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Meet The Solutions Specialists: Brandt

How Brandt’s customer-driven strategy turned them into a comprehensive solutions provider.

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Oct 20, 2021 - 4 years ago
Kenny's Loggin: The Georgia Transporter

The Georgia Transporter was built by McKenzie Barge & Marine Ways in 1963. It was registered in the port of Vancouver B.C. and had a gross tonnage of 142 tonnes.

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Oct 20, 2021 - 4 years ago
US-Canada Partnership Announced For Collaboration In Research And Innovation

The U.S. National Science Foundation and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, or NSERC, announced the first formal partnership between the agencies that support fundamental discovery research in the U.S. and Canada.

Alejandro Adem, NSERC President and Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director of U.S. NSF
Credit: NSERC/NSF

The partnership paves the way for new collaborations between researchers in both countries to build inclusive partnerships at the frontiers of science and emerging technologies and fosters a shared commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion within the research enterprise.

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Oct 20, 2021 - 4 years ago
Canada’s Largest Oil Sands Producers Announce Unprecedented Alliance

Canadian Natural Resources, Cenovus Energy, Imperial, MEG Energy and Suncor Energy formally announced the Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero initiative. These companies operate approximately 90% of Canada’s oil sands production.

At the Suncor oil sands plant, bitumen is heated and sent to drums where petroleum coke, the heavy bottom material, is removed.

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Oct 20, 2021 - 4 years ago
Fleet Maintenance & Repair Costs Increased In First Half of 2021

American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council and Decisiv Inc., reported during TMC’s Fall Meeting & Transportation Technology Exhibition that costs for parts and labor for repairs rose over the first six months of the year.

A benchmarking report from TMC and Decisiv found higher parts and labour expenses.

According to the Decisiv/TMC North American Service Event Benchmark Report, labor costs for repair and maintenance increased 2.6% between the 1st and 2nd quarters in 2021 and overall parts costs increased by 2.8%. In that same period, parts costs for Tires increased by 10.7% and Transmissions part costs rose 9%.

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Oct 19, 2021 - 4 years ago
Chevron and Cummins Announce Strategic Collaboration On Hydrogen

Chevron U.S.A. Inc., through its Chevron Products Company division (Chevron), and Cummins Inc., a global power and hydrogen technologies leader, announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore a strategic alliance to develop commercially viable business opportunities in hydrogen and other alternative energy sources.

The collaboration will explore opportunities to leverage Cummins electrolyzer and fuel cell technologies at one or more of Chevron’s domestic refineries.

The MOU provides the framework for Chevron and Cummins to initially collaborate on four main objectives: advancing public policy that promotes hydrogen as a decarbonizing solution for transportation and industry; building market demand for commercial vehicles and industrial applications powered by hydrogen; developing infrastructure to support the use of hydrogen for industry and fuel cell vehicles; and exploring opportunities to leverage Cummins electrolyzer and fuel cell technologies at one or more of Chevron’s domestic refineries.

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