05 Feb Class 8 Orders Leap to Second-Highest Level Ever North American Class 8 orders in January surged to the second-highest total ever, analysts reported, pointing to new tax breaks and high freight rates as the reason. Read more...
05 Feb UPS Orders 14 More Boeing 747s The famed Boeing Co. 747 airplane now has a slightly longer lease on life — at least in the cargo transport industry. Read more...
05 Feb I-74 Bridge Replacement Aims to Ease Mobility in Quad Cities Corridor The Interstate 74 bridge replacement, a tandem project of the Iowa and Illinois departments of transportation, will increase capacity and facilitate mobility on an important corridor that links the two states. Read more...
05 Feb ‘I Love NY’ Highway Signs to Come Down After Federal Pressure The “I Love New York” signs that line New York’s highways will start coming down, according to state transportation officials. Read more...
05 Feb Crossword Puzzle Solution February 5, 2018 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the February 5, 2018 print edition. Read more...
05 Feb Florida Software Firm Optym’s Algorithms are Quietly Transforming Logistics Optym, founded by President and CEO Ravi Ahuja, considers real life transportation problems, formulates them as mathematical models with large number of variables (often in millions), solves them through sophisticated proprietary algorithms, and then packages the algorithms into commercial-grade software solutions. Read more...
05 Feb Capitol Agenda for the Week of Feb. 5: Country Club Builder Building hotels, resorts and country clubs isn't the same as building roads and bridges, according to one transportation policy expert. A look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
05 Feb Service Industries Expand by Most in at Least 10 Years America’s service industries expanded in January at the fastest pace in at least a decade as a surge in orders led to a pickup in hiring, figures from the Institute for Supply Management showed Feb. 5. Read more...
05 Feb Washington Town Undertakes $52 Million Road Project to Ease Truck Traffic UNION GAP, Wash. — On a daily average, 3,400 trucks hauling freight travel along Main Street and Valley Mall Boulevard in Union Gap, Wash., just to access Interstate 82. Read more...
05 Feb Cargo Theft Explodes in Mexico Cargo theft in Mexico has exploded since 2015, and totaled more than 4,000 thefts in 2017, according to SensiGuard Supply Chain Intelligence Center’s annual report on cargo theft in the country. Read more...