The U.S. Coast Guard has reopened the Mississippi River to maritime traffic, ending a shutdown that stranded more than 1,000 barges on the key conduit for agriculture exports.
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Program Aired: 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, 2021Lawmakers Back $8 Billion for Electric USPS Vehicles
House lawmakers advanced language authorizing $8 billion for the U.S. Postal Service to buy more electric vehicles as the agency modernizes its aging fleet.
May 13, 2021Disruptions Add More Stress to Already Strained Capacity Market
Already stressed capacity is facing new pressure as the economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic and demand increases.
May 13, 2021More Than 700 Barges Stuck in Mississippi River From Bridge Crack
A crack in a bridge over the Mississippi River has stranded more than 700 barges, cutting off the biggest route for U.S. agricultural exports when the critical waterway is at its busiest.
May 13, 2021Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5 Million in Ransom
Colonial Pipeline Co. paid nearly $5 million to Eastern European hackers on May 7, contradicting reports earlier this week that the company had no intention of paying an extortion fee to help restore the country’s largest fuel pipeline, according to two people familiar with the transaction.
May 13, 2021Loads Increasingly Shifting to Spot Market, DAT Data Shows
An increasing number of loads are shifting onto the spot market amid tight conditions in trucking, according to recent data by DAT Freight & Analytics.
May 13, 2021US Shipping Rule Waived so Foreign Tanker Can Deliver Fuel
The Biden administration temporarily eased century-old U.S. shipping requirements so a single foreign tanker could transport gasoline and jet fuel to the East Coast, where the Colonial Pipeline outage caused tanks to run dry.
May 13, 2021Forklift Driving Becomes Desk Job in Phantom-Mitsubishi Deal
Phantom Auto, a California-based startup focusing on remote vehicle operation, has struck a deal to provide logistics equipment heavyweight Mitsubishi Logisnext Co. with software that enables forklifts to be operated remotely from thousands of miles away.
May 13, 2021New TIA Chairman Michael Riccio Highlights Areas of Focus
Michael Riccio discussed his goals as the newest chairman of the Transportation Intermediaries Association during the 2021 TIA Capitol Ideas Conference on May 12.
May 12, 2021