Jun 19, 2022–(NASA) The issue of General Order No. 3 by Union troops on June 19, 1865, marked the official end of slavery in Texas and the U.S. On that…
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Juneteenth
Hot Shots: Flying car, commemorative train, major floods and more
Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting trucking, transportation and weather. This week features the successful journey of a flying car prototype, a train painted to celebrate Juneteenth and inclusion, as well as massive floods that submerged trucks and washed out roads.
Detroit downpoursIt rained cats and dogs across Michigan last weekend, with several inches recorded in many locations Saturday. Some parts of the Detroit metropolitan area...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hot-shots-flying-car-commemorative-train-major-floods-and-more
Trade war, pandemic take bite out of french fry orders
The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, exported 67,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) — $800 million worth — of frozen french fries in 2019.
The trade war with China and the coronavirus pandemic have taken a bite out of those exports.
“We usually grow about 165,000 acres of potatoes in Washington state. That will net close to 10 billion pounds of potatoes,” said Matt Harris, director of government affairs and assistant executive director of the...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/trade-war-pandemic-take-bite-out-of-french-fry-orders