Industry News and Updates
Overview
FreightWaves
- Borderlands: Laredo remains nation’s No. 1 gateway for international trade
- Bathroom access allowed for commercial truck drivers in Washington state
- What to look for as logistics industry preps for back-to-school season
- Texas-based trucking company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
- Running on Ice: Putting cold chain to the test
Next-Gen Transportation News
Logistics Management
- DSV announces acquisitions of S&M Moving Systems West and Global Diversity Logistics
- ATA reports February truck tonnage increase
- More than 150 companies participate in the 2023 MHI Innovation Awards
- Biggest gets bigger: Knight-Swift buying USX for $808 million in huge TL deal
- ATA has ‘grave concerns’ that EPA may allow California-type air quality rules on heavy trucks
Transport Topics
Journal of Commerce
- Ocean carriers’ schedule reliability rose in April amid falling volumes
- Market headwinds push CMA CGM Q1 revenue, profit sharply lower
- CBP rules US chassis manufacturer evaded tariffs on China-sourced parts
- Shippers bemoan lack of progress in ocean visibility despite heavy investment
- Hydrogen-driven barge debuts on Europe’s inland network
Logistics Viewpoints
- Editor’s Choice: Consumers Will Wait for Sustainability
- Chevron Phillips Chemical Embraces Cultural Innovation to Accelerate their Digital Transformation
- This Week in Logistics News (January 14 – 20)
- Editor’s Choice: Remove Wasted Time and Your Operations Can Soar Like an Eagle
- Körber CEO Discusses Warehouse Labor Management, Engagement, and Retention
DC Velocity
- Cargo theft and fraud rose 41% in the first 20 weeks of 2023 over last year, CargoNet warns
- Port operators are optimistic as April stats show recovery from pandemic sugar-crash
- Gartner: Top supply chains of ’23 balance risk control, new growth channels
- CMA CGM revenue plunged more than 30% as spot freight rates plunged in Q1
- The Logistics Matters podcast: Max Farrell of WorkHound on truckers’ concerns | Season 4 Episode 20
DOL National News Releases
- US Department of Labor announces Job Corps, New York City partnership to promote, recruit, connect students to careers, higher education
- READOUT: US Department of Labor report finds stark gender, age-based pay inequities for older women, whose share of the labor force has increased
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- Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report
- Court orders Harvey medical practice, owner to restore $90K to company’s 401(k) plan due to failure to remit plan contributions
Fleet News Daily
- Applied Intuition, Inc. to Acquire Embark Technology, Inc. to Enhance Its Products for Autonomous Vehicle Development
- Morgan Canada Shares Innovative Truck Body Solutions Designed to Help Businesses Deliver
- Navistar Launches New Technician Skills Competition
- Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden say electricity cheaper than diesel for heavy goods vehicles
- For-Hire Trucking Index Shows Continued Declines in April
YouTube Videos from the Department of Labor
U.S. Energy Information Administration | Today in Energy
- U.S. production of petroleum and other liquids to be driven by international demand
- U.S. energy consumption increases between 0% and 15% by 2050
- Haynesville natural gas production reached a record high in March 2023
- In 2022, U.S. crude oil exports increased to a new record, 3.6 million barrels a day
- U.S. natural gas production grew by 4% in 2022
Truck News | General
- Manitoba, federal governments invest $38.2 million to reduce emissions
- Economic Trucking Trends: U.S. debt ceiling default aside, trucking has its own worries
- Former Quebec trucking company VP pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking
- BCTA training grant targets driver shortage
- Government meets with CTOA on incorporated drivers, pledges to drop ‘Driver Inc.’ term
Truck News | Health and Safety
- Tandet, Harmac Transportation win North American Safety Award
- Risky driving drops significantly, Lytx report reveals
- Canadian Waste Management fined $50K after worker injured by waste truck
- Volvo app helps keep EV first responders safe
- Holistic approach to truck driver wellbeing linked to profitability: Trucking HR Canada
Truck News | Regulations
- 10% of CMVs placed out of service in Canada during CVSA’s Brake Safety Day
- Truck parking, weight allowances among trucking-friendly bills proposed in U.S.
- Caledon crackdown on illegal truck yards continues
- Compensation on the rise for Port of Vancouver truckers
- CTA seeking input on interprovincial trade barriers
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | General
- Update on Rapid Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission at 2023 EIS Conference
- HIV Declines Among Young People and Drives Overall Decrease in New HIV Infections
- New Funding Opportunity to Strengthen Outbreak Response through Data, Forecasting, and Analytics
- Transcript: PHE Briefing
- Walensky Announces Departure from CDC
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | COVID-19
- End of the Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Declaration
- COVID-19 Forecasting and Mathematical Modeling
- CDC & FDA Identify Preliminary COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signal for Persons Aged 65 Years and Older
- CDC & FDA Identify Preliminary COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signal for Persons Aged 65 Years and Older
- Use Masks to Slow the Spread of COVID-19
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- U.S. gasoline prices are down from 2022 heading into Memorial Day weekend
- EIA explores effects of liquefied natural gas exports on the U.S. natural gas market
- In 2021, Algeria produced record amounts of natural gas
- EIA expects lower crude oil prices for the second half of 2023 and for 2024
- Texas and New Mexico led U.S. crude oil production in 2022
Rigzone
Oil & Gas 360
- Registration is now open for EnerCom Denver® – The Energy Investment Conference, to be held August 13-16, 2023, in Denver, Colorado
- Registration is now open for EnerCom Denver® – The Energy Investment Conference, to be held August 13-16, 2023, in Denver, Colorado
- Oil, gas coalition approves orphan well plugging resolution offered by Texas Railroad Commissioner
- U.S. rig count had a decrease of 9 this week, at 711
- Norway targets U.S. oil majors as climate activist resolution boosted at TotalEnergies
CNBC | Oil and Gas
- French riot police fire tear gas at climate protesters outside TotalEnergies shareholder meeting
- Turkey's runoff election is paralyzing key oil exports from northern Iraq
- Japan and South Korea have a lot at stake in a free and open South China Sea
- The intensity of methane emissions from oil and gas sector has declined, study finds
- Saudi oil minister warns market speculators to 'watch out' ahead of OPEC+ meeting
OilPrice.com
Autoblog
- The best tire shine products of 2023
- Junkyard Gem: 1994 Nissan Maxima with 364,238 miles
- Solar power is about to overtake oil production investment for first time
- Waymo, Uber set aside past rift over tech to team up on robotaxis in Phoenix
- New Toyota Tacoma, Ranger, Colorado/Canyon fight for midsize truck dominance
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