Delivery companies are preparing for a barrage of delivery requests by adding new jobs and warning customers of deadlines as retail holiday sales begin.
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Justin Olsen, maintenance director at TCW, breaks down the hidden impact of poor trailer management on operations, compliance and safety.Ā
Proposed Chicago Bypass Freight Railroad Could Have Capacity for 110 Trains a Day
A Great Lakes Basin Railroad forecast shows as many as 60 trains riding its rails daily through southern Lake and Porter counties in Indiana by its third year of operations, with that number declining to the low 50s and finally to 22 at the railroad's eastern terminus in LaPorte County.
November 16, 2016Port of Virginia Reports Another Single-Month Record for Container Volume
Two months after reporting that August was its all-time-busiest month, the port has another record-breaker on its hands.
November 15, 2016Soil Trucks in Central Massachusetts Routinely Overweight, According to Analysis
DUDLEY, Mass.Ā ā At 8:13 a.m. on June 30, a truck hauling construction soil from the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission pulled onto the scales at its destination, a Dudley quarry that is being filled, weighing in at 134,900 pounds.
November 15, 2016Pinched by Fewer Energy Products, Rail Carriers Broadening Customers
This year will be another disappointing one for freight rail carriers hauling fewer carloads of coal and natural-gas drilling supplies through southwestern Pennsylvania.
November 15, 2016Connecticut Ponders Trump's Infrastructure Promises
On its face, President-elect Donald J. Trumpās trillion-dollar plan for nationwide infrastructure improvements is good news, even for Democrats such as Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
November 14, 2016UPS to Spend $196 Million on Florida Facility
UPS Inc. announced plans Nov. 11 to invest $196 million in its ground package hub in Jacksonville, Florida. The expansion will add more than 260,000 square feet to UPSā 560,000-square-foot buildingĀ along with advanced technology and operations automation.
November 14, 2016FedEx Freight President Mike Ducker Still Hopes TPP Will Go Through
Mike Ducker, president of FedEx Freight,Ā said it's too early to tell how a mammoth new trade agreement will fare after the election of Donald Trump, but it would be "tragic" for the Trans-Pacific Partnership to go down.
November 10, 2016Feds Tell New York to Remove āI Love NYā Signs or Lose Highway Funding
Federal officials said they may cut the stateās funding for highway and bridge projects if hundreds of controversial blue āI Love NYā signs promoting local tourism are not removed from local roadways.
November 8, 2016Montana Freight Companies Hiring to Gear Up for Online Holiday Shopping
Itās November, and that means retailers in Billings, Montana, are beefing up their workforce ahead of the annual surge of shoppers.
November 8, 2016