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BusinessLogisticsGlobal Freight

Canadian National Railway Maintains Earnings Growth Forecast

Canadian National Railway is sticking with its outlook for double-digit profit growth over the next few years, moving past a 2023 marred by labor strife, low grain shipments and a sluggish economy.

January 24, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Samsara Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Motive

Fleet telematics provider Samsara filed a patent infringement lawsuit alleging that competitor Motive Technologies has covertly stolen its technology patents and adopted them as its own.

January 24, 2024
GovernmentBusinessSafety

US House Advances Bill to Protect Moving Privacy

Legislation intended to protect people鈥檚 personal information was easily approved by the U.S. House of Representatives this month.

January 23, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel

Hydrogen Company Plug Power Closes In on $1.6 Billion Loan

Plug Power Inc. surged the most in three years after the hydrogen company said it鈥檚 getting close to finalizing a $1.6 billion loan from the U.S. Energy Department.

January 23, 2024
BusinessLogistics

New Landstar Facility to Focus on Owner-Operators

Landstar has started construction on a new field operations center in Crawfordsville, Ind., the company announced Jan. 18. The facility will be built with owner-operators in mind.

January 23, 2024
BusinessEquipment

Paccar Delivers 54% Jump in Q4 Profit, Record Revenues

Truck maker Paccar saw profits jump 54% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2023 on the back of record revenues and a double-digit jump in U.S. and Canadian truck deliveries.

January 23, 2024
BusinessEquipmentFuelAutonomous

Volvo Unveils Redesigned Flagship Class 8 VNL Tractor

Volvo Trucks North America launched a revamp of its flagship over-the-road Class 8 VNL tractor Jan. 23, the first major overhaul since a 2017 redesign.

January 23, 2024
GovernmentBusiness

Group Releases 2023-2024 Top Judicial 鈥楬ellholes鈥 Report

Civil courts in Georgia and Pennsylvania have tied as the nation鈥檚 top 鈥淛udicial Hellholes鈥 listed in a new 2023-24 report, primarily due to large nuclear verdicts and other events.

January 23, 2024
BusinessEquipmentSafety

60 Seconds: States Issue Emergency HOS Waiver for Fuel Deliveries

Extreme cold weather prompts efforts to prevent shortages. Although some states issued orders several days ago that soon expire, others with longer duration emergency orders are Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, South Dakota and Tennessee.聽

January 23, 2024
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsTCA

Port NOLA Project Gets $226 Million in Federal Grant

WASHINGTON 鈥 The planned $1.8 billion Louisiana International Terminal project in St. Bernard Parish was awarded a $226 million grant Jan. 22 from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

January 23, 2024

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