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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Hurricane Ian destroyed a cross-section of Florida, trapping people in flooded homes, forcing patients from nursing homes and hospitals, cutting off a popular barrier island and obliterating a historic waterfront pier. Nearly 2.7 million people lost power as rain fell and waters rose.

Volvo Trucks North America announced Nuss Truck & Equipment as its first certified EV dealer in the Midwest to assist fleets across both Minnesota and Wisconsin with their electromobility transition.

Walmart Inc. announced a 1.1 million-square-foot next-generation fulfillment center in Joliet, Ill.

Self-driving truck developer Waabi has hired trucking executive Dustin Koehl as its head of transportation as the technology startup ramps up its operations.

Members of the International Council on Mining and Metals are planning a joint effort to test hydrogen and other zero-emission technologies in a bid to shift away from diesel-fueled vehicles.

WASHINGTON — Battered by surging consumer prices and rising interest rates, the U.S. economy shrank at a 0.6% annual rate from April through June, the government announced Sept. 29, unchanged from its previous second-quarter estimate.

Werner Enterprises has partnered with the driverless trucking technology company Kodiak Robotics to establish an autonomous trucking lane, the companies announced Sept. 29.

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced Amazon.com Inc. will fuel trucks with renewable natural gas at the company’s public access station in Groveport, Ohio, as the two begin a larger partnership.

Sustainability is increasingly becoming a priority among supply chain leaders because of technology and turbulent economic conditions.

A dispute over the assignment of work at a Port of Seattle terminal potentially could disrupt talks to reach a multiyear labor agreement between 22,000 unionized dock and warehouse workers at 29 West Coast ports and management.