This California business is helping to electrify old, diesel trucks

Feb 20, 2025
While a handful of states are working to electrify trucking, that effort has largely focused on new electric trucks rather than converting older ones.
Jakson Alvarez, left, with Evolectric cofounder Bill Beverley, right. 
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New York City's congestion pricing will add costs for businesses, but there are workarounds

Jan 8, 2025
Companies could make their packaging more efficient and remap routes. Or expand cargo bike delivery programs, or schedule deliveries during the late night and early morning hours when congestion pricing is less expensive.
Congestion pricing means that commercial trucks entering Manhattan below 60th Street are being charged between $3.60 and $21.60 per trip.
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Juries' "nuclear" verdicts plague insurers

Dec 19, 2024
Plaintiff compensation for pain and suffering is climbing. Insurers question the basis for huge awards and say they have to charge higher rates.
Average jury awards to compensate personal injury victims increased around 250% between 2009 and 2019, according to the Swiss Re Institute.
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Healthy food can be hard to come by for truckers. This businesswoman wants to change that.

Dec 17, 2024
After her own experience on the open road, Jarita Frazier King decided to launch a business offering healthy pre-made meals at truck stops.
Chef Jarita Frazier King wants to sell her own recipes in truck stops — like fritters made from a mix of beans, greens and potato seasoned with her blend of herbs and spices.
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Baltimore warehouse CEO is finding a new normal after bridge collapse

Nov 26, 2024
Sue Monaghan's business is recovering while she navigates obstacles like another possible port strike and proposed tariffs.
Business has "definitely picked up in November, but it still was pretty spotty through August and September," says Sue Monaghan, CEO of Baltimore International Warehousing and Transportation.
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Is long-haul trucking really facing a driver shortage?

A new government-directed study casts doubt on the long-held idea that trucking is facing a labor shortage.
Based on average wages from 2006 to 2024, experts found long-distance truckers have been making less than their peers working in residential construction.
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Prepared and ready for action, flatbed truck drivers begin the long process of transporting millions of commercial bees across the country.
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Port of Baltimore reopens, but shipping business still feels "touchy"

Jul 11, 2024
The owner of a Baltimore warehouse and shipping company describes how the port's closure and reopening has affected business.
The Port of Baltimore recently reopened, but local shipping business remains tentative.
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There's a logic to the chaos of the global supply chain

Jun 14, 2024
Peter Goodman of The New York Times discusses the complex inner workings of our fragile system and why it broke down during the pandemic.
Increasing resilience would be costly and reduce profitability at many supply chain businesses, author Peter Goodman explains. Above, shipping containers at the Port of Oakland in California.
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A Baltimore trucking business adapts to port closure: "We're still here"

Apr 29, 2024
Assistance from the state and new routes have helped one company stay afloat.
Laquwan Jefferson stands next to his truck after driving to and from Norfolk, Virginia.
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