Tag: transportation

February 1, 2024

FedEx has portrayed its new air network redesign in terms of streamlining the high-cost overnight parcel operation, but internal communications show the express delivery giant also sees an opportunity to aggressively go after heavyweight cargo booked by logistic providers to […]

February 1, 2024

Insurance has been a hot topic across the trucking industry over the past several years. Most often, however, insurance talks revolve around motor carriers and truck drivers. Freight brokers have largely been left out of the conversation. Broker liability is […]

January 31, 2024

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 2024-25 budget proposal would increase public transit funding by 1.75 percent, a $282.8 million investment, and provide nearly $1.5 billion in new state funding over five years. The proposal would deliver the funding needed to avoid […]

January 30, 2024

In the past 15 months, no one has been more responsible for safety on the nation’s roads than Ann Carlson. For much of that time she has served as acting administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, where she […]

January 30, 2024

The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) recently completed a $2.7 million truck parking initiative along Interstate 10. “NMDOT is excited to implement this first-of-its-kind system in New Mexico and is committed to finding and implementing technology to support safety […]

January 30, 2024

Rail is often characterized as one of the more “old school” transportation options, but recent developments in the space have challenged that narrative. Railroad giant CSX, for example, is dedicated to investing both financial and human capital into a myriad […]

January 29, 2024

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently awarded more than $39.6 million in 2022-2023 Medium and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Pilot grants to 16 applicants for the replacement of diesel-fueled fleets with zero-emission vehicles. The grant program was created to […]

January 29, 2024

Intelligent Transportation systems (ITS) have shown great potential in smart cities in recent years. Using information processing and communication technology, ITS significantly improves the quality of urban traffic operation and service. Autonomous vehicles (AVs), a key component of ITS, are […]

January 26, 2024

Several labor regulations in various stages of development could have wide-ranging effects on the trucking industry this year. Trucking executives will be focused on the regulatory rules, which are poised to go into effect alongside a separate slate of equipment […]

January 26, 2024

In late October, two research helicopters from the manufacturer Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, made a dozen test flights over Long Island Sound, Connecticut taking care to avoid other aircraft in the area around them. Except the ordinary-looking helicopters were […]

January 25, 2024

As major container shipping lines consistently bypass the Red Sea to avoid the threat of rebel missile attacks, air cargo volumes are finally getting a boost. Preliminary data now backs anecdotal reports a month ago of businesses shifting some Asia […]

January 25, 2024

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) said it was providing more than $729 million to help states and territories repair and rebuild roads and bridges damaged due to natural disasters and extreme weather events. The […]

January 24, 2024

Truckload carrier Covenant Logistics Group beat fourth-quarter expectations for profit and revenue, “despite the lingering weakness in the overall freight environment,” according to Tripp Grant, executive vice president. Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Covenant (NASDAQ: CVLG) reported fourth-quarter earnings after the market closed […]

January 24, 2024

In a most recent move for shipping data providers, multinational tech corporation ABB has acquired the shipping business of weather and meteorological forecasting specialist DTN. ABB acquired the shipping business of DTN Europe and DTN Philippines expanding the company’s offering […]

January 23, 2024

China Cargo Airlines has postponed until April plans to launch scheduled freighter service to Miami, which will make it the first Chinese carrier to operate between the city and mainland China. Worldwide Flight Services had announced in December that the […]

January 23, 2024

Efforts to build an international container terminal at the Port of New Orleans capable of handling ultralarge container vessels got a boost Monday from the federal government. The port announced it was awarded an additional $226.2 million grant to assist […]

January 22, 2024

Both inland ports at South Carolina Ports handled a record number of containers in the last year with Inland Port Greer moving 175,873 containers, translating to a 26% year-over-year growth and Inland Port Dillon increasing its volume by 55% to […]

January 22, 2024

Port of Oakland saw its container volumes decrease by 11.6% to 2,065,709 TEUs with full containers declining by 10.1% to 1,574,444 TEUs in 2023. “2023 finished strong,” pointed out Port of Oakland Maritime Director Bryan Brandes, adding, “Carrier on-time performance […]

January 19, 2024

U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced legislation on Wednesday that would help state and local governments improve emergency evacuation plans. The Emergency Vehicle and Community (EVAC) Planning Act, S. 3605, would require the U.S. Department of […]

January 19, 2024

New research published in the Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems titled “Data-driven transfer learning framework for estimating on-ramp and off-ramp traffic flows” introduces a data-driven framework using transfer learning to estimate freeway ramp flows accurately from mainline loop detector data. […]