Fully driverless trucks have caused concerns for many in the industry about the potential layoffs, but “ a growing body of research and expert opinion, however, suggests that the economic shift to self-driving big rigs is unlikely to impact as many truck driving jobs as some news headlines proclaim.” Read more…
The site of the Bainbridge Naval Training Center in Port Deposit “is being reactivated as the Bainbridge Logistics Center with warehouses planned on more than 400 acres of the 1100-acre site with the potential to create as many as 2,000 jobs.” The project had to clear many hurdles first, including asbestos contamination and other remedial requirements. Read more…
According to the latest Bloomberg Truckstop.com survey, “carriers are optimistic about growth in volume and rate this year, despite rising fuel and equipment costs that are squeezing profitability.” The survey shows that many owner-operators remain bullish about demand, as “about 72% of respondents expect load growth over the next six months vs 71% in $Q and 1Q a year ago. Read more…
Construction on the redevelopment of former Connecticut airfield Rentschler Field could begin as soon as this fall, a project that will not only bring hundreds of construction jobs for more than a year, but “ultimately up to 2,000 permanent jobs at a massive logistics center and accompanying high-tech research and development buildings.” The planning and zoning commission “unanimously approved National Development’s plan to create two mega-warehouses of more than 1 million square feet each on the former airfield.” Read more…
Construction on the redevelopment of former Connecticut airfield Rentschler Field could begin as soon as this fall, a project that will not only bring hundreds of construction jobs for more than a year, but “ultimately up to 2,000 permanent jobs at a massive logistics center and accompanying high-tech research and development buildings.” The planning and zoning commission “unanimously approved National Development’s plan to create two mega-warehouses of more than 1 million square feet each on the former airfield.” Read more…
WeMake is partnering with Bettaway Supply Chain Services “to launch a structured hiring, training and skills development program providing long-term jobs and career opportunities for adults on the autism spectrum.” NJ-based WeMake, a not-for-profit skills development and workforce management organization for the autistic adult community, has created “a model program and support resources to enable companies to establish and sustain meaningful workplace opportunities designed to help autistic adults succeed on their own in compatible work environments.” Read more…
Runway 09-27 and will hopefully be done with the project in four years. The company’s head of finance, John Rodstrom, exclaimed: “it was COVID that brought the company to Hernando County. What it did was it unlocked ecommerce like it never did in our lifetime… we don’t think that genie is going back in the bottle.” Read more…
The American public appears overwhelmingly skeptical of at least two possible solutions to the trucker shortage currently blighting our nation: “nearly 71 percent of registered voters polled by NewsNation opposed lowering the required age to get a commercial driver’s license from 18 to 16. Currently, drivers have to be 18 to transport goods within a state, or 21 to transport goods across state lines.” In addition, “65 percent of Americans said they would feel at least somewhat unsafe with self-driving trucks on the road.” Read more…
Global logistics giants Geodis and Ceva are planning to cut over 450 jobs in Ohio according to paperwork filed this past week. The French logistics company Geodis is planning on closing all of its business operations at its facilities in Columbus, while Ceva will be closing their east portion of their Groveport facility, with “supply chain operation specialists, dock supervisors and material handlers” being among the affected nonunion employees who will be out of work. Read more…
Economic fallout is exacerbating as “Texas Governor Greg Abbot moved incrementally to roll back new inspection rules for commercial trucks entering from Mexico, with some companies saying they aren’t able to fulfill orders because trucks are stuck in multi-mile backups at a number of entry points.” Many companies are bemoaning the fact that the added inspections have already cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars, not to mention the smaller paychecks for all the loaders who have had trucks failing to show up. Read more…
