President Joe Biden told companies vying with each other for a sharply constrained global supply of semiconductors that he has bipartisan support for government funding to address a shortage that has idled automakers worldwide.
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Canada May Run Out of Warehouse Space This Year
Canada is in danger of running out of warehouse space by the end of the year, thanks to the boom in e-commerce sparked by the pandemic.
April 6, 2021Suez Canal Traffic Briefly Stopped as Oil Tanker Loses Power
Traffic through Egypt’s Suez Canal was briefly halted April 6, just two weeks after a giant containership ran aground and blocked the waterway that’s vital for global trade.
April 6, 2021Amazon Violated Law in Firing Employee Activists, NLRB Says
Amazon .com Inc. violated labor law when it fired two high-profile internal critics last year, the National Labor Relations Board’s prosecutors have found.
April 5, 2021Jon Eisen Becomes Director of ATA-Affiliated IMCC
American Trucking Associations has hired Jon Eisen to serve as director of the Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference.
April 5, 2021Biden’s Biggest-Ever Investment Plan for US Still Trails China
What President Joe Biden touted as a historic U.S. federal investment program that will position the country to win the global innovation race still leaves it well behind China’s continuing, giant infrastructure upgrading campaign.
April 2, 2021Biden’s Infrastructure Plan to Total $2.25 Trillion, Include Corporate Tax Hikes
President Joe Biden announced a $2.25 trillion climate change-centric infrastructure plan meant to repair the country’s roads and bridges, and guarantee nationwide access to broadband internet and safe drinking water.
March 31, 2021Georgia Ports Authority OKs $205 Million for Savannah Expansion
The board of the Georgia Ports Authority voted March 29 to spend $205 million to expand the Savannah facility, adding to $100 million authorized several months ago.
March 30, 2021Port of Baltimore Dredging, Expansion Seen as Boon to Economy
Port of Baltimore officials say with the vast jump in imported cargo and tens of millions of dollars in infrastructure improvements, the sprawling facility on the Chesapeake Bay will see rapid growth the next several years.
March 30, 2021Conversation Begins About Who Will Pay for Suez Canal Crisis
The Suez Canal may be open again, but the battle over damages from the waterway’s longest closure in almost half a century is just beginning.
March 30, 2021