Georgia lawmakers have allocated slightly over $6 million for Port of Brunswick harbor improvements after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommended upgrades. Gov. Brian Kemp signed the funding into law on Feb. 29 as part of the state’s midyear budget adjustment. The funding comes after the Army Corps of Engineers recommended a bend widener,…
Fuel fraud is a growing problem impacting the bottom line for fleets of all sizes. But Vice President of Sales Rich Taute at QuikQ, says RFID technology and multifactor authentication are expanding the way fleets can proactively combat these fraudulent transactions. Taute began his career back in 1995 running truck stops then moved on to…
Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) provider Locus Robotics on Wednesday launched its business intelligence tool LocusHub, enabling customers to leverage reporting tools and data insights to make recommendations to fleets of AMRs. The new solution will be available through its LocusOne platform, launched last year at the industry tradeshow ProMat. LocusBot Origin. (Photo: Locus Robotics) LocusOne…
Intermodal traffic continues to expand at the Port of Huntsville in north Alabama. The port recorded 27,597 container rail lifts at its intermodal center in 2023, a 24% year-over-year increase compared to 2022. “The key is our customer base is really expanding,” Butch Roberts, CEO of the Port of Huntsville, told FreightWaves. “We have Mazda…
Jim Vena’s opening remarks Wednesday at the J.P. Morgan 2024 Industrials Conference could easily be seen as a rebuttal to one man: Amit Bose, the chairman of the Federal Railroad Administration. Bose wrote a letter to the Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) CEO Feb. 29, responding to reports of extensive furloughs at the Class 1 railroad…