Logistics
Keeping CSA Scores in Check – The Safety Management Cycle
Stream Date: June 24, 2021. Improving your CSA scores is an ongoing process that needs constant attention and monitoring across many areas of your business. The safety management cycle is used by authorities to assess your compliance performance and it should be used by carriers to ensure your processes are pointing towards keeping your CSA scores low.
June 24, 2021Trailer Optimization in a Reopening Economy
Stream date: June 17, 2021. As our economy reopens, trailer orders are at unusually high volumes. When freight demand outpaces your operations, it’s difficult to meet deadlines and keep customers happy. Hear directly from a leading carrier and trailer leasing company about how they are staying prepared to maximize trailer utilization and maintain a high level of customer service.
June 17, 2021GM, Wabtec Agree to Make Electric and Hydrogen-Powered Trains
A crew works near locomotives stored at the Wabtec Corp. location in Lawrence Park Township, Pa. (Greg Wohlford/Erie Times-News)
General Motors Co. and Wabtec Corp. have signed a nonbinding agreement to build locomotive engines using the automaker’s Ultium electric battery and its Hydrotec hydrogen fuel-cell system, the companies said June 15.
June 15, 2021Concerns Mount Over CN, KCS Rail Merger as Timetable Set for Regulatory Review
A KCS train in Mexico. (Kansas City Southern)
The Surface Transportation Board is taking public comments until June 28 on the proposed multibillion dollar merger of Class I freight rail companies Canadian National and Kansas City Southern.
June 14, 2021Cabinet Secretaries Launch Roadshow to Sell Biden Infrastructure Plan
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh visits the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in southeast Washington on May 19. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press)
Marty Walsh and a handful of other Cabinet secretaries have launched an ambitious travel schedule to promote the infrastructure plan and the larger Biden agenda.
June 14, 2021GlobalTranz, Worldwide Express Announce Merger
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GlobalTranz Enterprises and Worldwide Express are merging in a deal announced June 11, bringing together two non-asset-based providers of logistics services.
June 11, 2021JBS Paid Hackers $11 Million After Hack Closed Plants
A person walks outside the JBS Beef Production facility in Greeley, Colo., on June 1. (Michael Ciaglo/Bloomberg News)
JBS USA said it paid $11 million in ransom to criminals responsible for the cyberattack that disrupted meat processing across North America and Australia, the latest high profile example of large corporations falling prey to extortion.
June 10, 2021Reliable. Cost-Effective. Are You Destined for the Cloud?
Stream Date: June 10, 2021. Cost-Savings. Security. Uptime. Explore the basics and learn just what a move to the cloud for services, hosting, computing and executing applications can do for your business success quickly and painlessly. Experts share why a switch to the cloud is a “must” for companies in the transportation and logistics space.
June 10, 2021Connecticut Lawmakers Push Through New Tax on Trucks
Legislators this week in Hartford, Conn., approved a new user fee on large trucks. (SeanPavonePhoto/Getty Images)
The Connecticut General Assembly approved a bill that would impose a highway use fee on heavy commercial trucks.
June 10, 2021Supply Chain to Remain Backed Up Until 2022, Experts Say
Trucks line up near shipping containers stacked near gantry cranes at the Port of Los Angeles. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg News)
Imported cargo shipments to the U.S. are expected to remain at a record or near-record levels for several more months as consumer spending continues to restart the pandemic-damaged economy. But industry experts say all of that buying is clogging an already overtaxed supply chain.
June 9, 2021