Company Culture Update: Maintaining trust, safety and flexibility

A strong company culture isn’t established overnight; it takes months or even years to forge and must withstand hard times. In this episode of Company Culture Update, Indie Bollman, Trailer Bridge’s vice president of organization development, discussed the company’s dedication to trust, safety and flexibility as it pushes through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trailer Bridge specializes in asset-based logistics, providing ocean carriage, integrated logistics and trucking for the U.S., Mexico, Puerto...

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FreightWaves Classics: 2020 will soon be in the rearview mirror – hooray!!!

A tough year at the macro level – but also a year to celebrate millions of everyday heroes

As we all know, 2020 has been a very difficult year in every corner of the world. Collectively, we’ve lost millions of our fellow human beings, others have gotten sick and some are still suffering. Many others have suffered mentally from isolation and loss of family and friends. The global economy and national economies have been damaged as well. 

A bright spot in the chaos of 2020 is the attention and...

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Manufacturing proves resilient: What to expect from industry in 2021

Manufacturing has proven resilient in the face of great uncertainty this year. Despite dramatic drops and general pandemic-related volatility earlier this year, the segment has experienced a steady upswing as lockdowns have eased across the country and consumers have started to abandon toilet paper hoarding for somewhat more normal buying habits. 

The October ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index made headlines when it jumped to 59.3, its highest value in over two years. This overall...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/manufacturing-proves-resilient-what-to-expect-from-industry-in-2021

Class I railroads grapple with COVID-19 as unions seek safety assurances

A photograph of a man climbing aboard a Union Pacific locomotive. To the left is a graphic that says "COVID-19."

With coronavirus cases rising sharply in the U.S. and Canada in recent weeks, the Class I railroads have also been grappling with managing increased COVID-19 exposure on their networks.

Meanwhile, some rail union members contend that the railroads have been inconsistent with how safety precautions have been applied throughout the rail network (see below).

A CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) executive recently said his company has been seeing a lot of cases within the U.S. rail network, particularly in the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/class-i-railroads-grapple-with-covid-19-as-unions-seek-safety-assurances

Truck drivers on list for potential COVID-19 vaccine priority

Truck drivers and other transportation workers deemed “essential” by the U.S. government could be among the first to receive a COVID-19 vaccine if supplies are limited.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explained in a recent update that the agency is making COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for the U.S. based on input from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), a group of public health experts within the CDC.

“If the Food and Drug Administration [FDA]...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-drivers-on-list-for-potential-covid-19-vaccine-priority

Big business bullish on infrastructure in 2021

America’s big-business lobby considers the biggest priority for the new Congress and the incoming Biden administration in 2021 is to build back economic losses sustained by the COVID-19 pandemic with major infrastructure legislation.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is backing two Republican incumbent U.S. senators in Georgia who, if successful in runoff elections on Jan. 5, will allow Republicans to maintain control of the Senate. But the resulting divided legislature — Democrats maintained control...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/big-business-bullish-on-infrastructure-in-2021

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