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Jan 23, 2012

STUDY: Fuel consumption and emissions can be reduced with new technology

* Finland - One third of car fuel consumption is due to friction loss

Helsinki,Finland -VTT Business from Technology -12 Jan 2012: -- No less than one third of a car´s fuel consumption is spent in overcoming friction, and this friction loss has a direct impact on both fuel consumption and emissions. However, new technology can reduce friction by anything from 10% to 80% in various components of a car, according to a joint study by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in USA. It should thus be possible to reduce car´s fuel consumption and emissions by 18% within the next 5 to 10 years and up to 61% within 15 to 25 years...  Of the energy output of fuel in a car engine, 33% is spent in exhaust, 29% in cooling and 38% in mechanical energy, of which friction losses account for 33% and air resistance for 5%. By comparison, an electric car has only half the friction loss of that of a car with a conventional internal combustion engine... Annual friction loss in an average car worldwide amounts to 11,860 MJ: of this, 35% is spent in overcoming rolling resistance in the wheels, 35% in the engine itself, 15% in the gearbox and 15% in braking. With current technology, only 21.5% of the energy output of the fuel is used to actually move the car; the rest is wasted...  A driver can significantly influence the fuel consumption of his or her car. A reduction of 10% in driving speed, e.g. from 110 km/h to 100 km/h, translates into a 16% saving in fuel consumption. Slower speeds also allow for higher tyre pressures; an increase from 2 bar to 2.5 bar can translate into a 3% saving in fuel consumption...

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Feb 9, 2010

Study Forecasts * Worldwide - 3PL Slowdown Goes Global

China bucks global trend of lower growth forecasts for Asian, European and Latin American 3PLs

Shanghai,China -The Journal of Commerce Magazine (USA), by David Biederman -Feb 8, 2010: -- Like their counterparts in the U.S., third-party logistics providers in Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America enter 2010 with lower growth expectations... European and Asia-Pacific 3PLs that reported layoffs in 2009 averaged work force reductions of 12 and 9 percent, respectively... Three-year growth forecasts for regional European 3PL markets have shrunk from 6.5 percent in 2008 to 4.9 percent this year, according to the 2009 14th Annual Third-Party Logistics Study, released by Capgemini Consulting and the Georgia Institute of Technology... Company growth projections for the three-year period fell from 10 percent to 8.7 percent... For Asia-Pacific 3PLs, three-year growth projections fell from 23 percent in 2008 to 16.7 percent in 2009...

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Oct 8, 2009

TRUCKING STUDY * USA - Truckload Demand, Pricing Growing

Investment report says capacity, shipper demand more in balance

Cleveland/Akron,OH,USA -The Journal of Commerce -Oct 7, 2009: -- Truckload demand is improving across parts of the United States, helping turn around a decline in pricing and raise prospects for higher rates in coming months, an investment analyst said in a report released Wednesday... Lee Klaskow, an equities analyst at Longbow Research said in a study of the market, that demand in the industrial trucking business improved in September, with the dry-van segment that includes large retail shipments heading to distribution centers improving and that building and construction supplies also picked up ahead of expectations... Carriers are reporting getting higher rates for loads from brokers, suggesting that widespread cuts in capacity are pushing truck capacity into closer alignment with demand... (Photo from gobobpipe: Feed Bunks Truckload)

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Mar 15, 2009

STUDY * USA - Shows independent port truckers struggling

Rutgers Study: The poorest segment of port truckers?

Kearny,NJ,USA -Associated Press/My Central Jersey, by VICTOR EPSTEIN -March 13, 2009: -- Kenel Hyppolite says driving an 18-wheeler isn't what it used to be for the independent truckers that make their living carrying cargo in and out of the Port of New York and New Jersey... A recent study by Rutgers University suggests Hyppolite is not alone among roughly 5,100 port drivers who lease or own their own trucks. A team led by David Bensman, a professor of labor studies and employment relations, found their average income was just $28,000 after expenses. That's about half of what they made before the trucking industry was deregulated in 1980 in inflation-adjusted terms, he said... The study also said most of these independent truckers, who account for 73 percent of the 7,000 truck drivers who work regularly at the Port of New York and New Jersey, have no health insurance... Hyppolite, who is divorced, estimated his annual income at $20,000 after expenses... The median household income for a family of four in New Jersey is $94,441, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services... The 52-year-old Jersey City truck driver says he can barely make the lease payments on his 1998 Kenworth tractor-trailer and is struggling with the cost of fuel, tolls and repairs. He said he can't remember the last time he ate a restaurant meal, took a vacation or bought new clothes... Tom Adamski, a past president of the New Jersey Motor Truck Association, said he suspects the study captured a snapshot of the poorest segment of port truckers...

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Dec 19, 2008

STUDY * USA - Fails to consider new truck emission reductions

Washington,DC,USA -Bulk Transporter-Dec 18, 2008: -- A study of 31,135 trucking workers that indicated they showed an elevated risk of lung cancer with increasing years of work does not accurately portray today’s industry, Glen Kedzie, vice-president and environmental affairs counsel, American Trucking Associations, said in a letter to Bulk Transporter... Kedzie also pointed out that in 2007, diesel trucks incorporated diesel particulate filters to reduce tailpipe emissions of particulate matter by 90 percent... "Today, on-road diesel engines contribute just one percent of the nation's total emissions of volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide and less than 1.5 percent of the nation's total emissions of fine particulate matter"... "Fine particulate emissions from on-road diesel engines have been cut by more than half over the past decade. On-road heavy-duty diesel trucks produce half as much fine particulates as off-road sources, including bulldozers, tractors, railroad locomotives, and ships. Also, it is also important to note that motor carriers voluntarily supplied driver records to these researchers in hopes of finding ways to improve conditions for their highly valued drivers"...

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Aug 12, 2008

STUDY * Canada - Transport Canada Investigation Says Full Cost of Transportation in Canada Cost $200 Billion Plus in 2000

First of Its Kind Study in Canada Has So Many Data Gaps and Limitations You Could Drive Truck Through It: Bradley

Ottawa,ONT,CAN -CTA -August 12, 2008: -- Interesting work, the first of its kind in Canada, but the data gaps and limitations are so wide you could drive a truck through them. Beyond an interesting intellectual exercise, the report is not of much use and certainly cannot be relied upon for policy purposes. That is the assessment of David Bradley, CEO of the Canadian Trucking Alliance of a new “synthesis report” from a three-year investigation spearheaded by Transport Canada, into the "full costs" of transportation in Canada... The investigation found that in 2000, the full costs -- financial costs of providing and the use of transport facilities and services, as well as non-monetary costs associated with transportation activities such as road congestion delays, accidents and environmental damage – in Canada ranged between $198 billion and $233 billion. Table 1 provides the “middle-estimate” findings. The scope of the investigation included all modes of transport and all networks and services, irrespective of the provider (governmental [all levels] or private)... Perhaps the most interesting part of the investigation is the attempt to quantify the social costs of transportation. (See Table 2)...

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Apr 18, 2008

STUDY * USA - Larger Trucks More Efficient, Reduce Emissions

The use of heavier trucks can be an effective way for the industry to reduce fuel consumption and emissions, a new study by the American Transportation Research Institute said

Arlington,VA,USA -Transport Topics, by Sean McNally -April 14, 2008: -- “The estimated fuel efficiency improvements found in this study translate directly into equivalent percentage improvements . . . of CO2 emitted,” the report said... "As we look for ways to reduce congestion and greenhouse gas emissions, without sacrificing the supply chain efficiencies that the trucking industry supports, higher productivity vehicles should be considered as a viable part of an overarching solution,” said Doug Duncan, president of FedEx Freight and ATRI chairman... ATRI’s study looked at the performance of six different vehicle combinations: a five-axle tractor-trailer, a five-axle double, a six-axle tractor-trailer, a Rocky Mountain double, a triple and a turnpike double... “Operating vehicles at higher [weights] may require the use of larger engines which, combined with the additional weight, decreases fuel economy on a miles-per-gallon basis,” the report said, but the smaller number of trips would more than offset that disadvantage... For example, the five-axle tractor trailer and the double hauling 80,000 pounds both averaged 5.4 mpg in the study, while the six-axle truck weighing 97,000 pounds averaged 4.9 mpg. The triple, according to ATRI, got 3.8 mpg when hauling 140,000 pounds... The report said that moving a 1,000-ton shipment 500 miles would consume 3,889 gallons of fuel and take 42 trips if hauled by a standard five-axle truck weighing 80,000 pounds. However, the same shipment sent using a Rocky Mountain double weighing 120,000 pounds would burn 3,215 gallons of fuel, making just 27 trips...(Bob Schatz for TT)

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Jan 28, 2008

Study * Nigeria - Most expensive road transport route for business

The elimination of corruption at the borders is critical to the success of the economic integration aspirations

lagos,Nigeria -The Business Day, by Godwin NNANNA -27 January, 2008: -- It costs more to move goods across West African countries by road than any other region in the world due to the huge unofficial payments business owners have to make at the borders. This is the conclusion of a recent study by the West Africa Trade Hub (WATH) has revealed... WATH, a regional trade facilitator established by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), says the elimination of corruption at the borders is critical to the success of the economic integration aspirations of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)... The unofficial payments, WATH noted, most times cost more than what traders pay to the official sources. West Africa, the agency maintains, has the least efficient trucking in the world due to delays at numerous road check-points and border posts as a result of bribe-taking by uniformed officers such as the police, customs and immigration officials as well as gendarmes...

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Dec 17, 2007

Study * USA - Crash Tests Predict Fatality Risk In Cars, Not In Trucks

Frontal crash tests in laboratories are strong predictors of passenger cars’ safety on the road, though they fail to accurately project driver fatality risks for trucks, according to a recent Virginia Commonwealth University study

USA -ScienceDaily (Press Release) -Dec. 15, 2007: -- ... The study examined the frontal crash test ratings that vehicles received from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, and compared them to fatality rates in the vehicles. It also compared a smaller sample of test ratings given by the privately funded Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, IIHS, which uses a 40-percent frontal offset crash test, with the vehicles’ fatality rates... The results indicate that the crash tests held by NHTSA and the IIHS are successful in predicting real-world crash outcomes for passenger cars -- the ratings NHTSA and IIHS bestowed on passenger cars generally matched the cars’ safety record on the road. However, the ratings for trucks did not match real-world outcomes. For example, in the case of both NHTSA and IIHS, trucks that received the worst possible crash-test rating had on average lower driver fatality rates than trucks that received the best possible crash-test rating... (Photo Credit from NIST: Truck cab instrumented for NIST tests of collision warning systems)

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Dec 5, 2007

STUDY * UK - Nighttime delivery is greener

More night-time deliveries to shops would be environmentally friendly and operationally efficient


London,UK -Road Transport -3 December 2007: -- ... According to a study into South London retailers. The study, by the South London Freight Quality Partnership, says more out-of-hours deliveries would improve air quality and help congestion... Project leader Arnaud Lagrange says: "Out-of-hours deliveries lead to less CV traffic being present in urban areas during peak hours, meaning less vehicles sitting idling in traffic, burning less fuel, resulting in less emissions and less environmental impact"... He admits that not everybody is keen on trucks delivering through the night, even though careful planning can reduce overall noise and disturbance... (Video from YouTube, by CalendarClubVideo -27 de febrero de 2007: -- How to receive your delivery, and unload fixtures and merchandise from the truck)

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Aug 16, 2007

Study * USA - To See How Long Trucks Idle At The Border

The federal government is planning to study how long trucks hauling goods form Mexico have to wait to cross the U.S. - Mexico border

Tucson,AZ,USA -The Associated Press/KOLD News 13 News, by Marissa Pasquet -Aug 15, 2007: -- ... The Department of Commerce is conducting the study. The results aren't in yet, but early indications are the delays could be costing billions of dollars in losses to the U.S. economy... A Commerce Department official says cutting the wait time by only one or two minutes could translate into huge savings... (Pîcture by ornl.gov: Emissions and fuel use during truck idling are being studied by DoC)

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Jul 24, 2007

Study * Japan - Trucks case CO2 emissions by using off-board AC systems

Tokyo,Japan -Auto Blog Green (USA) , by Sebastian Blanco -Jul 13, 2007: -- Tokyo Electric Power Co and Hino Motors, Ltd have announced the results of a 14-month test of a jointly-developed cab heating and air-conditioning system, called Stop Idling, where parked trucks drew power form an external source instead of leaving the engine running. The result: CO2 emissions dropped about 97 percent and fuel costs by about 98 percent. It only makes sense that these numbers must be comparing the off-board system's pollution and cost to a truck's self-contained system, otherwise those numbers would be 100 percent, right?...

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Study * USA - Bigger engines can boost fuel economy

Slightly “over-specifing” engines and selecting a low gear ratio improves fuel economy by 0.3 MPG or around 5%

USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Jul 13, 2007: -- An intensive 18-month telematics-based study of grocery, manufacturing, fuel, and retail truck fleet operations indicates that slightly “over-spec’ing” engines and selecting a low gear ratio improves fuel economy by 0.3 MPG or around 5%. That equates to an approximate savings of $2,000 per tractor per year, assuming 100,000 annual miles... Conducted by PHH FirstFleet, the study determined that the major killer of fuel economy is driving for long stretches at high output torque ratings... Increasing engine torque ratings, however, provided a simple and effective method to decrease time spent in the high output torque ranges and thus improve fuel economy...

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Jul 8, 2007

Study * USA - Half of urban interstates are clogged

Nearly 52 percent of U.S. urban interstates are congested, and traffic fatality rates are up slightly, but road surface and bridge conditions have improved

USA -Reason website/eTrucker, by Kristie Busam -5 July 2007: -- According to the Reason Foundation’s latest Annual Report on the Performance of State Highway Systems, with detailed information for each state... Drivers in California, Minnesota, New Jersey and North Carolina are stuck in the worst traffic, with more than 70 percent of urban interstates in those states qualifying as congested, the study shows... The report found that fatality rates per 100 million vehicle miles vary significantly from state to state, from 0.79 in Massachusetts to 2.256 in Montana. The national average was 1.453 fatalities, up slightly from 1.440 in 2004... Reason's 2006 study showing how congested each city in the country will be in 2030 and how many new lane miles are needed to eliminate congestion is also on the website...

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Jun 8, 2007

Study * UK - The fastest ... and slowest roads in Britain

London,UK -Biglorryblog -7 June 2007: -- The Chartered Institute of Transport and Trafficmaster reveal that 'based upon information from 50 billion stored records' a new study shows that the fastest road in Britain is the A74 (M) - average speed 72.2mph - between Gretna Green and Abington in Scotland... Meanwhile, the slowest road is in the UK is the A4002 in Harlesden, North London - average speed 12.2mph... The slowest stretch of motorway is in fact the A601M near Carnforth in Lancs with an average speed of 35.5mph...

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