12 Nov Rep. Donald Payne Aims for Railroads Subcommittee Chairmanship A senior member of New Jersey’s congressional delegation is vying to lead the panel with jurisdiction over the country’s freight and passenger railroad affairs. Read more...
12 Nov FedEx in Partnership to Use Facilities as Cloud Service Hubs Dell Technologies Inc., FedEx Corp. and Switch Inc. are building a U.S. network of data centers, offering businesses an alternative to maintaining their own server farms or using major cloud providers such as Amazon .com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Read more...
12 Nov Pfizer Vaccine Road Map Shows Logistical, Financial Obstacles When Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s COVID-19 vaccine rolls off production lines, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. will be waiting to distribute it through a complex and costly system of deep-freeze airport warehouses, refrigerated vehicles and inoculation points across China. Read more...
12 Nov October Class 8 Sales Stay Strong Class 8 U.S. retail sales in October remained 18.4% below year-ago levels, but closed in on 19,000, WardsAuto .com reported. Read more...
12 Nov Food Retail Carriers Anticipate High-Demand Holiday Season The food retail sector and fleets that support it are headed for a particularly busy holiday season, experts say. Read more...
10 Nov Holiday Ramp-Up Portends Glad Tidings for Trucking A leading supply chain economist and data from a trucking industry research company show warehouses are filling up in advance of what could be a very busy holiday season. Read more...
10 Nov GAO Overturns Award of $19.9 Billion Global Military Moving Contract The U.S. Government Accountability Office has overturned the award of a potential nine-year, $19.9 billion contract to a New Jersey company for moving military household goods worldwide. Read more...
10 Nov Carriers Highlight Industry Issues Persisting After Volatile Year Trucking companies detailed the market challenges that persist in the waning weeks of 2020 during a three-day conference on economic trends. Read more...
10 Nov Mitch McConnell Moves to Avoid US Shutdown With Spending Bills Senate Republicans released 12 bills to fund the government through next September, the first move toward negotiations with House Democrats that will be vital to avoid a federal shutdown in December. Read more...
10 Nov New York Completes Bridge Project to Prevent Truck Strikes New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced the completion of a bridge replacement project that is meant to prevent bridge strikes by providing higher clearance for vehicles, including trucks. Read more...