05 Apr California Environmental Advocates Furious Over Legislation Seen as Break for Trucking Industry SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Democratic plan to fix California's roads faces major opposition from environmental and health advocates who are furious about a provision in the legislation that they say would give the trucking industry a significant break from pollution regulations. Read more...
05 Apr Louisiana Business Group Urges State Lawmakers to Approve Gas Tax to Fix Roads The Baton Rouge Area Chamber and 21 other groups April 4 urged state lawmakers to approve an increase of at least $500 million per year for roads, bridges and other transportation needs. Read more...
05 Apr Global Shipping Fleet Braces for Chaos of $60 Billion Fuel Shock Little more than 2½ years from now, the global fleet of merchant ships will have to reduce drastically how much sulfur their engines belch into the atmosphere. Read more...
05 Apr Companies in US Added 263,000 Employees in March, ADP Says Companies added workers to U.S. payrolls in March at the fastest pace since December 2014 on solid gains in construction and manufacturing and at small businesses, data from the ADP Research Institute in Roseland, N.J., showed April 5. Read more...
04 Apr Cargo Pilots Set to Take Labor Dispute Outside White House WASHINGTON - A group of pilots who ship packages for Amazon and DHL will protest outside the White House in a bid to get President Donald Trump's attention in a long-running labor dispute. Read more...
04 Apr UPS to Open $200 Million Texas Shipping Hub UPS Inc. has confirmed that it will open a new $200 million shipping center in Arlington, Texas. Read more...
04 Apr Saia Partners With TST Overland Express for Cross-Border LTL Service Saia Inc. has signed a deal to partner with TST Overland Express to provide cross-border less-than-truckload service between the United States and Canada, effective May 22. Read more...
04 Apr Coordinated Arson Attacks Cause $750,000 in Damage to Maine Company's Trucks POLAND, Maine - Arsonists set fire April 1 to several tractor-trailer cabs within minutes of each other in coordinated attacks at two locations about 36 miles apart, according to the Maine fire marshal's office. Read more...
04 Apr Analysis: What's Really Driving the Trade Deficit With China Before President Trump can shrink America's lopsided trade deficits - with China or anyone else - he first must recognize what's driving them. Read more...
04 Apr Ridgemont Equity Partners Invests in Dickinson Fleet Services Private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners has invested in the maintenance services company Dickinson Fleet Services, but financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Read more...