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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced on Wednesday it is gaining ground on its ability to help importers and container vessel operators navigate shifts in freight flows with new information it is publishing from inland rail terminals and warehouses. The increase in timely ocean container import data being supplied by private industry into the U.S….
Canadian passenger airline WestJet is finally on the precipice of activating its first cargo jets after nearly a year of costly regulatory delay. Before the new venture can be realized, the company must endure one more false start and Boeing’s late delivery of one aircraft. WestJet Cargo, which until now managed shipments on passenger planes,…
The Coast Guard set Port Condition Whiskey for the ports of Brownsville and Corpus Christi, Texas, through Monday in anticipation of Hurricane Beryl’s arrival. Corpus Christi and Brownsville port officials said they are closely monitoring new developments with the storm. Under Port Condition Whiskey, ports and other facilities can remain open for commercial operations. Hurricane…
California is rolling out new rules to move toward a zero-emission fleet of forklifts, against the backdrop of an industry that is already moving in that direction. The California Air Resources Board last month passed a final rule designed to phase out the use of large spark-ignited (LSI) forklifts. An LSI engine is one in…
A Baltimore UPS customer center is planning to close in August, according to a Maryland state filing. The move will affect hundreds of workers. A UPS (NYSE: UPS) on Vero Road will shutter Aug. 23, resulting in the layoffs of 540 employees, according to a Work Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed June 20 with the…
Trailer maker Wabash beat earnings estimates in the first quarter, pointing to a successful reorganization of the company four years in the making and long-term customer deals that lock in future revenue. “Customer portfolio reshaping [is] a significant redesign of our organization, and reporting structure [is] a new customer-centric go-to-market approach,” CEO Brent Yeagy told…