Logistics

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced the availability of grants designed to advance big-ticket infrastructure projects along commercial and commuter corridors.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Plastic Express will build a facility near the Port of Savannah in an $80 million project that will create 200 jobs while expanding its operations in the state.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said that a Belgium-based international logistics provider’s subsidiary is expanding its footprint in the state at its Norfolk facility.

Plans for a new highway connector from Illinois 3 in Fairmont City to Illinois 203 in Madison, Ill., are designed to improve traffic flow and help with logistics and industrial development.

Canada Cartage Corp. will buy GTI Group for an undisclosed sum, the company said.

Most drivers would pay $15 to enter Manhattan’s business district under a plan released by New York officials Nov. 30, the first such program in the U.S. if approved by officials next year.

Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport plans a nearly $500 million expansion of its air cargo facilities to accommodate steady economic growth in the southeast U.S.

Congestion at the Panama Canal could result in delays at Egypt’s Suez Canal, possibly affecting cargoes of liquefied natural gas, according to an official at Angelicoussis Group.

Lineage Logistics is targeting a valuation of more than $30 billion in an initial public offering, people familiar with the matter said, in what could be one of next year’s largest listings.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Nov. 27 opened the first meeting of his supply chain resilience council by saying his administration was working to lower costs for U.S. families.