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Daimler Truck adds Rizon medium-duty EV brand
Daimler Truck launched Rizon, a new U.S.-focused medium-duty electric truck brand, on the eve of California regulators voting whether to require fleets to purchase 5%-10% EVs beginning in 2024. The coincidental timing…
Amazon posts better-than-expected Q1 results
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares fell back 2% in after-hours trading after spiking 10% following the company posting a 9% first-quarter gain in revenue and an 11% gain in North American sales. Net sales increased to…
Hub Group beats EPS estimate, misses on revenue
Hub Group reported first-quarter earnings per share of $1.88, 5 cents better than the analyst estimate of $1.83. But revenue for the quarter came in at $1.2 billion, versus the consensus estimate of $1.23 billion. “The…
Top 5 books in transportation history that read like novels
FreightWaves Classics is sponsored by Old Dominion Freight Line — Helping the World Keep Promises. Learn more here. FreightWaves Classics delves into many topics in transportation and freight history — topics that have been…
Bulk carrier Trimac acquires AIP Logistics
Canadian bulk carrier Trimac Transportation announced Thursday the acquisition of American Industrial Partners (AIP) Logistics. Ohio-based AIP provides bulk transportation and warehousing services for plastics and chemicals…
Gulf Coast ports show mixed cargo results in March
Cargo flow slipped slightly at ports in Houston and New Orleans in March but rose at the Port of Corpus Christi due to increased exports. Port Houston sees decline in monthly containers Port Houston’s total container volume…
Farmer Focus: Safety first gathering crucial calving data
Farmers Weekly Calving is going steadily, with 32 out of 145 calves born in the first eight days, including one set of twins. All the mature cows due in the next few weeks are down from the hill now, on grass where they will…
Editor’s view: Promises, promises… but can Labour actually deliver?
Farmers Weekly After Brexit, the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, most farmers I speak to are feeling weary of politics. But I’m afraid if you’re in that camp, I’ve got some bad news. An election is coming. We all need to…
Large Powys holding offers diverse income streams
Farmers Weekly An amalgam of three farms totalling 736 acres in mid-Wales offers a mix of arable, livestock and poultry income as well as significant residential property and the potential for alternative uses. Grevodig,…
Will’s World: Why we farmers move to our own tune
Farmers Weekly Have you ever tried to move a piano? I have, and I can tell you that it isn’t a lot of fun. In fact, I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that on the universal fun scale it hovers somewhere around outdoor…
