Trucking news and briefs for Friday, Nov. 24, 2023:
Lineage Logistics expanding in Calgary
Lineage, one of the leading temperature-controlled industrial REIT and integrated solutions providers worldwide, this week announced the groundbreaking of an expansion of its Foothills facility in Calgary, Canada, in an effort to meet the growing needs of Lineage’s customers in the market. The strategically located facility is expected to serve as a center of excellence for customers who aim to export meat and other products to Asia and other markets around the world.Expected to add 30% more capacity, the expansion is expected to include 1,500 pallet positions for blast freezing, a critical feature for the export of products like protein. Additionally, the Foothills site is expected to feature expanded dock space, doors and close in proximity to Lineage's local transportation hub as well as intermodal rail facilities for efficient movement of containers to and from major Western ports.
Following the completion of the expansion, the Foothills facility is expected to span approximately 200,000 square feet, hold over 24,000 pallet positions, and serve as a center of excellence for export. This expansion is expected to bring Lineage’s total capacity in the Alberta market to over 75,000 pallet positions and shows our commitment to the region.
Schneider turns 1M BEV miles
Schneider National is the first fleet to achieve 1 million zero emission miles with Freightliner's eCascadia.
Schneider National (CCJ Top 250, No. 6) three years ago kicked off testing of Freightliner's eCascadia in real-world applications. This week the carrier celebrated crossing a seemingly improbably milestone: hauling more than 1 million zero emission miles of customer freight.
The carrier’s battery electric vehicle (BEV) fleet – one of the largest in North America – is based at the company’s Southern California Intermodal Operations Center, and features nearly 100 Freightliner eCascadias and a charging depot about half the size of a football field. The carrier’s first electric trucks began hauling customer freight for the likes of Goodyear and Frito-Lay North America, among many others, in January. Since then, the fleet has grown to 94 electric vehicles: 92 battery electric trucks and two electric yard spotters. The eCascadias have avoided approximately 3.3 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions – the equivalent of removing more than 330 gas-powered passenger vehicles from the road for a year.
