03 Apr Despite a Cautious Public, Automation the Future of Vehicles, Experts Say While the American public remains cautious about embracing the idea of self-driving vehicles, many popular vehicle features are forms of automation and that will only increase, speakers on a panel at an annual transportation conference said March 31. Read more...
03 Apr In Warehouses of the Future, Robots Do the Walking Warehouse workers who used to tire themselves out walking from one end of a sprawling building to the other have new tools to do their jobs more quickly and with a lot less shoe leather: robots. Read more...
03 Apr Midwestern Grocery Chain Countersues XPO, Alleges $12 Million in Damages Midwestern grocery chain Schnuck Markets has filed a counter lawsuit against XPO Logistics, the warehouse operator it hired to run its Kinloch, Mo., facility but then terminated for operational issues. Read more...
03 Apr Another Giant Warehouse, More Trucks, Planned for Pennsylvania Town The New York developers of the FedEx Ground plant are hoping to break ground this year on a second warehouse in Allen Township that would be even bigger. Read more...
03 Apr FedEx CEO Backed by Generals Tries to Nudge Trump on Fuel Rules To get Donald Trump to come around to tougher fuel-economy standards, a corporate titan is calling in the troops and following a battle plan that worked when George W. Bush was president. Read more...
03 Apr Idaho Needs to Open Roads to More, Heavier Trucks, Trucking Companies Say Jon Andrus, vice president of fleet management for Doug Andrus Distributing in Idaho Falls, said Idaho is behind the times and needs to open up more roads to heavier trucks, like those he would like to use in Latah County on U.S. Highway 95 and sections of State Highways 3 and 8. Read more...
03 Apr Biggest Ship Ever to Call on US East Coast to Visit Port of Virginia The biggest ship ever to call on the entire U.S. East Coast is scheduled to arrive May 8 at Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth. Read more...
03 Apr US Petroleum Exports Climb to Record as Crude Output Grows The year 2017 started off with a bang for American oil companies as total crude and petroleum products exports rose to a record 5.69 million barrels a day in January, government data show. Read more...
31 Mar New Wal-Mart Distribution Center to Impact Port of Mobile Traffic, I-10 Traffic Interstate 10 in coastal Alabama is expected to grow even busier next spring as a new wave of big trucks rolls onto the roadway. Those 600 or more trucks will be moving back and forth daily between the Port of Mobile and Wal-Mart's new supersize regional distribution center west of Mobile in the Grand Bay area. Read more...
31 Mar Installation Specialist Davaco Merges With Crane Worldwide Logistics Davaco Inc., a company that handles the installation of furniture and fixtures for retail stores, hotels and restaurants in the United States and Canada, announced that it will merge with Houston-based international freight forwarder Crane Worldwide Logistics. Read more...