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FreightWaves Classics: Young girl saves hundreds of lives
FreightWaves Classics profiles Kate Shelley, a heroine who saved many lives.
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Bimbo Bakeries driver dies during severe Midwest storm
A truck driver didn’t survive a rollover after severe winds struck his 18-wheeler in Iowa.
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FreightWaves Classics/Infrastructure: I-29 serves the Great Plains and upper Midwest
FreightWaves Classics profiles another interstate highway (I-29), which serves the Heartland.
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Rail-related projects included in $905M infrastructure grants
The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding $905 million to 24 infrastructure projects. Among those are a handful of projects that involve making freight rail…
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Cedar Rapids logistics park on horizon
Iowa transportation company Travero plans to open a multimodal cross-dock operation by next September.
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Windstorm destroys millions of acres of Midwestern crops
Nearly 1 billion bushels of corn and soybeans were wiped out. “It can take a chunk of truck loads away that would normally move.”
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Today’s Pickup: Tesla’s truck may not ride in Europe; pushback on Morgan Stanley’s Amazon forecast
Tesla's truck may not comply with Euro standards. Consultant takes issue with Morgan Stanley's Amazon firecast
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Snowfall to cover High Plains, Midwest
Several inches of messy snow coming to northern Rockies, Dakotas, upper Midwest. Short-term delays in freight movement.
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Volumes of flood-delayed crops picking up in Midwest
Late harvests, unplanted seeds add up to higher shipping volumes
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Severe storms, flooding, road closures continue Friday (forecast video)
Flooding still keeping trucks off interstates, barges stuck at ports.
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