04 Dec California Commission Approves $2 Billion in Infrastructure Projects The California Transportation Commission has approved $2 billion for 56 new projects, some of which aim to improve the movement of goods and reduce congestion. Read more...
04 Dec JBS Sends Thousands of Meat Workers Home During COVID Surge A surge in COVID-19 cases is starting to impact American meat-processing operations in another potential threat to food supply chains that were upended in the early stages of the pandemic. Read more...
04 Dec US Trade Deficit Rises 1.7% to $63.1 Billion in October The U.S. trade deficit widened 1.7% in October to $63.1 billion. The politically sensitive gap in the trade of goods with China and Mexico grew. Read more...
04 Dec Jobs Recovery Slows as Virus Rages, Boosting Aid Chances The U.S. labor market rebound slowed markedly in November, indicating the surge in COVID-19 cases is hitting workers and curbing the broader economic recovery as the unemployment rate edged down to 6.7% Read more...
04 Dec Rep. Sam Graves Chosen Again to Lead House Republican T&I Caucus Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives selected Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri to lead their efforts on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee during the 117th Congress. Read more...
03 Dec Top Pork Producer Smithfield Makes Room in Freezers for Vaccine Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s biggest pork producer, is willing to share space in its ultra-low-temperature freezers to store COVID-19 vaccines, the company said Dec. 3 in an emailed statement. Read more...
03 Dec VTNA Unveils Plan for Launch of VNR Electric Sales Volvo Trucks North America announced a far-reaching plan for the launch of its heavy-duty VNR Electric model. Read more...
03 Dec Working Group Tackles COVID Food Supply Chain Disruptions Leaders in the food transportation sector are working together to share lessons learned during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
03 Dec Democrats Eye New COVID-19 Aid Before adjourning for the year, top Democrats on Capitol Hill are not ruling out the possibility of advancing a nearly $1 trillion COVID-19 package that includes aid for transportation networks. Read more...
03 Dec Daimler Picks Bernd Pischetsrieder to Be Next Chairman Daimler AG’s supervisory board picked Bernd Pischetsrieder to be its next chairman and help navigate the maker of Mercedes-Benz luxury cars through a seismic industry transformation. Read more...