Ohio

Wheeler Trucking will pay $65,000 to an employee who faced religious discrimination at the company’s Ohio location.

The Association of American Railroads is suing the state of Ohio over its new law on freight train crew sizes.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine wants President Joe Biden to declare East Palestine a disaster area, while Norfolk Southern calls for rail car owners associated with the Feb. 3 derailment to help pay cleanup costs.

A Nevada bill restricting train lengths has been introduced, while Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill that mandates freight train crew sizes of at least two people.

Two congressional representatives from Ohio have introduced a rail safety bill that they say would build off of NTSB’s findings into the cause of the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said Tuesday the state has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Norfolk Southern in order to ensure the railroad will be financially responsible for derailment costs and economic damages.

East Palestine residents and rail unions face an uncertain future in the aftermath of a Norfolk Southern freight train derailment.

Norfolk Southern’s CEO said the railroad will continue to support the town of East Palestine, Ohio, as the investigation into the train derailment from two weeks ago continues.

Norfolk Southern informa a la EPA de que el cloruro de vinilo no fue la única sustancia química que se escapó de los vagones en Ohio.

Norfolk Southern told the EPA other chemicals besides vinyl chloride were released into the local environment in the Ohio train derailment.

Lanes between the Midwest and the Northeast could experience delays as a result of a fiery train derailment in Ohio last Friday.

Clean Energy opened a renewable natural gas station in Groveport, Ohio, as part of an agreement with Amazon.

Americans used about 123 billion gallons of motor gasoline in 2020

Goodyear is buying Cooper Tire in a $2.5 billion “transformational” deal.

The Timken Co. and Envases Group recently announced plans for cross-border factories in Texas and Mexico.

The rail sites are for manufacturers wanting to expand their footprint domestically or tap into the export network.

CSX expects the construction of two new intermodal terminals, one in North Carolina and the other in Ohio, to be completed in the first quarter of 2021.

Hundreds of flight cancellations, multiple highway accidents in Midwest as record-setting snowfall makes mess of Veterans Day.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced today it will open two more fulfillment centers in Ohio, which will bring to 10 the number of locations that the e-tailer operates in the state. The centers, which will be built in Akron and Rossford, will each measure 700,000 square feet and will be used to pick, pack and ship […]

GM closed its Lordstown Complex on March 5, 2019, but it could see new life as the company is negotiating with Workhorse, which would build electric pickups in the facility.

Chillicothe has a long history in the state, but in the past 45 years, it is the local Kenworth factory that has become an identifying centerpiece of this central Ohio town.

Kenworth will increase the size its Chillicothe, Ohio, manufacturing plant by nearly 25 percent once a new paint facility comes online in early 2021, the company said at a groundbreaking for the $140-million, 120,000-square-foot building.

Add Ohio and Washington state to the list of states where leaders are debating whether to require freight railroads to have at least two crew members per train. Ohio and Washington state legislators have introduced bills this spring mandating a minimum crew size for freight trains. Washington state’s bill takes the debate one step further by also defining how many crew members should be operating a train that’s carrying crude oil.

Ohio raises diesel and gasoline taxes; YRC’s rank and file get their hands on a new collective bargaining agreement; Uber’s IPO approaches; warehouse automation growing rapidly; Vietnam’s logistics growing 14-16% CAGR.

Heavy snow melt and rains have caused historic flooding in 16 states and the FMCSA has lifted certain regulations as a result.

The states are at different points in their adoption of the program, but some of them are showing the way in what can be done.

Soybeans and corn are pretty big crops in Ohio. After a drought scare earlier this year, growers have been rebounding nicely.

John Kasich signed an executive order in May that will allow companies to test autonomous vehicles on all public roads in Ohio.