Transportation
Singapore, Hong Kong postpone launch of travel bubble as Covid cases rise
Singapore Airlines crew members and travelers at the transit hall of Changi Airport in Singapore on Jan. 14, 2021. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore and Hong Kong have once again pushed back the start date of a long-anticipated air travel bubble arrangement, the two cities announced Monday. The travel bubble, …
Adopting Zero-Emissions Emerging Transportation Technology
United Natural Foods, Inc (UNFI) has a plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emission footprint in California. The company is adding 53 all-electric transport refrigerated trail units (TRUs) to its fleet at the Riverside distribution center. Aside from being electric, the TRUs achieve zero-emission by using a high-efficiency refrigeration system that is powered by solar …
Germany’s move to EVs to affect thousands of workers, new study says
The underbody of an ID.3. electric vehicle being worked on at a Volkswagen facility in Dresden, Germany, on January 29, 2021. Matthias Rietschel | picture alliance | Getty Images The shift to electric vehicles could affect thousands of workers in Germany over the coming years, the Munich-based Ifo Institute said Thursday. The Ifo’s study, which …
WSOC-TV collaboration removes technology, transportation barriers to vaccinate 1,114 – WSOC TV
For months, we’ve told you about all the COVID-19 vaccination clinics in our area. Saturday for the first time WSOC-TV and Telemundo Charlotte helped host one and 1,114 people were vaccinated. The team effort brought over a thousand of our neighbors one step closer to normalcy and wellness. To vaccinate our community, a group effort …
Transportation Insight Provides Transportation Management Technology and Visibility to Death Wish Coffee Company
HICKORY, N.C., April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Transportation Insight, a North American leader in transportation management solutions, today announced a partnership with Death Wish Coffee Co. to provide technology-based management of truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation, financial settlement and freight claims in support of the coffee producer’s projections for 30 to 50 percent year-over-year growth. Death …
Credit Suisse, Johnson & Johnson, Micron Technology: Stocks That Defined the Week
Credit Suisse Group AG A fire sale of stocks by a large U.S. investor burned Credit Suisse and Nomura Holdings Inc. The global investment banks said Monday that they could incur substantial losses after Bill Hwang’s firm Archegos Capital Management and its banks began liquidating huge positions in blue-chip companies. Large banks served as prime …
Suez Canal Opens, but Shipping Will Be Snarled for Months
The bridge of the oil tanker Navig8 Aronaldo erupted in cheers after Capt. Malik Naushad told his crew to prepare to weigh anchor midnight Tuesday and start their voyage out of the Suez Canal, where they had been stuck for six days by the grounding of the Ever Given. Back at the German offices of …
Goldman, Morgan Stanley Limit Losses With Fast Sale of Archegos Assets
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley were quick to move large blocks of assets before other large banks that traded with Archegos Capital Management, as the scale of the hedge fund’s losses became apparent, according to people with knowledge of the transactions. The strategy helped limit the U.S. firms’ losses in last week’s epic …
Language Barriers, Technology Hurdles And Limited Transportation Hurt Asian American Texans’ Access
Yong Son Swindale, 71, has been living fearfully of the coronavirus for the past year, only leaving her house in Houston for groceries and doctor appointments. She has lung cancer. Her husband, 82, has heart problems and Alzheimer’s Disease. The two have been eligible for the vaccine because of their age and health conditions since …
Railroads Strike a $25 Billion Merger
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. agreed to acquire Kansas City Southern in a merger valued at about $25 billion that would create the first freight-rail network linking Mexico, the U.S. and Canada. The companies said Sunday their boards agreed to a deal that values Kansas City at $275 a share in a combination of cash and …
