This week on Taking the Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, founder and CEO of DriverReach, is joined by longtime friend and industry leader Eli McCormick, president and CEO of family-owned Bestway Express Inc. Indiana-based Bestway Express was founded by McCormick’s father and started out hauling furniture to a handful of East Coast cities. After a few…
This story originally appeared on flyingmag.com. More than a year after the Federal Aviation Administration published the final, nearly 400-page report from its beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) advisory rulemaking committee, the agency has opened the door to expanded unmanned operations for four major aviation players. On Tuesday, the FAA announced it is seeking public comment on four…
Container flow in April decreased at ports in Houston and New Orleans, while crude oil exports boosted Corpus Christi. Port Houston reports 8% decline in container volumes Port Houston’s total container volume slipped 8% year over year (y/y) in April to 307,879 twenty-foot equivalent units. Port officials said container volumes are slowing amid an expected…
“Our ships are still chockablock full — that’s a good sign,” said Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Germany ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd, during the company’s quarterly call earlier this month. He wasn’t referring to all of the company’s ships, just those serving Latin America. Most of the world’s container trades have sunk back toward pre-COVID volumes…
A proceeding before the Surface Transportation Board is raising questions about how a Class I rail carrier should define adequate service under the common carrier obligation. It comes at a time when some shippers, rail unions and some members of Congress are calling for STB to provide more clarity on the federal guideline. Per federal…