20 Nov R.J. Corman Railroad Acquires Six Rail Companies R.J. Corman Railroad Co. has acquired six rail companies, according to a Nov. 5 press release. Read more...
20 Nov Freelancer Acquires Channel 40, Launches New Freight Marketplace Freelancer, a jobs and crowdsourcing marketplace, has acquired Channel 40, an enterprise marketplace that connects freight owners with transport operators. Freelancer also has launched Freightlancer.com, a global marketplace for freight, shipping and transportation. Read more...
20 Nov Safer Solutions Sought for Hazmat Drivers Traveling Colorado’s Treacherous Loveland Pass With its 180-degree bends, 7% grades, dangerous drop-offs and strong wind gusts, the hazardous material truck drivers hauling heavy petroleum loads who make the 9.5-mile journey though Colorado’s Loveland Pass call the drive a “white-knuckle experience.” Read more...
20 Nov Trucking Crews Begin Assistance Effort for California Residents Affected by Wildfires With donations to help those affected by the recent California wildfires arriving from around the country, trucking fleets are bracing to help deliver supplies for relief efforts. Read more...
20 Nov Tesla Looks to Trucking for Ways to Accelerate Deliveries of Model 3 Cars Elon Musk is doing everything he can to speed up deliveries of the Tesla Model 3, including the tantalizing prospect that he may have purchased a trucking company to augment capacity provided by existing vehicle haulers. Read more...
20 Nov Department of Interior Moves to Expand Drilling in Alaskan Oil Reserve The Trump administration is moving to expand the territory open for oil exploration in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve, a process that could shift drilling rigs closer to herds of caribou and flocks of threatened birds. Read more...
20 Nov Labor Participation at Full Employment, Study Shows The U.S. labor market doesn’t have much more room to tighten, according to a new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco that examines trends in the number of Americans who are either working or looking for jobs. Read more...
20 Nov Home Construction Rises 1.5% in October U.S. home construction improved 1.5% in October, but in a troubling sign, groundbreakings for single-family houses fell. Read more...
20 Nov Amazon, Target Waive Minimum Purchase for Free Holiday Shipping Amazon.com and Target Corp. have opened the floodgates on free shipping. Recent moves by the retailers to eliminate minimum-purchase amounts for free shipping have boosted the share of online orders that get delivered gratis, according to data from retail analytics company DynamicAction. Read more...
20 Nov Truck Makers, Suppliers Aim to Combat Road Salt Corrosion With Protective Coatings When winter weather arrives, what also comes with it is the use of road salt, which exacerbates truck corrosion. Read more...