U.S. rail intermodal traffic increased 10.6% in the week ended March 22 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported. Read more intermodal news here.
In a rare public speech, Google Inc. CEO Larry Page once suggested the tech industry needs “safe places where we can try out new things” without rules or interference. Some people thought he was describing a futuristic fantasy, perhaps a remote desert island where robots roam free. But Mr. Page…
For Schneider, Orange is the New Orange. Schneider National’s new modern logo, which the company unveiled this week, still sports the company’s hallmark orange color. “[Changing the color] wasn’t even on the radar,” said Schneider National President and CEO Chris Lofgren noted. “We are Schneider and we are the Big…
Burlington Northern Santa Fe will hire more than 5,000 new employees while adding 500 new diesel locomotives to its fleet this year, CEO and President Carl Ice announced on CNBC Tuesday morning. This comes after the Fort Worth-based railroad announced plans to spend a record $5 billion in capital in…
Designer and engineer Bran Ferren says autonomous vehicles will fundamentally change how cities are built and how society interacts, and the emergence of the technology in a meaningful way on our roads is only a few short years away. Ferren — who co-founded Applied Minds and is the former president…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing the initiation of the Secure Supply Chain Pilot Program to enhance the security of imported drugs. In August 2013, the FDA published a notice in the Federal Register (78 FR 51192) to solicit companies to voluntarily submit applications for participation in this…
The turnover rate, monitored by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), fell 6% to 91% in Q42013, marking the second straight quarterly decline. “We saw turnover at fleets with at least $30 million in annual revenue bottom out near 50% at the depths of the Great Recession and have increased steadily…
The latest DAT report of spot freight market activity showed an 83% increase in freight volume in February from last year to a new single-month record. The increase was attributed to extreme winter weather across the country disrupting normal supply chain networks, sending freight to the spot market to meet…
Even if you’ve never been to Ireland, you’ve probably drank in a pub that was completely built there. It would’ve been crafted in a workshop outside of Dublin, by Irishmen whose families have been building pubs for generations. Everything from the light fixtures to the floorboards would’ve been packed in…
A supply chain is only as strong as its weakest link and car maker Aston Martin recently learned the hard way that problems can occur at any point in the line. The Graydon, England-based luxury car maker recently recalled 17,590 cars, and is bringing production of an accelerator pedal back…
