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Amazon Expands Delivery Trial That Could Hurt FedEx, UPS
Amazon.com Inc. is expanding a service launched to make more groceries, cleaning supplies and other products available for quick delivery directly from merchants without overwhelming the e-commerce giant’s warehouses with additional inventory, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg News.
Georgia Ports Orders Eight Cranes for Savannah Intermodal Railyard Expansion
The Georgia Ports Authority has ordered eight rail-mounted gantry cranes from Konecranes as part of a recently started construction project to expand the Port of Savannah’s on-dock intermodal yard.
January 29, 2018Demand for RNG Surged in 2017, Clean Energy Fuels Reports
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced that sales of Redeem, its renewable natural gas product, grew 32% in 2017 to 79 million gallons compared with 60 million gallons in 2016.
Editorial: A Moment to Come Together
As the old saying goes, there is strength in numbers. And some of what leaders on Capitol Hill are saying suggests now is a good time for various factions across the trucking industry to come together toward common goals.
January 28, 2018Port of Virginia Gets Preliminary OK on Dredging Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has preliminarily approved a project to dredge Virginia’s Norfolk Harbor from 50 feet to 55 feet, but a final decision on whether to fund it will come this summer.
January 26, 2018ELD Compliance: More Thoughts From Key Executives
More comments from key executives on the state of ELD compliance, one month after the mandate went into effect.
Mack Adds Split-Shaft Function for mDrive HD AMT
Mack Trucks introduced split-shaft functionality for its Mack mDRIVE HD automated manual transmission to provide customers with high-demand power takeoff.
January 26, 2018Podcast: Transport Topics' Seth Clevenger on the Future of Autonomous Trucks
Transport Topics Managing Editor/Features Seth Clevenger talks about the future of autonomous trucks, the ELD mandate, the ongoing driver shortage and spends some time on electric trucks with financial-services company The Motley Fool.
January 26, 2018Ceva Logistics to Operate New Ikea Warehouse Scheduled to Open Later This Year in N.Y.
Ikea has signed a lease on a 975,000-square-foot distribution center in Staten Island, N.Y., that will be operated by Ceva Logistics.
January 26, 2018Bendix Expands Brake Shoe Options
Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake announced a steel, coreless shoe with its Bendix Basic Friction or Bendix Advanced Friction lines.
January 26, 2018