The Georgia Ports Authority has ordered eight rail-mounted gantry cranes from Konecranes as part of a recently started construction project to expand the Port of Savannah’s on-dock intermodal yard.
January 29, 2018Business
Tiger Cool Express Adds Two New Executives
Refrigerated intermodal carrier Tiger Cool Express added two veteran transportation executives to its management team.
January 29, 2018GovernmentBusinessLogistics
Port of Virginia Gets Preliminary OK on Dredging Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has preliminarily approved a project to dredge Virginia’s Norfolk Harbor from 50 feet to 55 feet, but a final decision on whether to fund it will come this summer.
January 26, 2018Business
Ceva Logistics to Operate New Ikea Warehouse Scheduled to Open Later This Year in N.Y.
Ikea has signed a lease on a 975,000-square-foot distribution center in Staten Island, N.Y., that will be operated by Ceva Logistics.
January 26, 2018Business
Amthor International Expands Virginia Trailer Plant
Amthor International announced it will expand its tanker truck manufacturing operation in Gretna, Va., with the construction of a new 115,000-square-foot production plant, which become its corporate headquarters.
January 26, 2018Business
GlobalTranz Acquires AJR Transportation
Phoenix-based logistics firm GlobalTranz Enterprises Inc. completed another acquisition, it’s fifth in the past 12 months, with the purchase of AJR Transportation on Jan. 10.
January 22, 2018Business
East Announces Truck-Lite 99 Series Wiring Harness Standard on Flatbeds
Trailer maker East Manufacturing Corp. announced the Truck-Lite 99 Series wiring harness will be standard on all new East BST, BST II, MMX and narrow-neck flatbed trailers, starting Feb. 1.
January 22, 2018BusinessTechnologyEquipment
Meritor Realigns Operating Segments
Commercial vehicle supplier Meritor Inc. announced a realignment of its three operating segments to further drive its long-term strategic objectives while assigning new responsibilities as part of the company’s commitment to leadership development.
January 19, 2018BusinessLogistics
XPO Logistics LTL Drivers Reject Teamsters in New York
The latest battleground in the ongoing dispute between XPO Logistics Inc. and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters was in Albany, N.Y., where less-than-truckload drivers voted against unionization.
January 19, 2018GovernmentBusiness
Minority Fellow Studies Truck Air Quality
The Transportation Research Board this year named 21 students from 14 schools its TRB Minority Student Fellows as part of its work promoting minority participation in transportation. The 9-year-old program provides funding for students from select historically black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions to attend TRB’s annual meeting and present their research papers.
January 16, 2018