25 Nov Senate Commerce Committee Approves Airline Safety Bill Legislation designed to advance safety improvements across the aviation industry was approved by the Senate Commerce Committee Nov. 18. Read more...
25 Nov Amazon Merchants Say Deliveries of Some Products Are Delayed Amazon .com Inc. merchants around the U.S. say some products that normally reach customers in one or two days are now taking a week or longer just as the world’s largest online retailer heads into what’s expected to be a record-busting holiday shopping season. Read more...
25 Nov FHWA Proposal Would Allow States More Flexibility With Design Standards The Federal Highway Administration published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would allow state departments of transportation more flexibility with design standards when repairing highways and interstates. Read more...
25 Nov US Recovery More Tenuous as Jobless Claims Rise, Incomes Fall Applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits unexpectedly posted the first back-to-back weekly increase since July, while Americans’ incomes and savings fell last month. Read more...
25 Nov VW’s Traton to Build China Truck Factory in Expansion Push Traton SE is stepping up expansion plans in China after Volkswagen AG’s truck division hammered out a deal to acquire Navistar International Corp. to boost its presence in North America. Read more...
25 Nov Oil Advances to Eight-Month High on Demand Optimism Oil extended gains, trading at its highest level since March, on mounting optimism that recent breakthroughs on a COVID-19 vaccine will lead to a swift recovery in global energy demand next year. Read more...
25 Nov FedEx, UPS Feel Van Squeeze Amid E-Commerce Rush FedEx Corp. and UPS Inc. are running into a shortage of delivery vans, prompting a surprise cost squeeze that’s cutting into profits during a record surge in package volumes. Read more...
24 Nov High Freight Demand Provides Momentum for Trucking Industry Economic indicators suggest the trucking industry could be poised for growth in 2021, after the coronavirus pandemic caused a topsy-turvy year in 2020 marked by unpredictable demand and continued uncertainty in the driver pool. Read more...
24 Nov UPS Will Make Dry Ice, Offer Freezers for Vaccine Distribution UPS Inc. has set up its own dry ice production and will provide portable, super-cold freezers to its health care customers as the courier prepares for the massive rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. Read more...
24 Nov Strehl Announces Acquisition of Rocketail Strehl purchased the assets of the semi-trailer tail-end drag reduction systems maker Rocketail, the company announced Nov. 23. Read more...