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Decline in Demand to Affect Trucking Freight, Economists Say

The upcoming retail holiday season is likely to see slower sales below the surging pace of 2021 as the U.S. economy’s pace of growth slows to a much lower level, which will have an impact on the amount of freight shipped by trucking.

September 12, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomousTCA

Pennsylvania Turnpike Explores Electrified Road Services for EVs

The Pennsylvania Turnpike is jumping into solar energy production to power its maintenance and office buildings with a long-term goal: using solar-generated power to electrify portions of the toll road so electric vehicles can charge as they travel.

September 12, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogistics

Storage, Labor Plague Logistics Companies Searching for Warehousing Solutions

While products for the most part are no longer sitting on ships waiting to be offloaded, the supply chain kink has just moved farther down the line — to warehouses, where much of the freight that was on those ships missed its window to be in the retail store.

September 12, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

NHTSA Needs a New Chief With Road Deaths at 20-Year High

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is operating without a Senate-confirmed leader again, leaving a void atop the agency tasked with preventing road injuries and deaths even as the number of fatalities moves sharply in the wrong direction.

September 12, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel

Biden to Boost Biomanufacturing to Compete with China

President Joe Biden is poised to sign an executive order Sept. 12 to help expand U.S. biomanufacturing and reduce reliance on China.

September 12, 2022
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Unions Blast Rail Move to Delay Shipments Before Deadline

OMAHA, Neb. — The heads of the nation’s two largest rail unions said Sept. 11 that the freight railroads’ move to begin delaying some shipments ahead of this week’s looming strike deadline is only an attempt to get shippers to increase the pressure on Congress to intervene and block a work stoppage by imposing a contract on workers.

September 12, 2022
BusinessTechnologyFuel

North Carolina Wins Wolfspeed Semiconductor Materials Plant

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina-based semiconductor company announced Sept. 9 it will build a $5 billion manufacturing plant in its home state to produce silicon carbide wafers, which is emerging as a favored part for renewable energy products and electric vehicles.

September 9, 2022
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Pressure Mounting to Settle Railroads’ Labor Dispute

With a Sept. 16 deadline looming, pressure is mounting on the nation’s major freight railroads and the unions to reach an agreement and avoid a potentially crippling strike or lockout.

September 9, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Biden Touts Chips Law at Intel Site in Midterm Battleground Ohio

President Joe Biden attended the groundbreaking of Intel Corp.’s new semiconductor manufacturing facility outside Columbus, Ohio, touting one of his legislative wins in a crucial midterm state.

September 9, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Wabash Launches Acutherm Product Portfolio

Trailer maker Wabash announced a sub-brand product portfolio called Acutherm, a proprietary system of components, products and solutions.

September 9, 2022

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