Tag: transportation

July 25, 2024

Across China, shipyards are expanding and churning out ships on a scale not seen since 2008. The shipyard sector has entered a new golden age after more than a decade’s slump following the global financial crisis. In terms of newbuilding […]

July 24, 2024

The unfortunate reality is that rail safety before and since last year’s noxious Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, hasn’t changed and Congress needs to step in and enact legislative changes, testified stakeholders on Tuesday during a rail […]

July 24, 2024

The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday voted 359-13 to approve the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024, which would improve myriad aspects of the U.S. water resources infrastructure. The WRDA now advances to the U.S. Senate for […]

July 24, 2024

Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg credited infrastructure spending in helping better absorb supply chain disruptions. Buttigieg presented keynote remarks and answered questions in a fireside chat with Trucking Dive Senior Reporter Colin Campbell during Industry Dive’s live event on […]

July 19, 2024

Many shipping companies have been hit by today’s outage of Microsoft, one of the biggest IT outages recorded. Multiple global businesses have reported failures of their Windows PCs today caused by a failed software update from antivirus company CrowdStrike. “Unfortunately, […]

July 18, 2024

The series of trials form a part of a larger pilot to develop a framework to provide quality, quantity, and greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement assurances for drop-in fuels. In the final trial, 4,500 MT of B3 marine biofuel blend with […]

July 18, 2024

Port of Los Angeles processed 827,757 TEUs in June, translating to a 10% increase over the previous month and less than 1% compared to last June, which was the port’s best month in 2023. “June was a great month at […]

July 17, 2024

Logistics real estate investment trust Prologis said fewer development starts, a shrinking construction pipeline and “subdued” but “improving” demand will keep industry vacancies from stepping materially higher. Prologis (NYSE: PLD) reported core funds from operations (FFO) of $1.34 per share […]

July 17, 2024

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) a nearly $1 billion Bridge Investment Program grant for the replacement of the Cape Cod bridges. This brings the total […]

July 11, 2024

The cost of trucking reached a new all-time high in 2023 at $2.27 per mile, according to an annual report from The American Transportation Research Institute. The increase, though, was less than 1% and subdued by declining fuel costs, which […]

July 11, 2024

As container ships the size of city blocks cross the oceans to deliver cargo, their huge diesel engines emit large quantities of air pollutants that drive climate change and have human health impacts. It has been estimated that maritime shipping […]

July 11, 2024

The Red Sea crisis has rejuvenated the sales and purchases of container ships as vessel demand soars, according to Alphaliner’s latest report. Some 141 ships of 572,600 TEUs were bought and sold between January and June, an average of 23 […]

July 10, 2024

The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) recently approved more than $1.9 billion in Senate Bill 125 funds to support 22 public transportation agencies. The 2023 bill provided $5.1 billion to be distributed to regional transportation planning agencies over multiple years. […]

July 9, 2024

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced it had awarded contracts to nine companies support critical Global Positioning System infrastructure. The Complementary Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) technology vendors will receive funding that will ultimately enable the DOT […]

July 9, 2024

New analysis from Germany shows the container sector faces the brunt of penalties from the upcoming FuelEU Maritime regulation, the sector likely to account for nearly a third of all payouts. The financial impact of FuelEU Maritime, which comes into […]

July 9, 2024

The department announced the awards, part of a competitive, annual program, as the secretary embarks on a tour of construction projects to promote infrastructure investments ahead of the presidential election. The Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity discretionary grants […]

July 8, 2024

The CO2 Efficient Transport via Ocean (CETO) joint industry project (JiP) concluded recently with the release of the report setting out the findings of the Technology Qualification performed in the study. CETO was funded by the project partners and Gassonova […]

July 5, 2024

A union proposal seeking to blunt China’s growing dominance in the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors is finding bipartisan support among U.S. Congressional lawmakers, based on remarks made at a recent U.S. House of Representatives committee hearing. The Congressional hearing, […]

July 3, 2024

Making appointments to pick up loads had been a difficult task to automate, but Qued software has helped save R.E. Garrison roughly 60 hours in staff time during its first two months of use, according to the release. Qued’s software […]

July 3, 2024

The European Union on Thursday slapped extra provisional duties of up to 38 percent on Chinese electric car imports because of “unfair” state subsidies, despite Beijing’s warnings the move would unleash a trade war. Brussels launched an investigation last year […]