Earlier emergency orders have been extended in Georgia for supply chain and oversize permits and in Nebraska for driving hours hauling fuel. Citing the ongoing need for relief due to regional fuel shortages, acting Gov. Mike Foley signed Executive Order 22-07 on Dec. 1 temporarily authorizing drivers in Nebraska to work extended hours when transporting ...more

The Office of Trade at U.S. Customs and Border Protection is launching a testing project for a global business identifier to streamline tracking of goods in supply chains. CBP will collaborate with 13 partner government agencies to deploy a Global Business Identifier (GBI) pilot program testing the use of one or more new business identifiers ...more

November U.S. retail sales of Classes 4-7 trucks overall fell 2.5%. It was the second-smallest decline this year, which so far has posted only one positive month compared with a year earlier, Wards Intelligence reported. Sales were 18,163 compared with 18,637 a year earlier, according to Wards. Sales declined 1.3% in February and rose 11.7% ...more

U.S. port capacity is going to get significantly bigger in Louisiana. Gov. John Bel Edwards, the Port of New Orleans and two global maritime companies on Dec. 13 announced the formation of a public-private partnership to build a new $1.8 billion container facility on the lower Mississippi River. Officials said the Louisiana International Terminal in ...more

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve reinforced its inflation fight Dec. 14 by raising its key interest rate for the seventh time this year and signaling more hikes to come. But the Fed announced a smaller hike than it had in its past four meetings at a time when inflation is showing signs of easing. The ...more

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency said fuel efficiency in Class 8 trucks participating in its annual fleet study from 2018 to 2020 remained flat at 7.24 mpg after seven previous years of 2% annual increases. The study had been on a three-year hiatus, in part because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a new ...more

Volvo Autonomous Solutions and freight broker Uber Freight announced a long-term strategic partnership to deploy Volvo’s autonomous transport network within Uber Freight’s marketplace. The partnership aims to provide Uber Freight’s shippers with access to autonomous freight capacity on selected routes in Texas and beyond as it continues to expand its network, VAS noted in a ...more

California’s move toward its 2035 goal of requiring all drayage trucks to be zero-emission is ramping up. Port and trucking experts say to achieve that, the hard work needs to be done now and for at least the next 10 years. One of the first steps may have been taken Dec. 7, when Forum Mobility, ...more

Tornadoes have killed at least two people in Louisiana as a violent weather system moves across the U.S., spawning blizzards in the Great Plains that will be followed by a blast of the season’s coldest weather to the Midwest, Northeast and Texas. Thunderstorms on Dec. 14 will continue to pound the Gulf Coast, while heavy ...more