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ATA Sues Rhode Island for Trucks-Only Tolls

American Trucking Associations (ATA)

The American Trucking Associations has filed a lawsuit against Rhode Island seeking to have the RhodeWorks trucks-only toll overturned.

Truck Tolls

Loophole Gives 'Super Polluting' Truck Another Chance

The Environmental Protection Agency moved to grant a loophole that allows a major increase in the manufacturing of a diesel freight truck that produces 55 times the air pollution as trucks that have modern emissions controls.

Fitzgerald Glider Kits

Ocean Ports & Carriers

US Soybean Ship Didn't Make it to China Before Tariffs Started

Steep tariffs against Chinese goods went into effect today, but one ship laden with US soybeans lost its race to China before the duties were imposed.

US cargoship Peak Pegasus races to China to avoid paying duties on soybeans, ultimately not making it on time.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Tariff Confusion Holds Up US Cargoes

Chinese ports have delayed clearing goods from the United States, potentially disrupting imports worth billions of dollars.

Shanghai

Spot Van Rate Rises to Another High

Urgency to move freight before the end of Q2 and ahead of the Fourth of July holiday helped propel the national average spot van rate to $2.32/mile during the week ending June 30.

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Daimler Commits to Electric Trucks

Daimler Trucks North America

Daimler Trucks will launch a full line of electric trucks and buses starting with a small scale pilot later this year and will move to full-scale production by 2021.

Daimler

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Matson and Philly Shipyard Build Largest Vessel in US

The Daniel K. Inouye vessel is 850-foot long, 3,600 TEU capacity and will travel at a speed of 24 knots, ensuring on-time deliveries in Hawaii from Matson's three West Coast terminals in Seattle, Oakland and Long Beach.

Daniel K Inouye

CSX to Build Scaled-Back Intermodal Facility

CSX Corporation Inc.

CSX Corp and the North Carolina Department of Transportation announced that it will build an intermodal facility in Edgecombe County

Csx

Ocean Ports & Carriers

China Approves Cosco Shipping-OOIL Deal

With the country's approval, it brings the shipping consolidation a step closer to completion.

Cosco Shipping

Sponsored Content

Trailer Rightsizing: Increase Productivity with the Right Operational Mix

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Kroger Tests Autonomous Vehicles for Grocery Delivery

Kroger announced its plans to partner with driverless car company Nuro to deliver groceries using its autonomous vehicles.

Nuro

Spot Truckload Van Rate Hits New High

The national average spot truckload van rate on the DAT network of load boards edged up a penny to $2.31/mile during the week ending June 23, a new all-time high.

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