Government, Business, Logistics

Port of Savannah Reports Record Cargo Volumes for January

SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Port of Savannah has added another month to its streak of record cargo volumes amid a surge that has forced U.S. seaports to scramble to meet demand.

February 14, 2022
Business, Logistics

Maersk Sees Record Profit as Demand Surges

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Maersk said that 2021 was its most profitable year yet, bringing in $18.7 billion as surging demand from a rebounding global economy led to supply chain logjams.

February 9, 2022
Government, Business, Fuel

Senators Call for Gas Tax Suspension to Blunt Rising Prices

WASHINGTON — Some Democratic senators on Feb. 9 called for suspending the federal gas tax for the remainder of the year to help consumers struggling with rising fuel prices.

February 9, 2022
Business, Fuel

Exxon Restructures Divisions, Packs Up for Houston

NEW YORK — Exxon Mobil is restructuring its business into three divisions and moving its headquarters 250 miles south from Irving, Texas, to its campus north of Houston.

January 31, 2022
Government, Business, Technology

Ohio Lured Intel’s Chip Plant With $2B in Incentives

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio offered Intel Corp. incentives worth roughly $2 billion to secure a new $20 billion chipmaking factory that the company says will help alleviate a global shortage and create a new technology hub in the Midwest.

January 28, 2022
Government, Business

Biden Visits Collapsed Bridge, Touts Infrastructure Needs

PITTSBURGH — Arriving just hours after a serious bridge collapse, President Joe Biden stared into the cratered muddy earth where the aging span fell early Jan. 28, striking evidence supporting the $1 trillion infrastructure law he already had planned to tout on his trip here.

January 28, 2022
Government, Business, Safety

Bridge Collapses in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — A 50-year-old bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Jan. 28, requiring rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet and form a human chain to reach occupants of a bus that had plummeted with the span into a park ravine.

January 28, 2022
Business, Technology, Fuel

Bentley Pours Billions Into Electric Car Overhaul

LONDON — Bentley Motors is pouring billions into upgrading manufacturing to accelerate its electric vehicle development plan, joining other auto brands shifting away from gasoline engines, the luxury automaker said Jan. 26.

January 26, 2022
Business, Safety

Thieves Raiding Rail Cargo Containers in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — Thieves have been raiding cargo containers aboard trains nearing downtown Los Angeles for months, taking packages belonging to people across the U.S. and leaving the tracks blanketed with discarded boxes.

January 14, 2022
Business, Logistics

Another Round of Snow Aimed at Frigid Northwest

A thaw-out is coming for frozen Seattle and Portland, Ore., but not before another round of snow that could compound problems for a region more accustomed to winter rain than arctic blasts.

December 29, 2021