Man who slashed two UPS workers on subway held on $75K bond
A Yonkers man who slashed two UPS delivery menon the subway early Tuesday morning was ordered held on a $75,000 cash bond. Finn Barbuto,...
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US Transport News
- Mar 3, 2021
- 2 min
New York UPS workers slashed on subway after argument turns violent
A 22-year-old man attacked two UPS workers with a knife early Tuesday morning on a subway train as New York City continues to grapple...
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US Transport News
- Mar 3, 2021
- 2 min
Trucking industry thriving from coronavirus-linked e-commerce boom
The boom in online shopping and e-commerce during the coronavirus pandemic is driving profits in the trucking industry. As businesses...
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US Transport News
- Mar 2, 2021
- 3 min
FedEx shipping Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, entering network via Memphis hub
FedEx is now shipping a third COVID-19 vaccine, adding to the millions of doses the Memphis logistics giant has delivered throughout the...
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US Transport News
- Mar 1, 2021
- 3 min
Rails Tout Climate Edge Over Trucks, Wooing ‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden
U.S. freight railroads are trying to take advantage of a train enthusiast president who’s concerned about global warming with a lobbying...
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US Transport News
- Feb 27, 2021
- 1 min
Vaccine distribution to jump 40 percent next week, UPS executive says
FedEx and UPS said they plan to increase distribution of the coronavirus vaccine by 40 percent next week, with peak distribution likely...
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US Transport News
- Feb 25, 2021
- 3 min
Autonomous Trucking Startup TuSimple Plans to Go Public in March
Autonomous trucking company TuSimple Inc., which gained momentum with hundreds of millions of dollars in financing from Chinese investors...
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US Transport News
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min
Consumer goods group lobbies for federal ‘air traffic control’ for trucks
The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry wants the federal government to get involved in initiatives that measure freight demand —...
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US Transport News
- Feb 21, 2021
- 2 min
Trucking associations question new Covid-19 requirements at border
Canadian trucking associations are pushing back against plans to require border-crossing truck drivers to submit contact information and...
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US Transport News
- Feb 20, 2021
- 5 min
Polar vortex strains freight networks, drives spot rates
An Arctic polar vortex is headed East after blasting areas of the Midwest and Southern U.S. with bone-chilling weather and record deep...
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US Transport News
- Feb 16, 2021
- 1 min
UPS driver delivering smiles, not just packages, to a devastated community
An Oregon UPS driver is bringing smiles to a community that has been devastated by not only the pandemic – but by the Holiday Farm Fire....
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US Transport News
- Feb 15, 2021
- 1 min
Truck fire causes over $1M in damage at carrier in Wisconsin
A fire that started in the engine compartment of a semi-truck caused $1 million in damage at a family-owned trucking company in...
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US Transport News
- Feb 14, 2021
- 2 min
Hawaiian trucking schools have a waitlist for the first time ever, owners say
Trucking schools in Hawaii are struggling to keep up with demand for their training services, school owners say. It all started when the...
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US Transport News
- Feb 14, 2021
- 1 min
FedEx commits $5M to historically Black colleges and universities in new initiative
FedEx will gift millions of dollars to historically Black colleges and universities across Mississippi and Tennessee to ready students...
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US Transport News
- Feb 13, 2021
- 2 min
Biden meets with bipartisan senators to discuss potential infrastructure bill
President Biden met with bipartisan senators on Thursday to discuss the contours of a potential infrastructure package, warning that if...
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US Transport News
- Feb 12, 2021
- 3 min
‘Missed opportunity’ to fund truck parking in COVID relief package
A measure that would have provided $755 million in taxpayer funds over the next five years to expand truck parking capacity was offered...
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US Transport News
- Feb 11, 2021
- 3 min
Are Self-Driving Trucks Really The Future?
It’s one of the hottest issues in the transport industry, with companies including Google, Tesla and Mercedes all working to crack the...
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US Transport News
- Feb 11, 2021
- 2 min
U.S. House panel approves $42.5 billion for transportation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House committee voted Wednesday to approve a plan to provide $42 billion in assistance to transportation...
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US Transport News
- Feb 10, 2021
- 2 min
Group asks CDC to reconsider in-cab mask requirement for team truckers
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) asked U.S. health officials to reconsider their requirement for team truck drivers to remain...
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US Transport News
- Feb 9, 2021
- 1 min
FedEx Ground names Smith president, CEO
John A. Smith, president and chief executive officer of FedEx Freight, will become president and CEO of FedEx Ground on June 1. He...
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