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Today's Pickup
Today’s Pickup: Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot’s PSA merge; now world’s fourth-largest carmaker
Fiat Chrysler and PSA merge to become a €40 billion automaker; global maritime shipping volumes growth slow; OPEC meeting this December to discuss production cuts.
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Today’s Pickup: Canadian carrier sees Uber Freight as a “game-changer”
Montreal-based Transport DSquare got an early taste of the platform on a Mississauga-Montreal haul and sees good things for the Canadian freight market.
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Today’s Pickup: Oil and gas drillers pushed to the wall as banks cut price forecasts for 2020
Oil and gas price forecasts were cut by major banks for 2020; global economic slowdown has hit steel production; Volkswagen looks to commercialize autonomous vehicles…
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Today’s Pickup: Water trucks deliver relief as Turkey pushes into Syria
UNICEF continues delivering thousands of gallons of water per day as relief agencies struggle to continue operating amid Turkish offensive into Kurdish-controlled territory.
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Today’s Pickup: ‘Stink fruit’ cargo spoiled an Air Canada flight
Pilots donned oxygen masks and returned to Vancouver after shipment of durian filled the 767 with the fruit’s notoriously noxious aroma.
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Today’s Pickup: This drone could save your life
Deliveries of automated defibrillators by drone beat paramedics by seven minutes to simulated cardiac arrest patients during round of test flights in Canada.
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Today’s Pickup: Legal home deliveries of marijuana coming to Massachusetts
State cannabis regulator sets guidelines including two-person delivery teams with body cams and vehicles equipped with GPS, alarms and secure storage.
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Today’s Pickup: South Africa violence highlights deadly campaign against foreign truckers
President Cyril Ramaphosa pledges to crack down on xenophobic violence, which has claimed the lives of more than 200 foreign truckers since 2018.
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Today’s Pickup: China looks to resolve trade dilemma with the U.S. through negotiations
China looks to de-escalate tensions with the U.S.; German exports affected more by Brexit than trade war; Indian auto sector in trouble.
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Today’s Pickup: Canadian startup to offer its load board for free
The Canadian Load Board unveils aggressive zero-cost entry point as looks to bring users and loads to its network after a sluggish launch.
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