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The prospect of a wider war in the Middle East continues to fade and with it the prospects for $100 crude oil and higher price levels from the products that are made from it. The Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration average weekly retail diesel price declined 4.5 cents a gallon effective Monday, bringing that benchmark…
Stefan Trifan, president of APL Cargo, sat down with Taking the Hire Road host Jeremy Reymer to share his story of immigrating to the U.S. from Moldova and fulfilling the American dream. With no experience in the industry, Trifan acquired his CDL and started a trucking company. With just one truck, Trifan grew APL Cargo…
FedEx Corp. is laying off an undisclosed number of workers across the organization, despite posting stronger-than-expected quarterly results last week, as the company strives to hit targets for right-sizing the company. Meanwhile, parcel delivery rival UPS (NYSE: UPS) will eliminate more than 300 positions at its regional air hub in Ontario, California, because of slower…
While technological tools to inform local emergency service providers responding to a train derailment have a useful purpose, there are still gaps in how best to disseminate key initial information, according to witnesses at a National Transportation Safety Board hearing on the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio. Key…
Container volumes at South Carolina Ports slipped by about 10% year over year when comparing fiscal year 2023 with 2022, but they were up by about 1% from 2021, the port authority reported. Fiscal 2022 volumes were fueled by pandemic spending, which in turn produced an “unprecedented cargo boom,” SC Ports said Tuesday. But fiscal…
UPS Inc. has agreed to install air conditioning in package cars as part of language contained in the proposed master contract between the company and the Teamsters union, the Teamsters said Tuesday night. New tentative contract language would mandate in-cab AC systems in all of UPS’ package cars purchased after Jan. 1, 2024, the Teamsters…