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Intralogistics: The Intelligent Warehouse
Intralogistics: it’s a concept that’s received more attention in recent years as a key component of building a competitive advantage into supply chain management.
Maersk and IBM Introduce TradeLens Blockchain Shipping Solution
Using blockchain smart contracts, TradeLens enables digital collaboration across the multiple parties involved in international trade.
Cobalt Blockchain and DLT Labs Release Mintrax Blockchain Platform for Mineral Traceability
The platform is designed to provide secure and transparent methods for tracking the provenance of metals and minerals through the entire mining supply chain, from source to end-user.
Hyperion Launches a Blockchain-based Open Mapping Architecture to Decentralize Mapping
The company plans provide the infrastructure to support a completely decentralized, self-governing global map that users anywhere can contribute to, edit or utilize for their own needs.
Novel Packaging Gives Food Waste the SLIPS
A method for wicking chemically compatible vegetable oils into the surfaces of common extruded plastics results in super slippery industrial packaging.
Coal Transport Declined in 2017, Continuing a Trend
Last year was the fourth consecutive year that U.S. coal consumption and coal shipments by all transport modes declined.
Nord Expands Helical Worm Product Line
Use of high-strength aluminum alloy delivers reliable performance in cost-effective and lightweight design.
DOE Updates Handbooks for Electric Outage Assessments
The guidebook updates an older reference manual that set standard procedures for measuring electric utility customer interruption costs using generally accepted surveying techniques.
Hotter than Lava Flow – This Printing Ink Can Withstand 1000° C
Leibinger is introducing new pigment inks for industrial component marking with CIJ printers.
U.S. Energy Spend Hit Historic Low in 2016, EIA Says
Data suggest that a five-year string of falling energy costs is at an end as gasoline, natural gas and retail electricity prices all have risen.
Factors to Consider When Beginning Your EPC Project
Here are some things to consider in conducting the detailed engineering design of a project, procuring the equipment and materials necessary, and delivering a functioning facility or asset to your client.
Crude Oil Export Terminal Planned for Gulf of Mexico
The project could include 80 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline to an offshore terminal capable of loading and exporting crude oil at the rate of 85,000 barrels per hour.
Study Throws Shade on Technique to Limit Evaporation During Droughts
Nearly 100 million black plastic balls were floated on a Los Angeles reservoir to prevent evaporation. The balls may have used more water than they saved.
"World's Largest Robot" Transports Iron Ore
Three locomotives recently powered an autonomous train in western Australia, marking the first delivery of iron ore by Rio Tinto’s “world’s largest robot.”
Logistics, Inadequate Staffing Slowed FEMA's Hurricane Response Effort
An After-Action Report published by FEMA identifies 18 key findings across five focus areas and offers recommendations for improvements.
Ship Unloading: From the Waterline and Up
The quality and throughput of port facilities has a direct effect on the trade and economies of regions and nations.
Simplified Purchasing for Industrial Fluid Handling Equipment and More
Businesses shopping for industrial fluid handling equipment have found an outlier: Dultmeier Sales LLC. This company follows three core principles that make them a premier supplier for fluid handling equipment and products, as well as related business lines.
This Railroad Is Buying 50 New Locomotives
The order includes GE’s Tier 4 Evolution Series locomotives and software to help optimize power distribution, train handling, brake control and fuel use.
Volvo Opens U.S. Auto Production Facility
The plant can produce 150,000 cars a year at full capacity for the U.S. market as well as for export.
When Machines Meet Markets, Sparks Can Fly
State and federal agencies have long fiddled with energy markets to achieve a broad range of goals. As a result, power plants are as much a part of public policy as precision pieces of engineering.