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Business, Logistics, TCA

Missouri Town Plans $5.84 Million Tax Break to Lure Big FedEx Center

St. Peters, Mo., could offer a property tax break of $5.84 million over 10 years to lure a large FedEx complex to the levee-protected Premier 370 business park in the citys Mississippi River flood plain.

September 26, 2017
Business, Logistics, TCA

FedEx Outlook Rosy Despite Ongoing Threats From Cybercrime, Trade Restrictions

FedEx has never been stronger, although cybercrime and threats to restrict trade pose challenges, company founder Frederick Smith said Sept. 25

September 26, 2017
Business, TCA

No Shortage of Chrome at Joplin, Mo., Truck Show

Hundreds of truckers are assembled in south Joplin for a weekend of group therapy, and everyone seems to have received the same prescription: chrome.

September 25, 2017
Business, Technology, TCA

App Aims to Increase Communication in Intermodal Industry

Paul Burgoyne has been in the transportation industry for 25 years, and the Poland, Ohio resident knows the ins and outs of the industry, and its problems.

September 25, 2017
Business, Safety, Logistics, TCA

Transportation Rebounding From Hurricane Harveys Havoc

Container ships bound for Houston called on other ports as Hurricane Harvey slogged its way across the upper Texas coast and into the history books.

September 25, 2017
Government, Business, TCA

Kentucky Town May Ban Commercial Delivery on Golf Carts

Daviess County, Ky., Judge-Executive Al Mattingly says he will introduce an ordinance to Fiscal Court next month that would prohibit the commercial use of golf carts or other low-speed utility vehicles for delivering packages or mail.

September 22, 2017
Business, Logistics, TCA

FedEx Celebrates New Baltimore Distribution Center

FedEx has been shipping and sorting packages at its new Sparrows Point center in Baltimore for two months, but celebrated the facilitys opening by having officials cut a ceremonial orange ribbon on Sept. 20

September 22, 2017
Government, Business, TCA

Louisiana Regulators Allow More Truckers to Haul Hazardous Waste

Louisiana regulators Sept. 20 allowed more companies to haul toxic waste in the state, but the Public Service Commission did not go as far as a newly passed state law demands, which will force the courts, ultimately, to decide how to handle hazardous leftovers from industry and the oilfield.

September 22, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous, TCA

Uber Unveils Second Generation Self-Driving Car in Pittsburgh

Uber is taking the co-driver out of its self-driving cars in Pittsburgh as the company rolls out the second generation of its autonomous Volvo SUVs.

September 21, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous, TCA

'Smart Car' Technology May Make Roads Safer, but Some Fear Data Hacks

Autonomous vehicles are the wave of a rapidly approaching future that is already bringing increasing amounts of smart technology to cars and trucks, and could eventually make passengers of everyone in a vehicle.

September 21, 2017