11 Dec New Foreign-Trade Zone Warehouse to Open Near Port of Jacksonville North Florida Warehouse FTZ, a division of JZ Expedited Cos., has been granted permission to operate an outdoor foreign-trade zone for the Port of Jacksonville. Read more...
11 Dec Jack Cooper Exec. Sarah Riggs Amico to Run for Georgia Lt. Gov Sarah Riggs Amico, executive chairman of car-hauling company Jack Cooper Holdings Corp., formally announced her candidacy for lieutenant governor of Georgia, running as a Democrat. Read more...
11 Dec Capitol Agenda for the Week of Dec. 11: Infrastructure’s Favorite D.J. It’s time to check in on D.J. Gribbin. When we last left him, which was last week, Gribbin, the president’s adviser on infrastructure policy, promoted the politics of optimism. Here's a look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
11 Dec Crossword Puzzle Solution December 11, 2017 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the December 11, 2017 print edition. Read more...
11 Dec Cardinal Logistics Files Notice of 102 Layoffs Cardinal Logistics Management Corp. will lay off 102 employees on Jan. 8, 2018 after “the loss of a major contract” to a competitor, the logistics and dedicated contract carriage company wrote in a notice to the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce. Read more...
11 Dec Washington State Roads are Getting Worse, New Data Shows By several standards, the transportation network of Washington state is creaking under the pressures of age and economic growth. Read more...
11 Dec DTNA Launches 3-D Printed Parts Pilot Test Daimler Trucks North America announced it will make its first pilot program delivery of plastic parts produced using 3-D printing technologies to its customers in the coming weeks. Read more...
11 Dec State Transit Leaders Ask Chao to Delay Reporting Start Date Chief executives from transit agencies are asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to delay the start date for a federal mandate requiring the organizations to begin reporting on their performance management Read more...
11 Dec Precision Pricing The less-than-truckload industry is embracing dimensioning technology to enable more accurate freight pricing and automate what used to be manual tasks. Read more...
11 Dec Shipping Costs are Surging Globally The cost of moving pretty much every dry-bulk commodity — from fertilizer to salt to rocks — has surged since July, lifting the London-based Baltic Exchange’s main freight gauge to its highest in almost four years. Read more...