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Check Call: The battle is over
Welcome to Check Call, our corner of the internet for all things 3PL, freight broker and supply chain. Check Call the podcast comes out every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. EDT. Catch up on previous episodes here. If this was…
Consumer Confidence Ticks Up in March
WASHINGTON — Consumer confidence inched up in March after two straight monthly declines, even as persistent inflation and anxiety over a possible recession weighed on American households.
Kentucky Law Aims to Attract Nonresident Truck Drivers
Kentucky’s Gov. Andy Beshear has signed a package of five workforce development bills, including legislation to entice out-of-state truckers to move there.
Seven More Sentenced in Staged New Orleans Crashes
Seven more individuals have been sentenced over the past month for their roles in staged crashes with tractor-trailers in the New Orleans area.
North Dakota Expands Overweight, Oversize Permit Options
Trucking companies in North Dakota are going to be able to have greater flexibility and efficiency serving the agriculture industry with overweight and oversize permits due to a new law passed at the request of the state…
Study: US annual parcel shipping volumes to grow 5% through 2028
U.S. parcel shipping activity is expected to grow 5% per year over the next five years, continuing what is expected to be an increase over pre-pandemic volume projections despite a slowdown in 2022, according to an annual…
Factories could struggle to contain £5/kg beef price
Farmers Weekly Beef finishers may have to get used to buying short-term store cattle at 280-300p/kg, such is the strong outlook for the market, say trade sources. Scottish finishers are on base prices of 493p/kg this week,…
Beyond the standards of practice: How solar land use can improve soil health
Farmers Weekly A common misconception of solar land use in the United Kingdom is that the structures negatively impact soil and land quality. While this can be true for developments that focus solely on the technical…
Nikola’s CFO Steps Down in Startups’ Latest High-Level Exit
Nikola Corp.’s chief financial officer is stepping down next month in a shakeup of the zero-emission vehicle startup’s top ranks.
US Challenges China’s EV Supply Chain
The magnitude of the challenge it will be for the U.S. to loosen China’s grip on the electric vehicle supply chain is coming into sharper relief.
