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Jul01

Wildeck, Inc. provides platforms for media at 2024 Republican National Convention

The RNC has sourced a local Milwaukee-area manufacturer, Wildeck, Inc., to provide structural steel platforms supporting media team members and TV camera equipment Wildeck, Inc., a material handling equipment manufacturer, has played a role in designing and manufacturing structural steel platforms (mezzanines) for the upcoming 2024 Republican National Convention. The event is set to take place from July 15 to 18, 2024, at the Fiserv...

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Jul01

Herc Rentals acquires Durante Rentals

Herc Rentals, Bonita Springs, Fla., has acquired Durante Rentals, New Rochelle, N.Y. Durante Rentals has provided construction equipment rentals and sales to customers across the New York tri-state area since its establishment in 2009. In May 2023, Durante Rentals acquired the Iron Source brand, enabling the company to expand its reach into the mid-Atlantic market through Iron Source’s Delaware locations. In 2024, Durante Rentals...

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GLAD 2024
Jun27

LEEA builds #GLAD2024 content to finale

The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) has revealed more plans for Global Lifting Awareness Day (GLAD) on July 18th. A multidimensional campaign has been running since the turn of the year, with LEEA members, manufacturers, and suppliers leading those sharing material that promotes safe and high-quality load lifting across the world. Social media posts, videos, articles, and in-person activity are bound together by the...

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Jun27

MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics launches new lab supported by Mecalux to research the potential of AI in logistics

The Intelligent Logistics Systems Lab will apply new AI- and machine-learning-based methods and technologies to the logistics problems with the greatest impact for businesses and society The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL)has commissioned a new research lab to investigate high-impact applications of new data-driven technologies in the logistics industry. The formation of the...

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Jun27

Warehouse software market valued at $7.2bn in 2023

Warehouse software market to grow at a CAGR of 12.7% out to 2030 The standalone warehouse management system (WMS) market remains the largest, but other warehouse automation-related software is growing exponentially Warehouse Execution Systems (WES) are being deployed as a strategic choice to increase operational efficiency According to the latest research by market intelligence firm Interact Analysis, the warehouse software market is...

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Jun27

Long Beach, L.A. Ports invest $25 Million in truck charging

Partnership with regional air quality agencies will create 207 chargers at eight sites The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will provide $25 million for an ambitious partnership with regional air quality agencies to jump-start charging infrastructure for electric heavy-duty drayage trucks in one of the nation’s most populous regions. The $135 million in projects led by the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee will...

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Jun26

AAR reports Rail Traffic for the week ending June 22, 2024

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 22, 2024. This week’s total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 485,557 carloads and intermodal units, up 3.6 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending June 22 were 220,096 carloads, down 0.8 percent compared with the same week in 2023, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 265,461 containers and...

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