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The Federal Highway Administration has announced $148 million in grants to combat pollution at the nation’s ports caused by idling trucks. The funding is part of a $400 million program to improve air quality under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The first round of grants provides funding to 11 states and Puerto Rico under the Reduction…
With the closure of the Port of Baltimore for the foreseeable future, the question of which truck drivers are most affected inevitably focuses first on drayage. But Baltimore is not a major intermodal port, with estimates that its share of U.S. intermodal traffic is in the low single digits. What the Port of Baltimore is,…
Amid a border standoff between the Biden administration and Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a convoy of trucks and other vehicles are heading to several border cities with the goal of rallying against illegal immigration. Organizers of the “Take Our Border Back Convoy” recently announced they are setting off from Virginia Beach, Virginia, to travel…
BOSTON — Daimler Truck is promising more shareholder value and forecast revenue growth of 40%-60% in the second half of the decade as it transitions from diesel trucks to zero-emissions powertrains in its major markets. In its first Capital Markets Day since splitting off from Daimler AG and former parent Mercedes-Benz in December 2021, Daimler…
As we approach the end of the first half of 2023, trans-Pacific eastbound spot rates are nearing their year-to-date lows, marking a critical level for ocean carriers. In conjunction with various factors such as the “bullwhip effect” impacting inventories at major U.S. importers, and a shift in consumer spending patterns, U.S. importers are expected to…
The cargo airline subsidiary of A.P. Moller-Maersk, best known as a titan in ocean shipping and logistics, has commenced its first routes connecting the U.S. and China. Maersk Air Cargo announced Tuesday that it has inaugurated twice-weekly freighter service between Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) in South Carolina and Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, as well as…