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Port Tampa Bay Approves $50 Million Logistics & Distribution Center

Outside a facility at Port Tampa Bay

Maryland-based Tradepoint Atlantic, a shipping logistics company, is coming to Tampa, Fla., in a deal that Port Tampa Bay CEO Paul Anderson called “potentially one of the biggest modern opportunities in the modern history of our port.”

Jay Cridlin | Tampa Bay Times
February 22, 2023
Business, Technology, TCA

Florida’s Blue Innovations Group Betting on Electric Boats

The Candela C-7

As Tesla helped usher in electric cars, a Tampa Bay, Fla., company seeks to do the same for boating. Blue Innovations Group, founded by former Tesla global head of manufacturing Chuan “John” Vo, is working out of Pinellas Park on a 30-foot-long boat powered by only electricity.

Bernadette Berdychowski | Tampa Bay Times
December 29, 2022
Government, Business, Equipment, Safety

Florida Colleges Get Funds to Boost CDL, Technician Jobs

Florida

Florida’s governor has awarded more than $3 million to schools for commercial driver licenses and diesel technician programs to create jobs needed to help with regional recovery from Hurricane Ian.  

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
November 29, 2022
Government, Business, Safety

Nicole Lashes Florida With Rain, Leaves Thousands Without Power

A boardwalk in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. experiences strong tidal waves

Nicole, now a tropical storm, is lashing central Florida with heavy rain and powerful wind, leaving a trail of blackouts and floods.

Bloomberg News
November 10, 2022
Business, Safety, Logistics

South Florida Now in Forecast Cone for Potential Hurricane Nicole

The financial district in downtown Miami

South Florida is now in the forecast cone for Subtropical Storm Nicole, which is forecast to be near hurricane strength, or possibly a hurricane, by midweek, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest advisory.

Robin Webb and Lois K. Solomon | South Florida Sun Sentinel
November 7, 2022
Government, Business, Safety

FHWA Releases $50 Million in Emergency Funds for Florida

Pete Buttigieg

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced $50 million in “quick release” federal emergency relief funds to Florida transportation officials to help rebuild interstates, highways and bridges damaged during Hurricane Ian.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
October 25, 2022
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

Georgia, Florida Get Gas Tax Holidays

Man carrying gas containers

Drivers in Georgia and Florida are getting some price relief at the pump, as supply chain- and inflation-related fuel-tax holidays are being extended while both states grapple in their own ways with the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
October 5, 2022
Government, Business, Technology, Safety

Florida Launches Alert System for Work Zones, Lane Closures

Lane closure sign

Truckers and others driving through Florida have a new alert system for lane closures with real-time updates from work zones along interstates and state roads that’s being billed as the first of its kind in North America.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
August 30, 2022
Government, Business, Fuel, TCA

Florida Gov. DeSantis Wants Six-Month State Gas Tax Halt Next Year

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Nov. 22 he wants to zero out the state’s gas tax for six months and deliver $1 billion of tax relief at the pump so Florida residents can deal with rising costs that are eating into their household budgets.

David Bauerlein | The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, Fla.)
November 22, 2021
Business, TCA

Florida Trucking Jobs in High Demand

Thousands of trucking jobs need to be filled in Florida and trucking companies are offering sign-on bonuses as high as $15,000 to entice applicants with commercial driver licenses.

Skyler Swisher | Orlando Sentinel
October 29, 2021

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