11 Aug New Containership Service to Be ‘Fruitful’ for Central America, Port Everglades Cargo chartering company King Ocean Services Ltd. has entered into a vessel-sharing agreement with Crowley Caribbean Services to offer less-than-containerload service between Port Everglades, Fla., and Central America. Read more...
11 Aug Hub Group Offers New Tablet, Smartphone Platform to Track Containers Hub Group has launched a tablet and smartphone platform to allows customers to track and trace containers. Read more...
11 Aug Consumer Prices Up 0.1% in July; Fed Signals Plans for Third Interest Rate Hike WASHINGTON — Consumer prices posted a slight gain in July, with higher costs for medical care and clothing offsetting declines for hotel stays and consumer cellphone plans. Read more...
11 Aug Averitt Nearing Construction Date on Larger Jacksonville Truck Terminal Averitt Express Inc. is about to begin construction on a project to open up a truck terminal in West Jacksonville, Fla. — a 56,440-square-foot facility that will cost about $5 million to build. Read more...
11 Aug Unchecked Driver Shortage in Ohio Could Harm Economy, Warns State Trucking Industry, Officials Ohio state Rep. John Boccieri met with local and regional leaders from the trucking industry to discuss a growing problem for freight haulers: a lack of qualified workers. Read more...
11 Aug Pension Woes Getting Worse For Federal Agency Protecting Benefits The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.’s multiemployer pension insurance program will run out of money by the end of 2025, according to a new report from the government agency in charge of taking over troubled plans such as the Central States Pension Fund. Read more...
11 Aug Oklahoma Fuel Taxes Among Lowest in the Nation While gasoline prices are hovering around $2 per gallon in Oklahoma, that’s not the direct cost of the fuel. State and federal taxes tally up to 35.4 cents of total gasoline cost per gallon. Read more...
11 Aug Oil Poised for Weekly Decline Amid Weaker Demand Outlook Oil slipped, heading for the biggest weekly loss in a month, as the outlook for demand dimmed in an already shaky market. Read more...
11 Aug Amazon’s Warehouse Robots Are Boosting Productivity, Getting Goods to Customers Faster The new human jobs – 1,500 in this case – got the headlines, but it’s the robots that make online retail giant Amazon’s new Sacramento, Calif., distribution center zing. Read more...
11 Aug Pennsylvania, Delaware Join Study of East Coast Road Usage Tax Pennsylvania motorists will have an opportunity to participate in a study exploring the potential impact of a road usage tax on the East Coast. Read more...