19 Sep ASCE Gives California's Kern County C on Infrastructure Kern County, California’s third largest by surface area, has earned an overall C on an infrastructure report card developed by the region’s American Society of Civil Engineers division. Read more...
19 Sep North Carolina Ports Reopen After Storm, but With Restrictions The ports of Wilmington and Morehead City in North Carolina have reopened with restrictions to marine traffic after Hurricane Florence swept through late last week, halting shipments of everything from fertilizer to textiles. Read more...
19 Sep Eastern Iowa Airport Gets $8.8 Million Grant for Cargo Facility Overhaul CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The Eastern Iowa Airport has been awarded nearly $9 million in federal funds, which officials say will be used to relocate and expand the airport’s rapidly growing cargo operations. Read more...
19 Sep Large Ocean Vessels Create Challenges for Shippers LONG BEACH, Calif. — Ports throughout the United States are prepared to accept megaships carrying 18,000 TEUs or more, but while the larger vessels create efficiencies for maritime providers, they take more time to unload and can create bottlenecks for those at the port and the drivers hauling the loads. Read more...
19 Sep Audi Challenges Tesla in Electric SUV Market Audi introduced its first electric SUV on Sept. 17 in California, where its primary competition, Tesla, is based. Audi also has struck a deal with online retailer Amazon to provide equipment for recharging the new midsize SUV, according to a report by Reuters. Read more...
19 Sep North Carolina to Bring in Trucks, Supplies on Transport Ship to Flooded Wilmington RALEIGH, N.C. — The state is arranging for a large transport ship to ferry trucks and supplies into the Port of Wilmington to relieve shortages in the city caused by flooding. Read more...
19 Sep European Nations Plan to Use More Hydrogen for Energy Needs BERLIN — Dozens of European countries are backing a plan to increase the use of hydrogen as an alternative to fossil fuels to cut the continent’s carbon emissions. Read more...
19 Sep Retail Growth, Consumer Expectations Add to Supply Chain Demands LONG BEACH, Calif.—The retail industry is in the middle of an enormous transformation, growing at a pace that exceeds the gross domestic product and adding about 70,000 jobs this year. Brick-and-mortar retailers as well as e-commerce providers are working to expand their offerings, which will place new demands on the supply chain. Read more...
19 Sep NAFTA Deal Unlikely This Week, Raising Tariff Fears NAFTA talks are picking up again, but a deal is unlikely to be reached this week, four people familiar with discussions said — increasing the odds the latest deadline will be missed amid President Donald Trump’s threat to freeze Canada out. Read more...
19 Sep Tesla Criminal Probe Into Musk Tweet Seen as Opening Pandora’s Box All it took to draw the U.S. Justice Department into investigating Tesla Inc. was a single tweet by Chairman Elon Musk. But now that prosecutors have a toehold, they can dig in to look for other signs of misconduct at the electric car maker. Read more...