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AUSTIN, Texas — Improving real-time supply chain visibility remains a top priority in shipper surveys, several executives said during a meeting here at the Transplace Shipper Symposium.

AUSTIN, Texas — Manufacturers in Mexico aren’t as concerned about President Donald Trump’s recent threats to dump or renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement as some recent public reports have suggested, according to executives speaking at a Transplace Symposium here.

Nikola Motor Co. is considering several changes related to its planned hydrogen-electric Class 8 trucks, the com­pany told those who have made reservations and placed refundable deposits. Those changes include chassis design and leasing options.

Chassis providers Flexi-Van Leasing and Direct ChassisLink Inc. will launch a “pool of pools” beginning June 1, offering trucking companies shared chassis at the Port of New York and New Jersey. But the largest chassis provider in the Northeast, Trac Intermodal, won’t contribute equipment to the pool.

The Cosco Development arrived to fanfare on the East Coast last week as public officials celebrated the largest containership in history to cross the Panama Canal with destinations to Virginia, Georgia and South Carolina.

First-quarter results varied among suppliers to U.S. commercial vehicle manufacturers for the period ended March 31.

Along with increasing its diesel tax by 10 cents, Indiana recently approved a 10-cent increase to a surcharge tax for trucks.

Electric vehicle manufacturer Workhorse Group Inc. reported higher first-quarter revenue yet remained unprofitable as cost of sales soared and operating expenses climbed by more than $1 million, compared with a year earlier.

FedEx said May 12 it was taking steps to recover from a cyber-attack on some of its Windows-based information technology systems.

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber Technologies Inc. hired the team behind a Chicago transportation brokerage last fall as part of an effort to break into the longhaul trucking industry.