24 Jun Logistics Costs Increase to $1.63 Trillion in 2019 Business logistics costs increased marginally in 2019 as conditions in the sector normalized, but the COVID-19 pandemic has brought uncertainty to the outlook for 2020, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals announced in a June 23 report. Read more...
24 Jun American Air Pilots Want US to Buy Seats for Distancing American Airlines Group Inc.’s pilots are calling on the U.S. government to pay for enough jetliner seats to enable social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
24 Jun NACFE 'Run on Less Regional' Results Prompt Feedback, Analysis Industry feedback aimed at a report on regional trucking called for additional attention to the complexity of managing aerodynamic equipment in that operational environment, and generated new assumptions on the length of haul. Read more...
24 Jun Americans Are Avoiding Stores Again in New Virus Hot Spots While evidence of a virus-sparked consumer pullback is largely anecdotal for now, it would be a setback for a U.S. economy that has just started to perk up, with retail sales jumping to a record in May. Read more...
24 Jun Starsky Robotics Founder Discusses Future of Autonomous Trucking Automated technology developers are shooting for the moon when they could instead be implementing ground-level initiatives in trucking, the founder of Starsky Robotics says. Read more...
24 Jun Nuclear Jury Awards Against Truckers on the Rise, ATRI Study Shows In the past five years there were nearly 300 court cases resulting in jury verdicts over $1 million against trucking fleets, according to a new American Transportation Research Institute analysis made public on June 23. Read more...
24 Jun IMF Downgrades Outlook for Global Economy in Face of Virus The International Monetary Fund has sharply lowered its forecast for global growth this year because it envisions far more severe economic damage from the coronavirus than it did just two months ago. Read more...
23 Jun Groups Seek Panel’s Action on FCC Transportation Spectrum Proposal Several transportation groups are calling on a Senate panel to direct the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider its proposal to shift a portion of auto safety airwaves for broadband uses. Read more...
23 Jun Discount Airline Group Presses for Extension of US Assistance Smaller U.S. airlines are likely to need more government aid amid an uncertain travel recovery, according to a trade group that represents discounters such as Spirit Airlines Inc., Frontier Airlines and Allegiant Travel Co. Read more...
23 Jun Small Businesses Mull Job Cuts After Aid Runs Out At least 1 in 10 small businesses in the U.S. are expecting to lay off workers once their fiscal relief funds run out, according to a new survey. Read more...