February 11, 2021

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

– Anaïs Nin

Main Street Lending Program Spent Only 3% of Total | Transport Topics (ttnews.com)

Biden $1.9 trillion Covid stimulus has Main Street’s support (cnbc.com)

Battery Trade Dispute Could Test Biden’s Green Policy Plans | 2021-02-10 | SupplyChainBrain

South Carolina Ports rides rails to robust January – FreightWaves

What to Watch: Democrats to argue Trump alone incited mob (apnews.com)

How Valentine’s Day freight can be a thorn in the side of some carriers – DAT

Lessons from NFI’s electric truck adoption | Transport Dive

Clorox plans to double wipe production by year’s end as it struggles to fill retail inventories | Supply Chain Dive

California Drivers Ask Appellate Court to Require Pay for Nondriving Work | Transport Topics (ttnews.com)

Five good things that happened in trucking | American Trucker

RFID, AIDC, and IoT News Round-Up for Feb. 10, 2021 (scdigest.com)

Drop-and-hook strategies — Great Quarter, Guys – FreightWaves

Top 3 Truck Driver Concerns in 2020 – Drivers – Trucking Info

Trucking industry’s future with autonomous trucks | Commerical Carrier Journal (ccjdigital.com)

E-commerce warehouse productivity could improve up to 20% with greater automation: Prologis | Supply Chain Dive

Turmoil in the Transpacific Container Trades: Is There Relief for Shippers? | 2021-02-04 | SupplyChainBrain

The state of supply chains: Shipping | Reuters Events | Supply Chain & Logistics Business Intelligence

Transmission: Think Dogecoin is great? Check out Savannah’s port volumes – FreightWaves

USPS posts rare quarterly profit after holiday parcel surge | 2021-02-09 | DC Velocity

New Entries in Trucking Surged in 2020 – Fleet Management – Trucking Info

Owner-operator’s tale of finding his calling in trucking | Overdrive (overdriveonline.com)