Technology Briefs - April 15 - April 21
The Latest Headlines:
- ABF Unveils 'Reports Inbox' Online Tool
- Toronto Trash Trucks Face High-Tech Inspections
- Wyoming Unveils Digitized Highway Map
- Toronto Trash Trucks Face High-Tech Inspections
ABF Unveils 'Reports Inbox' Online Tool
Less-than-truckload firm ABF Freight System said April 18 it launched its "reports inbox" tool, which allows customers to schedule the delivery of customized shipment reports for distribution via e-mail or for placement in a secure, online "inbox" location on the company’s Web site.Within the “reports center,” ABF customers can now examine shipping and receiving patterns over the current and previous years, by month, by location, by state, by vendor or customer, the company said in a release.
ata can be displayed as bar, line and pie charts or in a standard report format with links to real-time shipment information.
(Click here for the full press release.)
Toronto Trash Trucks Face High-Tech Inspections
Beginning in May, the 130 Toronto garbage trucks that cross the border into Michigan each day to dump trash will be subject to high-tech inspections, the Toronto Star reported.Included in a bill passed by Congress earlier this month to fund the war in Iraq was legislation permitting the United States to inspect all garbage trucks entering the country via the Blue Water Bridge at Port Huron, Mich., and the Ambassador Bridge at Detroit.
The crossings will be equipped with radiation detection equipment such as handheld isotope identifiers aimed at finding weapons and radioactive nuclear material, the Star said.
U.S. border guards and customs officials previously had no way to inspect the garbage trucks because they were packed tight with compacted trash.
oronto is expected to start performing its own inspections on garbage trucks coming to the United States by the end of May, the Star reported. Transport Topics
Wyoming Unveils Digitized Highway Map
Wyoming officials unveiled the 2003 official state highway map April 15, which for the first time was produced through a digital method in-house by the Wyoming Department of Transportation, the Associated Press reported.With digitization, future maps can be changed easier and at less cost, WyDOT told AP.
Previously, Wyoming relied on a consulting firm for the traditional and more cumbersome cartographic process, AP said. Transport Topics
