06 Dec Funding, Freight Among Retiring T&I Chairman Bill Shuster’s Enduring Priorities After nearly two decades in Congress, Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Bill Shuster will at month’s end vacate his House seat and with it his perch as chairman of the influential Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Read more...
06 Dec Businesses Added a Solid 179,000 Jobs Last Month WASHINGTON — U.S. businesses hired new workers at a solid pace in November, adding 179,000 jobs, according to a private survey. Read more...
06 Dec Productivity Rises 2.3% in Third Quarter WASHINGTON — U.S. productivity grew at an annual rate of 2.3% in the July-September quarter, slower than the previous quarter but still an improvement over the weak annual gains of the past decade. Labor costs rose at a modest pace in the third quarter. Read more...
06 Dec Service Industries Expand to Near-Record Level in November A gauge of U.S. service industries unexpectedly rose in November to a near-record level amid gains in business activity and new orders, adding to indications that the sector remains robust in the fourth quarter. Read more...
06 Dec China Implementing Agreed-Upon Trade Deals With US, Official Says China and the United States have reached agreement in the sectors of agriculture, autos and energy, and China will immediately start implementing that consensus, a government spokesman said. Read more...
06 Dec Safe Fleet Buys Roll-Rite Automated Covering Systems Safe Fleet has acquired the Roll-Rite group of companies, according to a news release. The Belton, Mo.-based company owns brands and products that enhance safety and productivity for fleet vehicle manufacturers and operators. Safe Fleet has 1,500 employees and 14 manufacturing locations. Read more...
05 Dec J.B. Hunt Transport Services Takes Delivery of First All-Electric Trucks J.B. Hunt Transport Services has made its first purchase of electric-powered trucks, acquiring five medium-duty eCanter box trucks from Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. for use in making deliveries in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., and in the greater Houston area in Texas. Read more...
05 Dec Transervice Logistics, Prairie Farms Dairy Agree to Contract Maintenance Deal Transervice Logistics, a customized transportation service provider, has announced that it has entered into an on-site dedicated contract maintenance agreement with Prairie Farms Dairy, one of the largest dairy cooperatives in the Midwest, at its bottling plant in Somerset, Ky. Read more...
05 Dec Inland Port Coming to Northeast Georgia A regional terminal for cargo heading from the Port of Savannah to area companies could open in 2021 at the Gateway Industrial Centre off Ga. 365 in North Hall. Read more...
05 Dec Rep. DeFazio on Earmarks Ban: ‘Don’t Think We Need That Rule’ WASHINGTON — The next chairman of the transportation policy panel in the U.S. House of Representatives said the ban on earmarks the GOP imposed nearly a decade ago is no longer needed. Read more...