BNSF creates carload growth team
Fort Worth, Texas-based BNSF, one of the country’s leading freight transportation companies, announced on Monday that it had created a new team focused on single carload growth. The First Mile/L...
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Business logistics costs reach $2.6 trillion, according to CSCMP report
U.S. business logistics costs $2.6 trillion, 8.7 percent of the national gross domestic product, according to a recent Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) report. Costs were $...
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Support intensifies to oust three Forward Air board members over ‘value destruction’
Two more entities this week joined the brewing proxy battle at Forward Air Corp. led by activist investor Ancora Holdings Group LLC, which is calling for the removal of three board directors in a move...
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With ISS backing, Ancora’s campaign against Forward Air board gains momentum
A prominent independent proxy advisory firm has thrown its support behind a campaign led by Ancora Holdings Group LLC to vote against the re-election of three board directors at LTL carrier Forward Ai...
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Legislation reintroduced to lower tire costs
U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood (R-IL) and Emilia Sykes (D-OH) reintroduced legislation to support consumers and the tire industry. The Retreaded Tire Jobs, Supply Chain Security and Sustainability Act of...
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Tennessee DOT announces multimodal freight transportation partnership
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) announced on Monday a public private partnership between the state, Cheatham County and Ingram Marine Group to develop the Ashland City River Port pro...
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Pennsylvania to open application period for Intermodal Cargo Growth Incentive Program
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is encouraging ocean carriers moving containerized cargo to apply to the Pennsylvania Intermodal Cargo Growth Incentive Program (PICGIP). The...
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Air Traffic Control workforce legislation introduced
Bipartisan legislation to address the nation’s air traffic controller staffing shortage was introduced in the House on Thursday. U.S. Reps. Nick Begich (R-AK), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Tracey Mann (...
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LOCOMOTIVES Act would stop California Clean Air standards for trains
Legislation from U.S. Reps. John Moolenaar (R-MI), Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and Craig Goldman (R-TX) would limit California’s ability to put environmental standards on trains crossing into the state. ...
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First phase of Purple Line Small Business grant program awarded in Maryland
The Maryland Department of Transportation awarded more than 100 businesses between $1,000 and $40,000 as part of the first round of grant awards for the Purple Line Small Business Grant Program. T...
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Radiant Logistics acquires Universal Logistics, Inc.
Global transportation and logistics company Radiant Logistics, Inc. said it has acquired Universal Logistics, Inc. to add to its North American footprint. Universal Logistics, located in Houston, ...
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Legislation would modernize short line, regional railroad tax credit
U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced legislation this week that would expand the Short Line Railroad Tax Credit. Crapo, the Senate Finance Committee Chair, said the legisla...
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DOT warns states could lose federal funding over DEI policies
The U.S. Transportation Secretary said on April 24 that states could lose transportation funding if they fail to comply with immigration enforcement rules and end diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)...
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Alabama US-82 highway widening project complete
The US-82 widening project in Prattville is substantially complete, officials with the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) said on April 11. The infrastructure improvement project has enhanc...
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Federal legislation introduced to combat organized retail, cargo theft
U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced bipartisan legislation on April 10 designed to crack down on organized retail theft schemes, including cargo theft that ha...
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Research to delve into truck parking at public rest areas
The American Transportation Research Institute said research into truck parking has resulted in a public truck parking dashboard showing every state’s public truck parking capacity at rest areas. ...
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DOT finalizes grant funding for Rhode Island’s Washington Bridge
The U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the department had executed a $221 million federal funding award for Rhode Island’s Washington Bridge Project. The grant, previous...
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Union Pacific Railroad lease land to logistics company
Omaha-based Union Pacific Railroad recently announced it has entered into an agreement with Missouri-based Jaguar Transport Holdings LLC, a transportation logistics company, to provide short line rail...
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DHL Group acquires specialty courier CRYOPDP
Logistics provider DHL Group announced recently it had purchased 100 percent of CRYOPFP, a specialty courier, from Cryoport, Inc. CRYOPDP provides logistics services for clinical trials, biopharma,...
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STB to review Norfolk Sothern’s proposed acquisition of Norfolk & Portsmouth
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) said it will review Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company’s (NS) bid to acquire Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line (NPBL) Railroad...
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