliance Holdings Group...

Maersk will find out how much customers are willing to spend on its ambitious environmental agenda with a carbon-neutral container service. The world's biggest shipping line is offering voyages on ships using a blend of cooking oil and regular heavy fuel oil. The biofuel blend, which was produced...

Good day, Eleven banks that lend to maritime shipping companies have announced that climate impact will now feature in the criteria that determine their lending limit to the container lines. The banks will reportedly set their standards based on the International Maritime Organization's 2018...

Thanks to ramped up enforcement, California air quality regulators have reduced the number of state-registered heavy duty trucks that are out of compliance with diesel emissions laws from around 80,000 in 2017 to 50,000 today. A new rule that goes into effect in 2020 is expected to rope in the...

Eurostat, the statistical body of the European Union (EU), has released early statistics that show an overall decrease in the level of carbon emissions from industry in 2018 compared to the previous year. Portugal and Bulgaria recorded the largest percentage falls at 9.0 and 8.1 percent...

  Lighter loads through Panama Canal and schedule reliability are two effects hitting ocean freight; ‘We should not underestimate weather.'   Today is Earth Day, the annual global event that seeks to raise awareness about protecting the  environment. And this 49th...

SEA\LNG, an industry body that promotes the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and its partner the Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF) commissioned what they called a well-to-wake study of the environmental impact of LNG as a marine fuel, claiming that the gas is "a pathway to 2050,...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has launched an ambitious green delivery initiative that aims to slash the emissions stemming from delivering millions of packages each year. The goal of the "Shipment Zero" initiative is to make half of its shipments net zero (emissions) by 2030...