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Four reasons Scottish wool shedders are good fit for NZ
Farmers Weekly A trailblazing hill farm’s maternal selection policy and commercial focus on its wool-shedding ewes has attracted the attention of a world-leading sheep stud. The Welsh family of Mossfennan, near Biggar, sent…
Rail safety bill passes Senate committee amid GOP resistance
The future of a railway safety bill created in response to the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) train in East Palestine, Ohio, is uncertain even though it passed a Senate committee, paving the way for a…
Ports call out ‘sensationalized’ targeting of foreign container cranes
WASHINGTON — Legislation that could shut down a port’s container operations for an alleged security risk is misleading and misguided, according to the American Association of Port Authorities. The Port Crane Security and…
San Antonio Water Utility Is Electrifying Its Fleet
San Antonio Water System is doing its part to help the environment by cutting down on greenhouse gas emissions by adding 13 fully electric vehicles to its fleet.
Hapag-Lloyd: Higher costs will inevitably push up shipping rates
Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd, the world’s fifth-largest shipping line, posted better-than-expected results for the first quarter of 2023, with freight rates averaging $3,998 per forty-foot equivalent unit, 85% above pre-COVID…
Pretty freight machine
Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Newsletter presented by Dunavant. In this issue, used truck prices and spot rates fall; Pete’s new truck; self-driving data hogs; and more. Used truck prices plummet along with market SONAR…
April Class 8 Sales Up 19.4% Year-Over-Year
U.S. Class 8 retail sales in April increased 19.4% from a year ago but declined on a month-to-month basis, Wards Intelligence reported.
Leading through learning — Taking the Hire Road
This week on Taking the Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, founder and CEO of DriverReach, is joined by passionate and engaging next-generation executive Ashley Kordish, CEO of Michigan-based Ralph Moyle Inc. (RMI). Recently…
U.S. Xpress lays off staff, reports significant loss to SEC
U.S. Xpress, on the verge of being acquired by Knight-Swift, recently laid off about 150 employees as its earnings report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission showed a significantly widened loss for the…
