Here is a look at what is happening in the world of transportation this morning:
- European truck maker MAN is trying to slash its costs as it deals with a slump orders, notes Bloomberg.
- A trucking company’s poor safety record is eyed after one of its tractor-trailers slammed into a California restaurant, according to ABC 7 News.
- The Baltimore Sun profiles the cargo inspection work performed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents at the Port of Baltimore.
- Georgia’s senate makes changes to a retooled transportation funding bill recently passed by the house side of the Peach State legislature, reports the Moultrie Observer.
- The Memphis-based Society of Female Transportation Professionals is hosting a gala event to raise scholarship money for female students pursuing majors in transportation and logistics, according to the Memphis Business Journal.
- The city of Columbus, OH, is scheduling a series of public hearings to discuss its proposed long-range transportation plan, reports This Week, while state transportation officials in Maine are doing the very same thing in regards to the Pine Tree State’s transportation issues, says the Lewiston Sun Journal.
- The recent run of low oil prices convinced the Organization for Cooperation Economic Development (OECD) to increase its global economic growth forecast, notes the Wall Street Journal.
- A truck driver shares his in-cab video recordings with the public in an effort to stop motorists from cutting off tractor-trailers, according to Local 8 Now News.
- Photographer Kevin Russ shares snapshots of his pictorial journey by freight train across the Southwestern U.S. with PetaPixel.
- An Australian business conglomerate finalizes the sale of its U.S. logistics operation, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.