December 9, 2014: Slow rebound for global oil prices; Expedia-like service for freight; Trick My Truck’s Rob Richardson dies.
Dec. 9, 2014
Here is a look at what is happening in the world of transportation this morning:
- Global crude oil prices are starting to “rebound” from their lowest levels in nearly five years, reports Businessweek.
- Con-way Freight employees at the LTL carrier’s Harlingen TX terminal voted “no” to Teamster representation, notes the American Journal of Transportation.
- An Israeli firm is trying to create an Expedia-like service for the freight world, reports the Christian Science Monitor.
- Drought conditions across much of California continue to force many Golden State communities to rely on trucking for water supplies, according to The Nation.
- As Patriot Transportation Holding prepares to split up its divisions into separate companies, the Jacksonville Daily Record notes that its trucking subsidiary is trying to deal with the driver shortage.
- A local truck driving school is finding its classes full, reports the Star News Online, as the demand for truck drivers continues to rise.
- A U.S. Postal Service tractor-trailer crashes and burns on its way to Los Angeles, notes CBS San Francisco, putting a big load of letters, Christmas packages, and other mail to the torch.
- Rob Richardson, one of the original cast members of the Trick My Truck reality series shown on Country Music Television, died this week of an apparent heart attack.
- The city of Portland is suing ride-sharing firm Uber, according to Oregon Live, calling it an “illegal” transportation service.
- Rating agencies say a cross-harbor freight project for the Port of New York & New Jersey needs more work on its design and financing, according to the Fort Mill Times.
