Similar Articles

Browse Main Topics:

Business
Computers & Electronics
Education & Reference
Entertainment & Leisure
Family & Home
Finance & Investment
Health
Internet
Pets & Animals
Science & Technology
Society, Politics & Culture
Sports & Recreation

Similar Articles

CIO January 25, 2010 Stephanie Overby	Mobile Video: Why the Port of Los Angeles Will Use It to Fight Crime Fighting Los Angeles harbor police are deploying mobile video as a new tool for securing the nation's busiest cargo port.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2005 Doug Bartholomew	Cargo Crunch! Responding to last autumn's gridlock of cargo ships in the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, manufacturers are bringing sourcing back to North America, using more air freight and building inventories.
Smithsonian January 2004 Fen Montaigne	Policing America's Ports The 19,000 cargo containers flowing into the United States each day pose a needle-in-the-haystack challenge to security officials worried about hidden terrorist weapons.
PC Magazine February 1, 2006 Bill Howard	Why Buy a Hybrid? Make a hybrid out of the diesel car and you'd likely cut emissions further.
IDB America April 2005 Charo Quesada	A New Window Onto the Sea Globalization of markets and Argentina's entry into the MERCOSUR trade zone changed everything. A reform of Argentina's port system has succeeded in lowering costs, increasing efficiency and attracting private investment.
BusinessWeek May 31, 2004 David Welch	Diesel Deserves A Second Chance It costs less and blows by gas on mileage but faces serious roadblocks in the U.S.
National Defense February 2009 Frodl & Manoyan	Converting U.S. Car Park to Hybrids Should Be Priority One Reducing personal vehicle demand for gasoline is the quickest and most effective way to cut our consumption of crude oil, and by extension, make our nation more secure.
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	Tough War Lessons Force Military Vehicle Programs To Consider Fuel Efficiency Moving fuel to and around battle zones that have no "front lines" has an extraordinarily high price in terms of money and lives.
BusinessWeek June 25, 2007 Christopher Palmeri	Up From The Onion Fields An immigrant's startup has a plan to cut pollution in ports.
IndustryWeek April 1, 2008 John Teresko	The Fuel Cell Race Lift trucks have pulled ahead of cars in the race to adopt fuel cell technology.
National Defense June 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Weighing the Costs of Security A smorgasbord of legislation and policy directives aimed at patching up security at U.S. ports in recent years has resulted in expenditures of billions of dollars worth of protective systems and technologies.
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2006 Matt Hudgins	Rising Tide of Imports Importers need new and larger spaces to handle a tidal wave of merchandise. That high demand, along with limited and often constrained supply, attracts developers and investors to the ports.
CIO July 1, 2001 Ben Worthen	(Not Sitting on a) Dock of the Bay How IT helps the shipping industry bring its goods to market...
National Defense November 2005 Harold Kenneddy	U.S. Customs Goes High-Tech for Cargo Security The gritty docks along the Dundalk Marine Terminal, in Maryland's Port of Baltimore, are among the last lines of defense in the multi-layered, global effort by the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) arm to intercept illegal cargo.
BusinessWeek August 11, 2003 Charles Haddad	FedEx and Brown Are Going Green And by buying cleaner and more efficient trucks in bulk, they'll make them cheaper for everybody else
Popular Mechanics April 29, 2009 Dave Hubbard	Biodiesel Barriers: Why New Diesel Engines Aren't Compatible With B100 I have been experimenting with making biodiesel for a few years now, and I am constantly watching what others in this field do as well.
Popular Mechanics January 2006 Josh Dean	The Train Welcome to tomorrow's computer-controlled, GPS-guided, ultra-energy-efficient transportation revolution.
PC Magazine April 19, 2006 Bill Howard	Diesel Cars Are Back What would it take to get you into a diesel engine car? Diesel now runs clean, has no engine clatter, is now the main fuel for some airplanes, and has recently been used in the Audi that won the 12 hour endurance race.
Inc. November 2006	The Road Crew Cleaning up the nation's highways, one smog-belching vehicle at a time.
IndustryWeek November 16, 2011 Josh Cable	Big Green Machines While consumer interest in alternative-fuel vehicles has been lukewarm, the commercial-vehicle industry is shifting into high gear with green technology.
Fast Company November 1, 2007 Clive Thompson	Motorhead Messiah Johnathan Goodwin can get 100 mpg out of a Lincoln Continental, cut emissions by 80%, and double the horsepower. Does the car business have the guts to follow him?
IndustryWeek May 21, 2010	Washington's Latest Regulatory Target: The Gas Gauge Congress is exploring ideas on how to improve the fuel efficiency of over-the-road trucks and other transportation vehicles.
AskMen.com Patrick Rowlings	Diesel Cars: 6 To Choose From Diesels used to be notorious for poor performance and smoky black emissions, but that's all changed.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2005 John McHale	DHS turns to high tech to control borders Border agents cannot possibly check every car or every traveler. So U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials are relying on new technologies -- such as those noted here -- to tighten the country's borders.
BusinessWeek May 1, 2006 Michael Arndt	Globalization In A Can "The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger" makes a strong argument that without the box, the global economy might not exist today.
The Motley Fool August 3, 2011 Patrick Martin	Why Detroit Doesn't Mind the New CAFE Standards For once, American automakers aren't complaining.
The Motley Fool June 14, 2004 Brian Gorman	The Greenhouse Gas War California's latest emission proposal is likely to cause headaches for Detroit.
Fast Company May 2004 Abby Schultz	Truck Wars The nation's package-delivery giants are racing to test and adopt cleaner engine technologies. Here's how their fleets compare.
The Motley Fool May 10, 2005 Brian Gorman	Daimler's Diesel Bet The automaker's diesel initiative is off to a small start in the U.S., but the effort could have a large payoff.
Popular Mechanics May 2008 Erik Sofge	Rebuilding America Special Report: How to Fix U.S. Infrastructure American infrastructure is in trouble, from collapsed bridges to leaking dams. Here are some fresh ideas, smart engineering and new technology that can be used to fix it.
IEEE Spectrum May 2008 John Voelcker	Plug-ins and Hybrids and Diesels, Oh My! Two automotive conferences show the impact of public policy on core vehicle designs
National Defense January 2006 Stew Magnuson	Plan to Protect U.S. Ports Homes In on Contraband The challenge facing the DHS, importers and the shipping industry is to prevent weapons of mass destruction, would-be illegal immigrants and contraband from entering U.S. ports -- including overland traffic from Canada and Mexico -- without disrupting the flow of goods.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	In the Wake of Katrina: Transporters What does the damage from Hurricane Katrina spell for those whose business is moving energy around the world? Most good companies are prepared and able to work around the disruptions. Don't let stories about the magnitude of the damage sway your investing philosophy too much.
National Defense March 2009 Matthew Rusling	Study Blasts Container Scanning Process A new study adds fuel to an ongoing dispute between Congress and the Department of Homeland Security. The issue: screening U.S.-bound shipping containers.
IEEE Spectrum May 2009 Samuel K. Moore	Pandemic Flu Could Clog U.S. Rail Lines A simulation by systems engineers shows rail network is sensitive to pandemic flu, but port system is more robust
BusinessWeek May 15, 2008 David Welch	The Heated Rivalry in Low-Carbon Cars The planned eco-friendly fleets of GM and competitors.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2009 John Teresko	Crown's Fuel Cell Direction A two-or three-shift operation with a large number of lift trucks is the ideal circumstance for using fuel cells.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2006 Sara Drummond	Carrying the Cargo Intermodal transportation facilities spur industrial development in U.S. markets.
Reactive Reports Issue 37 David Bradley	Shipping News International shipping may be one of the largest sources of air pollutants along the Norwegian coast and in the Northern Atlantic.
IndustryWeek March 14, 2012 David Blanchard	Intermodal Transportation Strategies Offer Manufacturers a Greener Way of Doing Business Manufacturers are realigning their transportation networks to reduce both their costs and their carbon footprints.
BusinessWeek November 4, 2010 Keane & Park	The Terrorist Threat in Cargo Containers By 2012, all U.S.-bound cargo containers must be scanned for terrorist threats. Today, fewer than 1 percent are.
IEEE Spectrum June 2008 Peter Fairley	Dark Clouds Over Clean Diesels Soot's health impacts and global warming potential dilute diesel's fuel-efficiency benefit.
National Defense January 2004 Frank Colucci	Military Vehicles Could Benefit From Hybrid Electric Engines Hybrid trucks that blend electric motors with internal combustion engines promise fuel efficiency, as well as plentiful, stealthy sources of electrical power for battlefield sensors, weapons, and command and control systems.
Popular Mechanics December 3, 2009 David Kiley	With Plug-Ins and Hybrids Dominant, Is Diesel Dead in the U.S.? This year's LA Auto Show is buzzing with real-life and concept hybrid and all-electric cars. But in the clean diesel corner, the crickets were chirping. Will Americans ever be ready for clean diesels?
National Defense February 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Electric Cars for Army Posts, But Fuel Guzzlers for Combat Electricity-powered golf carts are a staple on military bases in the United States. The Army now is asking manufacturers to design a larger and more sophisticated version of the electric golf cart in order to possibly replace thousands of fuel-guzzling sedans and SUVs.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2006 Sara Drummond	Moving the Goods Increased demand and a healthy investment market are fueling a national spec warehouse building boom.
BusinessWeek October 30, 2006 David Kiley & Ian Rowley	Honda's Green (Diesel) Machine Its new engine is clean and efficient but still could be a tough sell in America.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2010 Toby Shute	Honk If You Love Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Stimulus cash revs up a promising R&D program for fuel-efficient vehicles.
Popular Mechanics December 4, 2007 Joe Pappalardo	Kite Power Could Finally Pull Global Shipping to the Green Side This month, a commercial cargo ship will become the first to go into service employing a large parafoil lashed to its bow to provide a cheaper, cleaner way across the waves.
Chemistry World September 28, 2015 Anthony King	Chemistry at heart of VW emissions cheating With the company set to recall millions of cars in the US and Europe, it is uncertain if the engines affected by the 'defeat device' can be fixed. Certain components may fail when proper emission controls are switched on, say some experts.