Industry News and Updates
Overview
FreightWaves
- PS Logistics acquires Louisiana flatbed carrier Fluker Transportation
- Orderful raises $15M with NewRoad, aims to improve data interchange with AI
- Yellow shareholder loses bid to quash pension claims
- California AG makes case against OOIDA’s legal battle to stop AB5
- Protest on Mexican side of World Trade Bridge halts northbound cargo traffic
Next-Gen Transportation News
Logistics Management
- DSV announces acquisitions of S&M Moving Systems West and Global Diversity Logistics
- ATA reports February truck tonnage increase
- More than 150 companies participate in the 2023 MHI Innovation Awards
- Biggest gets bigger: Knight-Swift buying USX for $808 million in huge TL deal
- ATA has ‘grave concerns’ that EPA may allow California-type air quality rules on heavy trucks
Transport Topics
Journal of Commerce
- Bentzel leaving FMC for executive role with maritime trade groups
- BC, Montreal ports set to reopen under orders from Canada’s labor chief
- Yang Ming, Wan Hai see Q3 net profit outpace first half on demand, higher rates
- CMA CGM does U-turn on Suez Canal resumption for Indamex service
- CPKC, CSX to launch joint Mexico-Southeast US service Dec. 1
Logistics Viewpoints
- Editor’s Choice: Consumers Will Wait for Sustainability
- Chevron Phillips Chemical Embraces Cultural Innovation to Accelerate their Digital Transformation
- This Week in Logistics News (January 14 – 20)
- Editor’s Choice: Remove Wasted Time and Your Operations Can Soar Like an Eagle
- Körber CEO Discusses Warehouse Labor Management, Engagement, and Retention
DC Velocity
DOL National News Releases
- US Department of Labor investigation uncovers child labor violations at 2 Knoxville Marco’s Pizza locations; employer pays $207K in penalties
- Court enters consent order requiring New Hampshire landscaper to pay employees $310K in wages, liquidated damages
- Nabawi ng Departamento ng Paggawa ang $863K sa mga sahod, bayad-pinsala mula sa 4 na provider ng pangangalagang pantahanan ng California na nagkulang sa pagbibigay ng mga minimum at overtime na sahod
- Iron River pizza restaurant agrees to pay $99K in penalties for employing children to operate hot oven, meat grinder; work beyond allowed hours
- Department of Labor investigation finds window cleaning company employed children to complete dangerous tasks; required to pay $29K in penalties
Fleet News Daily
- Quectel Launches New Durable 3-in-1 4G, Wi-Fi and GNSS Antennas
- WEX and Holman Expand Partnership Across U.S. and Canada
- NATSO, SIGMA Urge Congress to Harness Momentum to Extend $1 Per Gallon Biodiesel Tax Credit
- Transforming Compliance in Transportation: The DISA and Tenstreet Partnership
- Arrive AI: Autonomous Delivery will Transform Not Replace Jobs
YouTube Videos from the Department of Labor
U.S. Energy Information Administration | Today in Energy
- U.S. hourly electricity demand peaked in July with widespread heatwaves
- Hurricane Milton nears landfall on Florida's west coast, disrupts energy infrastructure
- Household heating expenditures expected to remain about the same or less than last winter
- U.S. natural gas-fired electricity generation set new daily records in summer 2024
- Hurricane Francine has taken energy infrastructure offline
Truck News | General
- Federal government moves to end port work stoppages, orders binding arbitration
- Ontario’s MHDV electrification stalled by high costs, regulatory hurdles, despite high potential: Pembina Institute
- Titanium grows logistics revenue as truck transport earnings slide
- National Truck League Insurance Solutions will rebrand to Westland Insurance
- ‘Do the work’: Ottawa urges both sides in B.C. port dispute to restart talks
Truck News | Health and Safety
- Advocacy is not an easy path to carve
- Trucking companies caught between The Rock and a hard place in Newfoundland
- Industry leaders insist mentorship and developing drivers’ skills key to retention
- Rand McNally rolls out AI-based Automated Event Ranking feature
- Non-compliant carriers gaming the system for profit: CTA’s Laskowski
Truck News | Regulations
- Quebec trucking leaders say economy is top concern
- Two B.C. men charged with smuggling emissions defeat devices into U.S.
- Stakeholders concerned over deteriorating safety, compliance standards in Ontario
- Kamloops, B.C. to remove downtown truck routes during six-month pilot program
- A Quebec perspective on Driver Inc.
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | General
- Despite over 2 million sexually transmitted infections reported in 2023, CDC data suggest that the STI epidemic may be slowing
- Transcript for MMWR Telebriefing: Evidence of Recent H5 Bird Flu Infections among Dairy Workers and CDC Guidance Updates
- Onions served at McDonald's are likely source of E. coli outbreak
- Lassa Fever Suspected in Death of U.S. Traveler Returning from West Africa
- More cases reported in E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders; Taylor Farms recalls onions sent to restaurants
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | COVID-19
- End of the Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Declaration
- COVID-19 Forecasting and Mathematical Modeling
- CDC & FDA Identify Preliminary COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signal for Persons Aged 65 Years and Older
- CDC & FDA Identify Preliminary COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signal for Persons Aged 65 Years and Older
- Use Masks to Slow the Spread of COVID-19
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- U.S. associated natural gas production increased nearly 8% in 2023
- U.S. electricity exports to Canada have increased since September 2023
- Drought conditions reduce hydropower generation, particularly in the Pacific Northwest
- U.S. fuel ethanol exports rise on strong international demand and low U.S. prices
- U.S. summer nuclear outages declined in 2024, returning to 2022 levels
Rigzone
- USA Climate Official Tells COP29 Oil Boom Aids Energy Transition
- OGDC Says Alliance Effective in Getting Firms Onboard Net-Zero Cause
- OGDC Says Alliance Effective in Getting Firms on Board Net-Zero Cause
- European Commission, Partners Launch Methane Abatement Roadmap
- OEUK Confirms Rob Rinder as Awards Host
Oil & Gas 360
- Oil slips towards 2-week low on gloomy demand outlook
- Energy Market Assessment: The direction we head needs a very profitable drilling boom
- A decade hence-Supreme Court takes on Uinta Basin rail plan
- Hilcorp bags $1B Permian deal
- Nostra Terra gives update on its Texas oil and gas production, operations
CNBC | Oil and Gas
- Exxon CEO says Trump should keep U.S. involved in global effort to address climate change
- Oil giant Shell wins appeal against landmark Dutch climate ruling to slash emissions
- The 'Trump trades' that also give you income as you wait for policies to come to fruition
- More Iran sanctions and 'drill baby, drill': Oil market's future is still uncertain under Trump
- Trump's election victory sparks dismay — and defiance — among architects of the Paris climate accord
OilPrice.com
Autoblog
Automotive News
- Hyundai Q3 earnings slump on lower demand
- Newer AEB systems surpass older ones but still struggle at high speeds
- Penske expands service-scheduling AI pilot nationally
- Sonic Automotive Inc.’s Q3 net income rises on tax benefit
- Used-vehicle power players Carvana, CarMax see AI uses in inspections, appraisals and more
1A Auto Blog
- Top 5 2005 to 2010 Chrysler 300C Problems: 8th Generation
- Top 5 2005 to 2010 Dodge Dakota Problems (3rd Generation)
- The Top 5 Problems with the Mazda CX-9: 1st Generation (2007 to 2015)
- DIY Catalytic Converter Repair Tips: Easy Way to Install a Stolen or Broken Catalytic Converter
- Oil Filter Housing Leak? How to Fix It Yourself