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Philadelphia Port Sees Continued Growth in Imports

The Philadelphia port continues to be on a roll, with more containerized freight, more liquid bulk cargoes, and more cars arriving at Philadelphia鈥檚 15 piers and terminals on the Delaware River.

September 6, 2017

XPO Logistics to Lease Pennsylvania Warehouse 鈥榓s Part of its Continued Growth鈥

XPO Logistics is leasing a 628,475-square-foot warehouse in Palmer Township, Pa.

September 6, 2017

FedEx Taps University of Memphis Students to Run Call Center

The call center agents talk on headsets to FedEx employees, helping with passwords and other basic troubleshooting and handing off to specialists if necessary.

September 6, 2017

Second Round of NAFTA Talks Ends With Major Issues Unresolved

Representatives of the United States, Mexico and Canada declared 鈥減rogress鈥 but unveiled no breakthroughs at the conclusion Sept. 5 of a second round of talks to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement

September 6, 2017

Washington State to Test Pay-by-the-Mile Tax as a Way to Fund Highways

Next year the Washington State Department of Transportation expects gas-tax revenues to rise by 0.9%. It expects its construction costs to increase by 2.6%.

September 6, 2017

Robots Intended to Reduce Cost of 鈥楲ast-Mile鈥 Deliveries

Robby Technologies is one of three companies that have reached out to the city of Mountain View, Calif., for permission to test robots there.

September 5, 2017

Commerce Department: Autonomous Vehicle Technology Will Create Winners and Losers in Transport Industries

Workers in the trucking and other industries that move people and goods could find themselves squeezed out of those jobs by the rise of self-driving trucks.

September 5, 2017

Highway From Mexico to Canada Looks for Traction

It鈥檚 only a modest 2.5 miles of a long-term plan to better connect Las Vegas and Phoenix 鈥 the two largest cities in the U.S. not currently linked by an interstate 鈥 and a longer-term dream to link Mexico, the U.S and Canada.

September 5, 2017

Houston Port Ready to Ease Shipping Backlog After Hurricane Harvey

More ships sailed into the Houston Ship Channel on Sept. 1 in what will be a parade of vessels laden with crude oil, consumer goods and cruise passengers that have been unable to dock in a region devastated by Hurricane Harvey.

September 5, 2017

Scarce Truck Parking Has Atlanta Looking for Solutions

Not nearly enough parking exists in metro Atlanta for truckers who must comply with federal rules that limit how many hours they can drive 鈥 a shortage that鈥檚 about to get worse, thanks to new enforcement procedures

August 30, 2017