Industry News and Updates
Overview
FreightWaves
- Covenant’s operating numbers mostly hold up in challenging first quarter
- FMCSA standing up registration fraud team
- Loadsmart spotlights small fleets’ technology needs and opportunities
- No surprises in Norfolk Southern earnings as COO Orr makes debut
- Michael Kornhauser talks need for commercial vehicle navigation
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
- US freight recovery ‘likely in couple of months’: ACT Research
- MSC targets booming vehicle carrier market with $700 million bid for Gram
- DSV expects demand growth to continue for balance of 2024
- CSX CEO stumps for more labor-friendly, service-focused railroading
- Visibility providers attack persistent gaps in intermodal rail milestones
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
- "Drone Logistics and Transportation Market Soaring: Revolutionizing Delivery and Mobility"
- Get your port geek on
- HERE Technologies releases fourth Annual Sustainability Report
- Lean Solutions Group Invests in Technology for 2024 with Launch of Studio Q Platform
- APS Resource Introduces Its New APS&GO 2.0™ Loading Dock Communication System
DOL National News Releases
- Department of Labor highlights more than 1,000 planned clean energy projects with potential for good-paying jobs on new interactive map
- Vermont restaurant retaliated against server, underpaid workers, violated child labor provisions, US Department of Labor investigation finds
- El Departamento de Trabajo recupera casi $85K para 32 conductores de transporte erróneamente clasificados como contratistas independientes
- Department of Labor recovers nearly $85K in owed wages for 32 mobile home transportation drivers, laborers misclassified as independent contractors
- Department of Labor obtains judgment ordering contractor to pay nearly $1.2M in wages, damages, penalties for illegal employment practices
Fleet News Daily
- E-SMART Drives Facility Safety with Backing Speed Management
- Love’s and Speedco offering half-off DOT inspections, discounts on Yokohama tires in May
- Volvo Trucks North America Continues ‘Toward Zero’ by Fueling All New Trucks with HVO at the New River Valley Plant
- Plus Named 2024 Edison Award Gold Winner for Innovative Autonomous Driving Software
- Carriers and drivers can now use Relay to pay for weighs at 2,200+ CAT Scale locations
YouTube Videos from the Department of Labor
- 2024 Workers Memorial Day Ceremony: Workers Have the Right to Come Home Safe
- Restaurar y ampliar las protecciones de horas extras
- Restoring and Extending Overtime Protections
- OSHA-NSC Panel: Roadway Safety is Workplace Safety: The Need to Eliminate Distracted Driving
- I am DOL: Schedule A as a pathway for working at DOL
U.S. Energy Information Administration | Today in Energy
- U.S. crude oil exports reached a record in 2023
- Four countries could account for most near-term petroleum liquids supply growth
- Winter storms have disrupted U.S. natural gas production
- Reduced refinery activity puts upward pressure on gasoline and diesel prices
- The cost of transporting coal to the electric power sector increased in 2022
Truck News | General
Truck News | Health and Safety
Truck News | Regulations
- TruckNews.com webinar to help prepare for Roadcheck inspections
- Ontario raising speed limit to 110 km/h on 10 more highway sections
- Navigating environmental responsibilities for trucking tenants
- Don’t evade your safety obligations
- Canada-wide spike in insurance claims calls for enhanced training, oversight: Report
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | General
- CDC Announces Important Advances in Protecting Americans from Heat
- CDC warns of Salmonella Infections linked to Contaminated Basil sold at Trader Joe’s
- CDC’s Disease Detectives Share Findings from the Forefront of Public Health
- New U.S Global Health Security Strategy Advances Commitment to Protect Americans and People Around the World from Emerging Health Threats
- CDC Investigating Harmful Reactions to Counterfeit Botox
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)
- Reasons behind the price premium for U.S. metallurgical coal exports
- U.S. natural gas consumption set annual and monthly records during 2023
- Increases in U.S. residential electricity bills in 2023 were outpaced by inflation
- U.S. hydropower generation expected to increase by 6% in 2024 following last year's lows
- U.S. natural gas trade will continue to grow with the startup of new LNG export projects
Rigzone
Oil & Gas 360
- Register to attend the 29th annual EnerCom Denver – The Energy Investment Conference, August 18-21, 2024
- Matador Resources increases oil production following “surprise” Permian success in 2023
- U.S. frackers seek ways to reverse well productivity declines
- OPEC pledges to support Namibian oil exploration following significant offshore discoveries
- Oil firms doubtful Trans Mountain Pipeline will start full service by May 1st
CNBC | Oil and Gas
- U.S. crude oil pulls back below $83 a barrel as brief rally stalls out
- ‘A real wildcard’: World’s largest wealth fund issues inflation warning on hot commodity markets
- U.S. crude oil falls below $81 a barrel as market brushes off looming Iran oil sanctions
- U.S. crude oil hovers at $83 after Iran says it will not escalate conflict with Israel
- White House will 'make sure gas prices remain affordable' heading into summer, Biden advisor says
OilPrice.com
Autoblog
- Ford Q1 earnings top expectations, sees full-year profit 'tracking to high-end'
- Junkyard Gem: 1992 Acura Vigor
- Report: Here's how far used Tesla prices have fallen in the past year
- Save up to 50% on a Rove dash cam thanks to this killer spring sale
- 2025 BMW i4 and 4 Series Gran Coupe refreshed with tweaks throughout
Automotive News
- Ford Q1 net income falls 24% to $1.3 billion; revenue rises despite lower production
- Joy and angst: Reaction from the UAW's historic win at VW's Chattanooga plant
- U.S. EV battery upstart, Hyundai-Kia close in on lithium metal battery commercialization
- Honda's new Ye Series EVs for China foreshadow U.S.-bound next-gen 0 Series
- Group 1 net income falls nearly 7 percent in Q1
1A Auto Blog
- Top 5 2005 to 2010 Chrysler 300C Problems: 8th Generation
- Top 5 2005 to 2010 Dodge Dakota Problems (3rd Generation)
- The Top 5 Problems with the Mazda CX-9: 1st Generation (2007 to 2015)
- DIY Catalytic Converter Repair Tips: Easy Way to Install a Stolen or Broken Catalytic Converter
- Oil Filter Housing Leak? How to Fix It Yourself