Southwest Louisiana’s Chennault International Airport is a large aviation property. The former Air Force base has a 2-mile-long runway, newly refurbished parallel taxiway and 60 acres of concrete tarmac. But when it comes to commercial aircraft activity, it’s puny. The…
If the story of shipping’s first half were published as fiction, a critic might say: “Wildly inventive but highly implausible. Way too over-the-top. Too cluttered. Remember, less is more!” And yet it’s all true. Here’s a look back at the…
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The Justice Department is probing financially troubled Lordstown Motors Corp., according to several media reports Friday. It is the latest blow to the company that plans to begin building battery-powered commercial pickup trucks this fall at a former General Motors…
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about freight going virtual as they look at the cloud data driving fleets on air, land, and sea. Plus, House Democrats succeed in boosting trucking insurance to $2 million; trucking jobs…
Overview The Port of Chicago consists of several major port facilities within the city of Chicago. The port is operated by the Illinois International Port District (IIPD). It is a multimodal facility composed of Senator Dan Dougherty Harbor (Lake Calumet)…
A husband and wife who were involved in the Louisiana staged accident scheme have been sentenced to prison, and for a lot more time than previous sentencings. Earlier this week, Anthony Robinson and Audrey Harris, who pleaded in December guilty…
CSX has resubmitted its application to acquire New England short line Pan Am Railways, saying the new filing provides a more in-depth market analysis that federal regulators were seeking. The railroad is seeking to prove to regulators and existing and…
A Boeing 737 cargo jet made an emergency nighttime landing in open water off the Hawaii coast early Friday and both pilots were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed. Aviation tracking websites Flightaware.com and Flightradar24.com…
Federal regulators will consider revising rules for windshield-mounted cameras in trucks that would make filing for exemptions unnecessary. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposal, made at the request of Daimler Trucks North America and scheduled to be published on…
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