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Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC, and UK green-tech company, Clean Planet Energy, have formed a joint venture partnership to develop Clean Planet Energy USA (‘Clean Planet USA’) ecoPlants in key North American markets.

Penske Logistics was recently recognised with a North America Supplier award from Novelis, the aluminum rolling and recycling company. As a provider of dedicated transportation to Novelis North America, Penske is an essential component of its closed-loop aluminum supply chain serving top automakers.

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and the express transportation company, has boosted its intra-Europe air network capacity with the addition of three new flights and four flight capacity upgrades, adding a total of almost 210,000 kilograms of weekly capacity on specific lanes within Europe.

Mobile Mini UK, provider of portable accommodation and secure storage containers, has implemented a new automatic shut-off feature as standard across its latest fleet of transportation vehicles.

XPO Logistics, the global provider of freight transportation services, is continuing to demonstrate its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion by sponsoring the Birmingham Pride Festival on 25–26 September 2021 in the West Midlands.

SHIPSTA, the data-driven platform transforming logistics procurement, has launched its semi-autonomous freight procurement and optimisation solution. ShipstaSCAN uniquely integrates smart market monitoring with sourcing automation, so logistics teams can effortlessly transform their freight procurement and cut transportation costs.

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) has announced the completion of a feasibility study in Southern Brazil in conjunction with the State Government of Rio Grande do Sul, and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).

XPO Logistics, the global provider of freight transportation services, has appointed Arron Kendall as sales and marketing director – Europe. Additionally, he will serve on the executive board of the European business.

The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) reveals that the transportation and storage industry once again had the lowest percentage of businesses currently trading of any industry sector. Less than 82% of registered logistics businesses were currently trading in early August, down from 94% in early October 2020.

Recent vessel-tracking data from project44 reveals substantial year-over-year increases in vessel and shipment delay times across most major trade lanes connecting China to the rest of the global economy.

These longer lead times cast a spotlight on already overburdened transportation networks and ongoing supply chain disruptions.