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GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Trump Takes Aim at EV Policies With New Energy Order

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order meant to advance domestic oil and gas production and halt programs enacted during the Biden administration to boost adoption of EVs.

January 23, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Tariffs: First Days of the Trump Administration

President Donald Trump said Jan. 20 that he expects to put 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting on Feb. 1, while declining to flesh out his plans for taxing Chinese imports.   

January 23, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogisticsTCA

Dali Ship That Hit Baltimore’s Key Bridge Back at Sea

BALTIMORE — About 10 months after hitting Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, the Dali containership is back in business.

January 23, 2025
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Trump Urges Lower Oil Prices, Interest Rate Cuts at Davos

President Donald Trump said he would ask Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nations to “bring down the cost of oil” and reiterated his threat to use tariffs to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. 

January 23, 2025
BusinessEquipment

Trailer Orders in December Dip 3% Annually

U.S. trailer orders ended 2024 trending slightly below the previous December, ACT Research reported.

January 23, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyTCA

Port of Long Beach Opens EV Truck Charging Facility

The Port of Long Beach celebrated the recent opening of a new electric truck charging station, with officials calling the facility the “largest port-based truck charging depot in the country.”

January 23, 2025
BusinessLogisticsFor-HireTop 100

Knight-Swift Closes 2024 Preparing for Upturn

The Phoenix-based truckload motor carrier reported a revenue decline of 3.5% in the fourth quarter amid efforts to improve the business ahead of the expected up cycle.

January 23, 2025
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Trump’s Agriculture Pick Says She'll Honor All Fuel Sources

President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee American farming was once head of a group that was among the loudest opponents of a favorite U.S. agriculture product: biofuels.

January 23, 2025
BusinessLogistics

Union Pacific Beats Estimates on Workforce Productivity

Union Pacific Corp.’s quarterly earnings topped Wall Street estimates, and the railroad said its 2025 outlook remains the same despite a mixed economic forecast.

January 23, 2025
BusinessSafetyLogisticsPrivateTop 100

ADM Stops Loading Grain Vessels in Louisiana Amid Snowstorm

One of the world’s biggest crop traders has halted loading of grain vessels at U.S. Gulf terminals as the region’s worst snowstorm in 130 years slams the region.

January 22, 2025