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Group Releases 2023-2024 Top Judicial ā€˜Hellholes’ Report

Civil courts in Georgia and Pennsylvania have tied as the nation’s top ā€œJudicial Hellholesā€ listed in a new 2023-24 report, primarily due to large nuclear verdicts and other events.

January 23, 2024
BusinessEquipmentSafety

60 Seconds: States Issue Emergency HOS Waiver for Fuel Deliveries

Extreme cold weather prompts efforts to prevent shortages. Although some states issued orders several days ago that soon expire, others with longer duration emergency orders are Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, South Dakota and Tennessee.Ā 

January 23, 2024
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsTCA

Port NOLA Project Gets $226 Million in Federal Grant

WASHINGTON — The planned $1.8 billion Louisiana International Terminal project in St. Bernard Parish was awarded a $226 million grant Jan. 22 from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

January 23, 2024
BusinessLogisticsBreaking News

Truck Tonnage in December Dips 0.5% Year-Over-Year

Truck tonnage dipped in December, closing out the worst 12 months for freight activity since the pandemic year of 2020, American Trucking Associations reported.

January 23, 2024
BusinessEquipmentFuel

Love’s, DTNA Roll Out Freightliner Maintenance Network

Love’s Travel Stops and Daimler Truck North America have begun rolling out a maintenance network for light mechanical repairs on the truck maker’s Freightliner-branded vehicles.

January 23, 2024
BusinessEquipment

Truck Sales at Navistar’s International Unit Rise 9% in 2023

Sales of International-branded trucks totaled 75,500 in 2023, up 9% compared with 2022, the original equipment manufacturer’s parent company said Jan. 22.

January 23, 2024
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

Amazon Fined in France for Employee Monitoring in Warehouses

France’s privacy watchdog said Jan. 23 that it hit Amazon’s warehouse unit with a $35 million fine for using an ā€œexcessively intrusive systemā€ to monitor worker performance and activity.

January 23, 2024
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

C.H. Robinson Announces Electronic Bill of Lading for LTLs

C.H. Robinson is implementing an electronic bill of lading process for its largest less-than-truckload carriers, a move in its continued efforts to digitize documents, the company announced Jan. 22.

January 23, 2024
GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuelLogisticsGlobal Freight

Red Sea Chaos Starting to Impair Profits Across Industries

With the Red Sea crisis roiling shipments of everything from cars to energy, it’s a matter of time before soaring costs and supply chain strains show up in companies’ earnings reports.

January 23, 2024
BusinessEquipmentLogistics

PS Logistics Unit Expands Flatbed Division in North Carolina

PS Logistics’ Blair Logistics unit announced it has acquired the flatbed division of Kenly, N.C.-based ELS for an undisclosed sum.

January 23, 2024