Transportation

GE Transportation | January 30, 2014

Florida East Coast Railway, LLC (FEC) announced today that it will acquire 24 new ES44C4 locomotives from GE Transportation. The new locomotives will be used in thru-freight, heavy haul service on the railway’s 351 mile mainline route between Jacksonville, and Miami, FL.“These locomotives will provide the fuel efficient power we need to support the current operations and future growth of the railroad,” said Fran Chinnici, Senior Vice President of Mechanical, Engineering and Pur...

GE Transportation | January 29, 2014

GE Mining, a division of GE Transportation, announced a new collaboration to develop next generation mining equipment. By combining their expertise in mining equipment and propulsion systems, the companies will help meet the needs of customers and partners worldwide, with an initial focus on developing solutions to increase customer productivity and safety for underground mines. The new company, Komatsu GE Mining Systems, LLC, will be located at the GE Transportation facility in Erie, PA a...

GE Transportation | January 28, 2014

Deep below the earth’s surface, a curious, flat, snake-like machine is busy slicing its way through low and narrow coal seams.It’s longer than a bus, barely the height of a tennis racket, and rarely needs to stop as it leaves behind vast underground caverns supported by pillars of coal and rock.Known as the GE Fairchild F330, it’s one of just a few continuous mining machines that can selectively target these narrow seams to extract high quality coal between soft, sedimentary ro...

XPO Logistics | January 17, 2020

As one of the largest providers of transportation and logistics services worldwide, XPO Logistics serves over 50,000 customers. Supply Chain Digital takes a closer look at the firm. The company offers a range of different solutions. These are: drayage, expedite, full truckload, global forwarding, intermodal, last mile, less-than-truckload, managed transportation. With around 202mn sq.ft of facility space, XPO Logistics is considered one of the largest logistics providers worldwide. The organisat...