Water transport of logs is a cost-effective means of log transport where there is water access. This is done within booms, built using long logs, or “boomsticks”, chained together to hold log bundles within the…
Transportation
Roads; PIT (energy/fuel); Infrastructure
Joint efforts will provide Level 4 Autonomy for natural resource sector roads Montreal, May 12, 2021 – Robotic Research, LLC (rr.ai), a global leader in Automated Driving Systems (ADS), and FPInnovations, a Canadian private non-profit research…
One important component of FPInnovations’ Transportation and Infrastructure group work over the past months is the research on truck platooning, where two or more vehicles in a convoy are operating in a close following formation…
Mandatory ELD certification program to be launched shortly FPInnovations is in the final stages of the accreditation process to become a Certification Body of Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) in Canada. According to Transport Canada’s recently…
Roads built over weak soils reduce allowable truck payloads, inhibit vehicle traction, pose a safety hazard, and lead to higher road maintenance costs over time. Critically weak road sections also reduce transportation efficiency thus limiting…
Switching from 8-axle B-trains to 9-axle B-trains has been gaining traction in Western Canada (pun intended). A new calculation recently developed by FPInnovations has led to the discovery of the real and remarkable benefits of…
PIT Group’s comprehensive market review of electromechanical brakes (EMBs) for commercial vehicles, namely Class 8 trucks, completed for the Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) of American Trucking Associations, reveals that the cost of a sufficiently…
The long-awaited online training program Smart Driver for Forestry Trucks is finally live, and you can watch it from the convenience of your home. Reducing fuel consumption and operating costs are two constant challenges for…
The Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) of American Trucking Associations has released the much-anticipated results of PIT Group’s analysis of TMC’s proprietary fuel-economy calculator. In its evaluation of TMC’s RP 1118 interactive aerodynamic technologies fuel-savings…
Through its Forestry 4.0 program, FPInnovations is actively working to transform the supply chain of the Canadian forest sector with the objective of improving processes, reducing operating costs, and ensuring workers safety. At a time…