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Pete Buttigieg Talks Safety, Supply Chain on 2024 Budget
President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2024 budget request paves the way for improvements to the safety and connectivity of the nation’s mobility system, Secretary Pete Buttigieg said April 20.
Iowa Tort Reform Bill Goes to Governor
A landmark law in Iowa limiting jury awards to $5 million in accident lawsuits against commercial vehicles was sent to the desk of Gov. Kim Reynolds for enactment.
Yet more signs of deterioration in European pulp and paper industry
FreightWaves wrote last week about a large European pulp and paper company that issued a negative profit warning for the first time in more than four years owing to deteriorating pulp demand in Europe and China and poor…
Just 23 British Landrace sows left, warns rare breeds group
Farmers Weekly Some of the UK’s rare breeds of native pigs are increasingly under threat, with the ongoing crisis in the pig sector blamed for reducing British Landrace sow numbers to just 23. The Rare Breeds Survival Trust…
Horticulture sector warns House of Lords of market failure
Farmers Weekly Market failure is an issue for fruit and vegetables, with disparities between what the shopper is paying and farmgate prices, Ali Capper told a House of Lords horticultural sector committee. Ms Capper,…
EU to provide €100m support to farmers and limit Ukrainian imports
Farmers Weekly The European Commission has confirmed an additional €100m (£88m) of support will be provided to EU farmers that have been affected by a large influx of Ukrainian grain imports. This is on top of an earlier…
Volvo Raises Truck Forecasts
Volvo Group raised its forecasts for registrations as the world’s second-biggest truck maker saw orders increase 32%.
Daily Briefings from Transport Topics
Transport Topics has partnered with Spoken Layer to make one-minute daily briefings available on all your smart devices. Simply say “Alexa, play Transport Topics” or “Okay Google, talk to Transport Topics” to get the day’s…
Daily Infographic: Vehicle miles traveled in 2021 and 2022 followed a similar monthly pattern as the years preceding the pandemic
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Air cargo operators still feel ‘hangover from the 2021 party’
Just when it looked like the airfreight market’s steady yearlong deflation had finally paused, it may have sprung a new leak. Logistics professionals and freight analysts are hard-pressed to say whether freight patterns…
