21 Sep FedEx Sets Rate Increase, Cites Challenging Operating Environment FedEx Corp. plans to raise its delivery rates in 2022 by the most in at least a decade as the courier shoulders rising costs in what it called a “challenging operating environment.” Read more...
20 Sep Medium-Duty Sales Fall 6.5% in August for Second-Lowest Month of 2021 Medium-duty U.S. retail sales in August just cleared 18,000 but were the second-lowest of 2021 after February’s bottom of 17,580, WardsAuto.com reported. Read more...
20 Sep USDOT Announces Aid for California Highway Project, INFRA Support A key corridor in Orange County, Calif., is the recent recipient of additional federal funding assistance to expand highway access in the region, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced recently. Read more...
20 Sep Diesel Rises 1.3¢ to $3.385 a Gallon The national average price of diesel increased 1.3 cents to $3.385 a gallon one week after remaining virtually unchanged, according to Energy Information Administration data released Sept. 20. Read more...
20 Sep GM Says Production Starts on Replacement Batteries for Bolts General Motors said Sept. 20 that production has resumed for battery modules used in recalled Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles, and customers could start getting replacement parts by mid-October. Read more...
20 Sep Democrats Dare GOP, Link Debt Limit to Vital Spending Bill House Democrats will include a suspension of the U.S. debt ceiling in a spending bill needed to keep the government open past the end of this month, a risky move backed by President Joe Biden that assures a potentially damaging showdown with Republicans. Read more...
20 Sep Shell’s Storm Damage Pinches One-Sixth of Gulf Oil Royal Dutch Shell Plc warned that production from two of its largest Gulf of Mexico fields won’t resume until next year after Hurricane Ida inflicted “significant structural damage.” Read more...
20 Sep FMCSA Nominee Testifies Before US Senate Panel Sept. 22 When Meera Joshi testifies before the Senate committee on freight affairs this week, she will have the opportunity to explain her qualifications to fill the role of administrator at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
20 Sep Crossword Puzzle Solution for September 20, 2021 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the September 20, 2021 print edition. Read more...
20 Sep Fed Likely to Signal a Coming Pullback in Economic Support WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is expected this week to send its clearest signal yet that it will start reining in its ultra-low-interest rate policies later this year, a first step toward unwinding the extraordinary support it has given the economy since the pandemic struck 18 months ago. Read more...