Connecticut UPS Driver Celebrates 45 Years, 4 Million Miles on Job Without Accident
After 45 consecutive years with the company, and not so much as a fender bender, UPS driver Walter Beasley, who will turn 72 on March 12, has been named to an elite group in the company.
March 7, 2017Shippers Warehouse to Relocate to Expanded Texas Headquarters
Logistics firm Shippers Warehouse is moving its headquarters to Hutchins, Texas.
March 7, 2017U.S. Xpress Offers Apprenticeship Program for Vets to Fill Truck Driver Jobs
Don Davis and his wife, Rebekah, nearly doubled their combined income when the two military veterans became commercial truck drivers and started making longhaul trips between Chicago and the East Coast for the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based U.S. Xpress Enterprises.
March 6, 2017Canadian Trucking Company Planning Its First US Hub in Pennsylvania
A Canadian trucking company plans to establish its first U.S. hub in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley and create about 25 jobs.
March 6, 2017New GPS Technology Will Help Keep Freight Trains From Crashing. Why is it Taking So Long to Arrive?
Nine years ago, Union Pacific Railroad supervisor Ricky Durrant was called to a ghastly scene in Southern California.
March 6, 2017Port of Portland to Split With Container Terminal Operator ICTSI
The Port of Portland, Oregon, and the company operating its container terminal have agreed to part ways at the end of March, nearly a year after the terminal was idled by labor strife.
March 3, 2017South Carolina House Oks Gas Tax Hike to Repair Crumbling Roads
The South Carolina House voted 97-18 March 1 to increase the state’s gas tax and other driving fees to raise about $600 million a year to repair the state’s crumbling roads and bridges.
March 3, 2017New Interchange in New Stanton, Pa., Designed to Ease Traffic Flow
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s decision to move an Interstate 70 interchange in New Stanton, Pennsylvania, has helped ease traffic congestion for residents and firms, such as UPS and FedEx, that have distribution warehouses there.
March 3, 2017His Way on The Highway: 35-Year Floridian UPS Veteran Driver Has Seen It All
Bill Thompson, today a Royal Palm Beach, Florida, resident, was hired almost 35 years ago by UPS Inc. to drive one of the company’s ubiquitous brown package delivery trucks. Since then, he estimates he’s driven more than 2 million miles.
March 3, 2017Ohio House Approves $7.8 Billion for Transportation
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio House on March 2 overwhelmingly supported a $7.8 billion, two-year transportation and public safety budget that would experiment with varying speed limits to regulate traffic flow on selected highways.
March 2, 2017