12 Feb DAT Unveils Freight Broker Intelligence Service DAT Freight & Analytics introduced a subscription-based service for freight brokers Feb. 12 to help with spot and contract transactions. Read more...
12 Feb Dems to Push Clean Energy Tax Breaks in Infrastructure Plan House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal unveiled plans to pursue tax breaks for renewable energy as a way to ease the shift away from fossil fuels in President Joe Biden’s upcoming infrastructure bill. Read more...
12 Feb Hyliion Launches Next-Generation Battery Module for Hybrid Truck Hyliion Holdings Corp., a manufacturer of electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 commercial vehicles, announced the introduction of its next-generation battery module that integrates Toshiba’s LTO cells with Hyliion’s technology advancements. Read more...
12 Feb Navistar Adds Property to Support Texas Truck Plant Navistar International Corp. announced it acquired a property in San Antonio to house support functions for its under-construction plant in the area. Read more...
12 Feb Amazon Sues N.Y. Attorney General, Claiming Excessive COVID Demands Amazon .com Inc. is suing the New York State attorney general, arguing that she’s exceeding her authority in seeking to penalize the company for alleged failures in its pandemic safety protocols and treatment of workers at New York City warehouses. Read more...
12 Feb New York Gov. Cuomo Announces $87 Million in Rail, Port Funding New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the availability of $87 million for port and rail improvements in an effort to enhance the state’s trade corridors, Read more...
12 Feb Biden Team Cool to Preflight Virus Tests Floated by Buttigieg President Joe Biden’s administration isn’t seriously considering an imminent coronavirus testing requirement for domestic U.S. flights, people familiar with the matter said. Read more...
12 Feb Forward Air Revenue Increased While Income Declined for Q4 Forward Air Corp. reported record fourth-quarter revenue but a decline in net income. Read more...
12 Feb Consumer Sentiment Unexpectedly Falls to Six-Month Low Consumer sentiment unexpectedly declined to a six-month low in early February as the outlook for personal income deteriorated and more Americans anticipated faster inflation in the year ahead. Read more...
12 Feb Illinois Launches Program to Promote Supply Chain Management Training Illinois officials and the Association for Supply Chain Management have partnered to launch a job-training program. Read more...