Infrastructure

Postponement until completion of safety study part of $494 billion highway bill

Escalating airfreight transportation rates and capacity shortages from China due to the global pandemic have encouraged some shippers to split supply chain shipments between ocean and air pallets.

Tolls on bridges, tunnels and roads are plummeting in the wake of the pandemic. Unlike the broader system of highways whose upkeep is paid for by the rapidly depleting Highway Trust Fund, infrastructure funded by tolls generally has a steady stream of income to keep it in working condition. But that is now threatened by […]

15.6 million masks from FEMA going out to trucking, maritime, rail sectors.

Leasing companies say a neutral chassis pool lacks incentive to invest the tens of millions of dollars each year to maintain viable chassis equipment.

Pennsylvania Turnpike cites surge in e-commerce as a factor.

Quick action sets the bar for terminal operators across the country, says Agriculture Transportation Coalition chief

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission says an amendment to the Puerto Nuevo Terminals Agreement poses no anticompetitive concern.

Drone technology provider to UPS Flight Forward aims for unmanned aircraft systems certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

Harbor Trucking Association hosts a wide-ranging conversation with West Virginia senator.

The U.S. wind energy sector is “a huge bright spot during these difficult times,” said Gene Lemke, vice president of projects at Anderson Trucking Service.

U.S. Federal Maritime Commission asks lawmakers to consider “financial bridge” to help container terminals make their lease payments.

International association of forwarders says members have tools and knowledge to ease container-shipping pain of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Trump and Republicans at odds over using pandemic as bridge to transportation funding.

“We expect that more shippers will shift from just-in-time supply chains to just-in-case supply chains,” U.S. CEO Mark McCullough said.

Final steel floor beam lifted into place two years after assembly of main span got underway.

Radio frequency identification has matured in terms of its cost effectiveness and efficiency over the past decade, the company says.

“Revenues plummeting” with less vehicle traffic, say government officials.

The Supply Chain Intelligence Center pinpoints trouble spots on the nation’s highways and ports to U.S. humanitarian relief providers responding to the health crisis.