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U.S Trucking Companies Race to Add Capacity, Drivers as Market Heats Up

Trucking companies can’t add capacity fast enough to take advantage of a flood of new business, analysts say. PHOTO: JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES   Investors hope rising prices to move freight translate to higher profits when carriers including Werner Enterprises, Old Dominion report earnings Trucking fleets are charging higher prices to move freight around the country.

Maersk, IBM partner on logistics blockchain Joint Venture

Following the past summer’s cyber attack that hobbled operations at FedEx’s subsidiary TNT Express, blockchain technology is gaining traction as a promising way to offset security risks. Earlier this week, IBM and sea freight giant Maersk – itself a victim of a 2017 cyber attack – announced plans to extend their existing partnership

Delta Air to tighten rules for onboard service animals

New York (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines is tightening the requirements for passengers travelling with onboard service and emotional support animals, the carrier said on Friday, following a sharp uptick in pet-related safety issues in recent years. Effective March 1, Delta, the second-largest U.S. airline by passenger traffic, said it will

Luggage limbo: Bags still missing after JFK airport woes

New York –  Newlywed Ziad Dallal and his wife arrived home in New York, with wedding keepsakes in their bags, to find John F. Kennedy International Airport paralyzed by winter weather woes that cancelled flights, froze equipment and separated thousands of passengers from their luggage. Ten days later, the couple on

Boeing to make aircraft seats with car supplier Adient to cut delays

Boeing is moving into making aircraft seats to try to reduce costly delays to deliveries by plane manufacturers, forming a joint venture with car seating leader Adient. Adient Aerospace will develop and sell seats to airlines and leasing companies, both for installation on new airplanes and as retrofits on planes made by

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