22 Jan Cloverleaf Cold Storage Enters Agreement to Merge with Zero Mountain Cold storage warehousing company Cloverleaf Cold Storage has entered into an agreement to merge with Zero Mountain Inc., a cold storage warehousing and transportation company serving customers in Arkansas, according to a Jan. 7 press release. Read more...
22 Jan Heartland Express Sees Profits Jump as Fleet Gets Smaller Heartland Express reported lower revenue but higher profits in the fourth quarter of 2018 as the company continues a program to shrink its fleet and re-establish itself as one of the nation’s most efficient truck operators. Read more...
22 Jan UPS Expands Keyless Apartment-Building Entry That Started in NYC United Parcel Service Inc. is expanding a keyless-entry system for package deliveries at apartment buildings after a successful test in New York and San Francisco. Read more...
22 Jan Diesel Falls for 14th Consecutive Week The U.S. average retail price of diesel dropped 1.1 cents to $2.965 a gallon for the week of Jan. 21, despite an increase in crude oil prices to $53 per barrel, or $3 higher than a week before. Read more...
22 Jan Advocates Name Best, Worst States for Highway Safety Laws Rhode Island has again topped an advocacy group’s report that evaluates states’ road safety enforcement efforts. Read more...
22 Jan Amazon Arrival Helps Chicago Rockford International Airport Break Cargo Record ROCKFORD, Ill. — More than 2.1 billion pounds of cargo made its way through Chicago Rockford International Airport in 2018 — shattering the previous record, set in 2017, by 55%. Read more...
22 Jan Capitol Agenda for the Week of Jan. 21: Autonomous Anxiety Why don't consumers trust autonomous vehicles? Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao says it's partly because manufacturers need to do a better job explaining the vehicles' capabilities. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
22 Jan Federal Shutdown Affects Oklahoma DOT’s Future Road Projects The Oklahoma Department of Transportation has delayed the bidding process for upcoming infrastructure projects due to funding uncertainty caused by the ongoing partial shutdown of the federal government. Read more...
22 Jan Eclipse IA Announces Merger With On Time Staffing Eclipse IA, a productivity-based staffing solutions provider for the supply chain industry, has announced a merger with On Time Staffing, along with its People Logistics division. Read more...
22 Jan Tesla Gets Green Light to Start Delivering Model 3 in Europe Tesla Inc. received permission to start selling its Model 3 in Europe, clearing the final hurdle in bringing the electric-car maker’s top seller to the home turf of Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Read more...