Walmart Inc. is betting big on its service to deliver groceries directly into customers’ refrigerators with an expansion of its In°®¶¹´«Ã½ delivery option, and will hire 3,000 drivers to support it.
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2021 Top 10 Stories Cover Array of Issues as COVID Still Casts Shadow
Here are the 10 most-read stories on the Transports Topics website in 2021, based on Google Analytics.
December 31, 2021BrightDrop Delivers First Electric Vans to FedEx
BrightDrop, General Motors Co.’s new electric delivery and logistics business, has delivered the first five vans of an order of 500 to FedEx Corp., the company said Dec. 17.
December 17, 2021Trucking Industry M&A Activity Surges During 2021
2021 was an especially busy year for trucking in terms of acquisitions, with various factors creating an ideal market for buyers and sellers.
December 16, 2021US Unveils New Cyber Mandates for Passenger, Freight Rail Carriers
Major passenger and freight railroads will soon be required to report cybersecurity breaches quickly and review how susceptible they are to cyberattack, senior officials at the U.S. Department of °®¶¹´«Ã½land Security said Dec. 2.
December 2, 2021US Senate to Debate Social Infrastructure Build Back Better Budget
Senators returning to Capitol Hill after the Thanksgiving recess are scheduled to kick off debate on a nearly $2 trillion budget package that aims to promote severe-weather resilience and reduce congestion across mobility networks.
November 23, 2021ATA Leadership, Global Trucking Officials Meet to Discuss Key Issues
Transportation leaders from around the globe discussed shared challenges during the first in-person meeting in two years of the International Road Transport Union, with supply chain snarls, a shortage of drivers and environmental issues at the top of the agenda.
November 23, 2021Shipping Firms Seek Investments in Technology to Cut Emissions
GLASGOW, Scotland — Major shipping companies on Nov. 5 called for governments to put more money into researching and developing cleaner technologies to help the industry reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
November 5, 2021Global Freight Market Battles Disruptions Due to Bottlenecks
After a once-in-a-lifetime deadly pandemic, the world’s supply chains are realizing a new normal as industries meet the challenge of rebuilding and managing them in a post-Ârecovery era.
November 12, 2021GM to Install 40,000 Public EV Chargers
General Motors Co. will use its dealership network to deploy up to 40,000 electric vehicle chargers across the U.S. and Canada, as the veteran automaker ramps up its shift to plug-in models.
October 26, 2021