The Coast Guard reopened the Mississippi River to all vessel traffic near Memphis Friday morning. The shutdown of a part of the waterway had disrupted shipments of corn, soybeans and other commodities, causing a backlog of more than 1,000 barges.…
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U.S. rail volumes last week slipped from the prior week, although they’re up by double-digit percentage points year-over-year, according to data from the Association of American Railroads (AAR). Weekly U.S. rail traffic was 523,309 carloads and intermodal units for the…
Latvia’s SmartLynx Airlines, responding to strong market incentives, is diving deeper into the cargo business with the lease of five Airbus A330 widebody aircraft that have had their seats temporarily removed to increase cargo capacity. The global economic recovery from…
On this week’s Drilling Deep, host John Kingston talks about how diesel markets fared during the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline. There was so much focus on gasoline supplies, gasoline lines and the hoarding that created those issues that it…
In 1920, the U.S. railroad network was still near its peak. There were over 250,000 miles of track being used by over 1,000 railroads. Over 1.5 million men and women were employed in the industry. By 2020, the number of…
Howard Energy Partners is expanding its Port Arthur, Texas, terminal facilities to support Diamond Green Diesel’s (DGD) recently approved plant in the same city. The DGD plant will be a 470 million-gallon-per-year renewable diesel production facility located at Valero Energy…
This week, we’re looking at the salaries of some CEOs at de-SPACed electric vehicle startups whose share values are plummeting, and the 15-year anniversary of a technology that literally drives the industry. The de-SPACed pay picture Proxy materials typically don’t…
Schneider National (NYSE: SNDR) is driving toward a 7.5% reduction of CO2 emissions per mile by 2025 and a 60% reduction of CO2 emissions per mile by 2035. Sustainability goals were laid out in the trucking, logistics and intermodal service…
For retailers and third-party sellers weighted down by high shipping costs, Sendle has an answer: Happy Hour. That’s right, the shipping service is offering a limited time Happy Hour for shippers with special $1 flat rate pricing. Any parcel under…
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