Squat challenge shines light on supply chain fitness

Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Newsletter presented by Chevron Renewable Energy Group. In this issue, Squats Across America; Aurora and Uber Freight team up; RXO stock soars; and more. Chevron Renewable Energy Group provides liquid fuels to help power the lower-carbon energy journey — with leading-edge quality, go-to-market agility, lower-carbon solutions and strategic partnerships….

Texas Gulf Coast ports record strong freight movements in May

Port Houston’s container cargo volumes surged 21% in May; while the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, recorded a 6.7% increase in total shipments. Port Houston sees boost in cargo volumes from consumer spending Port Houston handled 364,866 twenty-foot equivalent units in May, a 21% year-over-year (y/y) increase. Buoyed by regional consumer spending on items like…

Iowa officials: Long-missing trucker died of hypothermia after using meth

Iowa authorities have concluded that a trucker whose body was found in April less than a mile from his abandoned truck died from hypothermia after he used meth. The Sac County attorney’s office announced Friday that the death of David Schultz, whose body was discovered April 24, was accidental. Schultz, a 53-year-old trucker from Wall…

NTSB makes 20 recommendations stemming from East Palestine derailment

This story originally appeared on Trains.com by correspondent Bill Stephens. EAST PALESTINE, Ohio – Norfolk Southern and its contractors should not have decided to vent and burn derailed tank cars carrying vinyl chloride three days after the Feb. 3, 2023, derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.   The five tank…