CHICAGO — ProMat 2023 is well underway, and the announcements have been coming fas and furious. The massive trade show, running this week for the first time since 2019, features 1,000 of the top supply chain and logistics companies pitching their latest and greatest solutions to tens of thousands of guests. As you can imagine,…
The National Transportation Safety Board released two preliminary reports Monday that describe the events surrounding two separate incidents involving Norfolk Southern trains. Investigations into both incidents are ongoing, the agency said. For one incident involving a derailment of an NS train on March 9 in Alabama, NTSB said that as it continues to investigate the…
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have denied a compliance exemption request by Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) for equipment installed on its 2020-21 model year Freightliner Cascadia trucks in a ruling that will likely require the company to issue a recall for approximately 24,282 vehicles. The decision by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, scheduled to…
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,…
Eco-driving improvements can lower the risk of a collision or other critical events as well as reduce fuel bills, emerging Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) shows. They can lower insurance […]