Yale Materials Handling Corp. has introduced "For the Long Run," an interactive video game designed to teach managers and lift-truck operators about safety. The game lets users choose a lift truck and then run through three challenging levels, moving products on pallets within a warehouse environment and into a truck. Go to www.yale.com to play the free game. … Purolator USA has selected the Raleigh-Durham, S.C., area for its Southeast regional headquarters. … FedEx Express is introducing 10 hybrid-electric/diesel vehicles to its European fleet. The delivery vans, manufactured by Iveco, will run through test trials in Turin, Italy, before the program is expanded elsewhere. … Atlas Material Handling has acquired Warehouse Products, a material handling distributor based in San Bernardino, Calif. … Workers at the Port of Tacoma have begun enrollment in the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The initiative is designed to assure that all individuals with unescorted access to a port have undergone a thorough background check. … Mallory International Logistics has acquired the assets of 7M Transport of Louisville, Ky. … ShipGreen has developed a new Web tool for ecommerce merchants interested in saving the planet. Using the ShipGreen tool, online customers can calculate and then offset the carbon emissions they create with each product they ship.
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