Indiana motorists will be paying a total of 74.5 cents in taxes for each gallon of gasoline they purchase in May — the highest amount in Indiana history.
April 21, 2022TCA
Indiana Gas Taxes on Brink of State Record
Border Inspections Lost Texas $4.2 Billion, Economist Says
DALLAS — Long wait lines for trucks at the border after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered increased inspections cost Texas more than $4.2 billion in goods and services and the equivalent of 36,000 jobs, a report from Texas economist Ray Perryman said April 20.
April 21, 2022SeaPort Manatee on Track for Record Year
PALMETTO, Fla. — SeaPort Manatee appears to be on track to set a record in total cargo, surpassing its high mark of nearly 10.5 million tons set in fiscal 2021.
April 20, 2022USPS to Move More Packages by Truck Instead of Plane
One-third of first-class packages delivered by the U.S. Postal Service will take one to two more days to arrive as more volume will be transported by trucks instead of airplanes.
April 19, 2022STB Approves Pan Am Railways Merger With CSX
Pan Am Railways, Maine’s largest rail operator, will merge with Jacksonville, Fla.-based CSX Transportation, the fourth-largest rail transportation company in the U.S.
April 18, 2022Port Completes Project to Deepen Savannah River
SAVANNAH, Ga. — After decades of political wrangling and environmental roadblocks and nearly seven years of dredging muck from the river bottom, one of Georgia’s most anticipated economic development projects — the nearly $1 billion deepening of the Savannah River channel — finally is complete.
April 15, 2022Truckers Fill Parking Lots as I-94 Remains Closed in N.D.
Semitrailer drivers filled parking lots in Jamestown, N.D., because I-94 to Montana was closed overnight April 13 due to a blizzard.
April 15, 2022Amazon, UPS’ Biggest Customer, Is Also Its Biggest Competitive Threat
Amazon delivered more than 5 billion packages in the U.S. in 2021, while UPS delivered roughly 5.5 billion U.S. packages, according to company figures and industry estimates. Amazon has said it could surpass UPS this year, and it’s not alone in that prediction.
April 14, 2022Air Cargo Becoming a More Feasible Freight Alternative
Manufacturers, retailers and seafood distributors have increasingly turned to air cargo planes to transport products — a more expensive, but faster and more reliable alternative to longhaul trucks, trains and ocean vessels often bogged down by current supply chain problems.
April 14, 2022Mexican Truckers Halt Bridge Traffic Following Texas Inspection Mandate
PHARR, Texas — Just four days after the Texas Department of Public Safety began implementing a program to inspect all commercial traffic crossing the Texas-Mexico border, Mexican truck drivers staged a protest that halted all traffic into and out of Mexico at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge on April 11.
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