01 Sep CN Rail’s Kansas City Southern Deal Imperiled by STB Ruling The Canadian National Railway’s $33.6 billion bid to merge with the smaller but strategically significant Kansas City Southern suffered a serious and possibly fatal blow Aug. 31, as the U.S. Surface Transportation Board unanimously voted to reject a vital component of the agreement. Read more...
01 Sep Colonial Pipeline Resumes Operations After Shutdown for Ida Colonial Pipeline Co., a vital fuel transporter in the Southeast U.S., has restored operations following a temporary shutdown during Hurricane Ida, likely alleviating concerns about a new round of gas shortages in the region. Read more...
01 Sep Some Carriers Want to Go Green but Face Barriers, Convoy Survey Finds One-third of small and midsize trucking companies want to reduce emissions but face barriers, a Convoy survey released Aug. 31 showed. Read more...
01 Sep Louisiana Ports Shutdown May Impact Agriculture Exports The ports of New Orleans, Baton Rouge and South Louisiana, vital in terms of shipping grain commodities worldwide, have been shut down, and there is no timetable for when they will reopen. Read more...
01 Sep Consumer Confidence Falls to Six-Month Low on Delta Variant U.S. consumer confidence dropped in August to a six-month low, suggesting concerns over the delta variant and elevated prices are weighing on Americans’ views of the economy now and in the coming months. Read more...
01 Sep Cold Transport Moves Further Into Electrification The technology for cooling transported goods is moving further into electrification and other means to spur deployments of zero-emission transport refrigeration units, manufacturers said. Read more...
01 Sep Perspective: Unlocking Security Integration’s Trucking Potential The valuable assets that trucking, freight and logistics companies must protect from theft and damage require more than a one-size-fits-all solution, but creative opportunities exist for companies that integrate physical security with new technologies. Read more...
01 Sep Energy Companies Begin to Assess Damage From Ida Louisiana communities battered by Ida faced a new danger as they began the massive task of clearing debris and repairing damage from the storm: the possibility of weeks without power in the stifling, late-summer heat. Read more...
01 Sep Federal Response to Ida Includes Regulatory Relief for Truckers Hours-of-service flexibility for truckers involved in critical relief efforts is one element of the federal government’s response to Tropical Depression Ida. Read more...
01 Sep Lithium Fuels Hopes for Revival on California’s Largest Lake California’s largest but rapidly shrinking lake is at the forefront of efforts to make the U.S. a major global player in the production of lithium. Read more...