05 Jul Senate Panel to Consider STB Nominee Michelle Schultz July 10 The Senate Commerce Committee has scheduled the consideration of Michelle Schultz to be a member of the Surface Transportation Board for July 10. Read more...
03 Jul In Court Filing, Prime Inc. Says Amazon’s Use of ‘Prime’ Causes Confusion Prime Inc. says Amazon’s display of “Prime” on its shipping vehicles creates a likelihood of confusion with Prime Inc.'s trucking business, a July 2 complaint in the Western District of Missouri says. Read more...
03 Jul Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards Signs $700 Million Infrastructure Bill Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards recently signed legislation that would direct $700 million to transportation projects across the state. Read more...
03 Jul Class 8 Orders Come In at 13,000 for June as Freight Movement Slows June orders for North American Class 8 trucks were down 69% from last June. Read more...
03 Jul Kentucky Unveils Potential Statewide Projects The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s list of projects that will be considered as candidates for state transportation funding includes improvement plans for several major freight corridors. Read more...
03 Jul Quest Global Acquires Dakota Moon Quest Global acquired Dakota Moon Enterprises LLC, a Nevada-based engineering and supply chain services provider to the aerospace industry, according to a Quest news release. Read more...
03 Jul Ford Readies for Push in Electric Cars, Morgan Stanley Says Ford Motor Co. is preparing to make a bigger push in electric vehicles, according to Morgan Stanley. Read more...
03 Jul New Shipping Fuel Rules Are Starting to Rock the Oil Market They may still be six months away, but new rules on marine fuels are already sending shock waves through the little-known world of refinery feedstocks. Read more...
03 Jul Lee Iacocca, Engineer of Chrysler’s Turnaround, Dies at 94 DETROIT — Lee Iacocca, the auto executive and master pitchman who put the Mustang in Ford’s lineup in the 1960s and became a corporate folk hero when he resurrected Chrysler 20 years later, has died in Bel Air, Calif. He was 94. Read more...
03 Jul Once Touted as an Economic Boon, W.Va. Intermodal Facility Faces Auction Block Once touted as a key economic development tool for southwestern and central West Virginia, the $32 million Heartland Intermodal Gateway is likely to shut down this fall, and go on the auction block within a year, Transportation Secretary Byrd White said July 2. Read more...