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Business, Logistics, TCA

Houston to Get Service From Great Britain’s Cargo Airline CargoLogicAir

CargoLogicAir, Great Britain’s all-cargo airline, will begin service this month out of Bush Intercontinental Airport after a deal finalized during Mayor Sylvester Turner’s European trade mission in July.

Ileana Najarro | Houston Chronicle
August 15, 2017
Government, Business, TCA

Proposed Werner Facility in Limbo After Pennsylvania Town Runs Out of Time to Vote

A proposal for a trucking facility in Palmer Township remains in limbo after supervisors ran out of time to vote on a conditional use permit after a three-hour meeting Aug. 14.

Michelle Merlin | The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.)
August 15, 2017
Business, Logistics, TCA

Oil Company Beefs Up Infrastructure to Get Trucks Off Crowded Roads

For many drillers in the remote Delaware Basin, a section of the broader Permian Basin that stretches across West Texas and New Mexico, the only way to get crude from the fringes of oil boom towns to global markets is to dispatch fleets of trucks to scattered wells, from where they haul oil and water to terminals and various other collection points.

Collin Eaton | Houston Chronicle
August 14, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, TCA

Ryder Signs Exclusive Deal With Electric-Truck Maker Chanje

Ryder is moving into the electric-truck business, an early sign that a market for commercial electric vehicles is beginning to take shape.

Russ Mitchell | Los Angeles Times
August 14, 2017
Business, Logistics, TCA

FedEx Competing in Tight Labor Market to Staff Round-the-Clock Memphis World Hub

FedEx scheduled at least its fourth job fair of the year Aug. 12 to hire for 800 openings at its Memphis hub. The number of permanent, part-time jobs was the same as in June, down from 1,000 in April and up from 600 in January.

Wayne Risher | The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
August 14, 2017
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Mexico Is Ready for NAFTA Balancing Act

There was excitement in the air when Mexican negotiators sat down 25 years ago with their counterparts from Canada and the United States to hammer out what would become the North American Free Trade Agreement.

August 14, 2017
Business, Logistics, TCA

Enterprise Adding 40 Locations Nationwide as Truck Rental Business Grows

Enterprise Holdings, best known for renting cars to vacationers and business travelers, is growing its truck rental business for corporate customers and people moving household goods and boats.

August 14, 2017
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Unchecked Driver Shortage in Ohio Could Harm Economy, Warns State Trucking Industry, Officials

Ohio state Rep. John Boccieri met with local and regional leaders from the trucking industry to discuss a growing problem for freight haulers: a lack of qualified workers.

Graig Graziosi | Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator
August 11, 2017
Government, Fuel, TCA

Oklahoma Fuel Taxes Among Lowest in the Nation

While gasoline prices are hovering around $2 per gallon in Oklahoma, that’s not the direct cost of the fuel. State and federal taxes tally up to 35.4 cents of total gasoline cost per gallon.

Joy Hampton | The Norman (Okla.) Transcript
August 11, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, TCA

Amazon’s Warehouse Robots Are Boosting Productivity, Getting Goods to Customers Faster

The new human jobs – 1,500 in this case – got the headlines, but it’s the robots that make online retail giant Amazon’s new Sacramento, Calif., distribution center zing.

Ed Fletcher | The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee
August 11, 2017