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USDA Offers Up to $500 Million in Biofuel Grants
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that up to $500 million in federal funds are available to boost supplies of American-made biofuel.
It is time for brokers to leverage integrations as selling points
Connectivity has become a hot topic in the logistics industry. Shippers are increasingly embracing integrations as a way to connect with partners, save money and automate tasks. That means brokers are being pushed to up…
Teamsters demand UPS present last, best, final offer by Friday
The Teamsters union said Wednesday that it has demanded that UPS Inc. present its last, best and final contractual offer no later than Friday. The ratcheting up of hostilities comes one day after the Teamsters gave UPS…
Truck parking in Texas, Louisiana gets $33.5M boost from DOT
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a combined $33.5 million to build new truck parking facilities in Texas and Louisiana as project sponsors find ways around a lack of dedicated funding pools for such…
Slowed Sales Call For Strategy Shifts in Alternative Proteins: Rabobank
“Get ready for boredom,” reports Rabobank’s Senior Consumer Foods Analyst, Tom Bailey, because smaller, safer innovations are ahead for disruptive food products like plant-based meat alternatives, precision fermented…
Vacancies Common Among Heads of Transportation Agencies
Three of the major U.S. transportation safety agencies are without permanent leaders as the U.S. contends with toxic railway spills, near-collisions on runways and rising traffic deaths.
4 arrested in Texas truck smuggling incident that left 53 dead
Federal prosecutors say four Mexican nationals have been arrested in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants found abandoned last year inside a locked tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas. The four arrests, announced…
Yellow’s downward spiral, flaming Nikolas and trucking market report – WTT
On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking to FreightWaves’ Justin Martin about the turmoil at Yellow. The carrier has just filed a lawsuit against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters for over $137…
Daylight Transport leads pack in service, sustainable infrastructure investment
Texas is something of a logistics hotspot due to its convenient location and business-friendly policies. The state attracts corporate investment by making it easy for companies to build infrastructure and chase…
Carriers owed millions after Mississippi brokerage files for Chapter 7
More than 60 small trucking companies are collectively owed millions of dollars after a Mississippi-based logistics firm filed for bankruptcy liquidation recently. Transplus Freight System Inc. (Transplus), headquartered in…
