Business
Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.
Trillium CNG, Sheehy Mail Contractors Partner in Nebraska
Sheehy Mail Contractors Inc. has partnered with Trillium CNG after adding to its natural gas-vehicle fleet.
August 7, 2017Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Adds Natural Gas Fleets
Clean Energy Fuels Corp., a provider of natural gas fuel for transportation in North America, added three large fleets serving as United States Postal Service carriers.
August 7, 2017Workhorse Provides Brinks With Class 5 Electrified Trucks
CSX Rail Hub in North Carolina Expected to Create 1,500 Jobs
An intermodal CSX rail hub proposed for Rocky Mount will bring 1,500 jobs to North Carolina.
August 7, 2017CarriersEdge Highlights Ways to Reduce Distracted Driving
CarriersEdge, a provider of online safety and compliance training tools, introduced a course for truck drivers on methods for minimizing distracted driving.
August 5, 2017Dayton Freight Lines Opens Iowa Service Center
Dayton Freight Lines Inc. has opened a service center in Sioux City, Iowa, expanding the network for the less-than-truckload carrier to service Iowa and Minnesota.
August 4, 2017Odyssey Opens Chemical Sampling Facility in Shanghai
Danbury, Conn.-based Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corp., a global logistics provider, has announced the recent opening of a newly expanded facility for chemical sample fulfillment in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, China.
August 4, 2017Channel Pilots Use Simulator to Practice With Behemoth Neopanamax Ships
Capt. Tom Goodwin stood on the bridge of an oil tanker and looked upon the familiar Bayport Container Terminal. But instead of peering out a vessel’s front windows, he was in a high-tech simulator gazing intently at 13 monitors.
Power Lines Across River Won’t Short-Circuit Quest for Bigger Ships at Jacksonville Port, Officials Say
The high-voltage power lines that span Florida's St. Johns River and touch down on Blount Island were installed long before the Jacksonville Port Authority landed business from ocean-crossing cargo ships whose size is growing in leaps and bounds.
Indiana Port Handles More Than 1 Million Tons and a Swiss Particle Hunter in First Half of the Year
Ship traffic at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor was up 14% during the first six months of 2017 compared to the same period last year, with wind tower sections from Spain and Brazil and the world’s largest liquid argon particle hunter from Switzerland among the cargo arriving.
August 4, 2017