Refrigerated Logistic Trends - Jan 5th, 2024
 
 
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January 5, 2024
From the post-deregulation explosion of carriers to the demand-destroying Great Recession and the COVID-19 slowdown, Richard Durst has seen it all during his long trucking career. The names and places change, as do the underlying social dynamics, but the structure remains the same, just as it does in...
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German transportation and logistics company Dachser recently began testing four battery-electric refrigerated trailers in Erlensee, Hamburg, and Langenau, in an effort “to gain important experience” with the evolving technology.
PAK Quality Foods and D Bar Cold Storage, which does business as FrigiServe, recently completed an equity recapitalization with an affiliate of New York-based private equity investment firm Cross Rapids Capital.
Refrigerated trailer lessor PLM Fleet recently opened a new branch in York Haven, Pennsylvania.
Polar Leasing Company recently hired Aimee Prosser as a client service coordinator. She will play a key role for the operations team, include ensuring ease of orders and helping the enable future growth and success.
While freight demand cooled as 2023 progressed, it hasn’t stopped fleets from looking ahead, since replacement demand is expected to grow in 2024. Class 8 orders topped 250,000 units again last year.
Weeks of diesel pump price declines have finally slowed, as the new year starts with a $3.876 per gallon national fuel average. Both diesel and gas prices begin 2024 lower than a year ago.