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Press Release – Tainui Group Holdings The opening of Ruakura Superhub moved a step closer today as Tainui Group Holdings (TGH) outlined a start date and building contractor for the first logistics facility, along with naming the contractor to build two more local roads within the 92-hectare … The opening of Ruakura Superhub moved a step closer today as Tainui Group Holdings (TGH) outlined a start date and building contractor for the first logistics facility, along with naming the contractor to build two more local roads within the 92-hectare stage one of the development. TGH Chief Execut...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced that the Wenatchee Apple Capital Loop Project in Washington’s 4th Congressional District has been awarded $92.4 million by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s INFRA Grant Program. This will be the largest INFRA Grant awarded this year nationwide. “Investment in the Apple Capital Loop project is a major win for

Wall Street watching as TuSimple focuses on autonomous trucking’s holy grail As first public driverless entry, San Diego company details ambitions for analysts 0 1,321 4 minutes read TuSimple is forging ahead with a Q4 pilot removing the driver from its Level 4 software-equipped Navistar autonomous truck. (Photo: TuSimple) As the first autonomous trucking software company to go public, TuSimple Holdings is earning Wall Street credibility. Most analysts offer positive commentary on the 5-year-old startup.  They appear fixated on the company’s plan to remove the driver from Class...

April 5, 2021 By Shelley Byrne The second freight conference geared toward Kentucky’s public riverports included a focus on their emerging markets and how to take advantage of potential economic development opportunities. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet presented the Kentucky Summit on Economic Development Strategies to Leverage Kentucky Riverports and Freight Network virtually March 24-26. A third conference is planned within a few months. (Previous coverage of the summit is here.) In a session titled “Forecasting the Fu...

February 03, 2021 USDOT Pauses BUILD, INFRA NOFOs Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor The INFRA and BUILD programs fund projects that build and repair critical pieces of freight and passenger transportation networks, such as highway/rail grade crossings and freight rail and intermodal infrastructure. (BNSF) The U.S. Department of Transportation is revising the FY 2021 Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) for its BUILD Transportation Discretionary Grant and Infrastructure For Rebuilding America (INFRA) programs. The DOT states on bo...